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GroupsAerial Warfare, American Civil War, Baker Street and Beyond, Byzantinistik, Historical Biography, Historical Fiction, Military History, Science Fiction Fans, Second World War History, War Books, War Authors — show all groups

Favorite authorsRichard Armour, Isaac Asimov, William Stuart Baring-Gould, James Belich, James Blish, Marc Bloch, Fernand Braudel, John Brunner, John Le Carré, David Chandler, Carl von Clausewitz, Charles Carleton Coffin, Len Deighton, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Christopher Duffy, James F. Dunnigan, Trevor N. Dupuy, Bernard B. Fall, Niall Ferguson, C. S. Forester, George MacDonald Fraser, J. F. C. Fuller, Bartholomew Gill, David M. Glantz, Christopher Hibbert, Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., Stuart M. Kaminsky, Walt Kelly, Douglas Reeman, Philip Kerr, Rudyard Kipling, Keith Laumer, Bill Mauldin, James McClure, Nicholas Meyer, Helmuth Karl Bernhard Moltke, George F. Nafziger, Patrick O'Brian, Richard Overy, C. Northcote Parkinson, Ralph Peters, Digby George Smith, Dudley Pope, Ernie Pyle, Ellery Queen, H. C. B. Rogers, Barry Rubin, William Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw, Roger L. Simon, Frank Snepp, Barry Strauss, James Thurber, J. R. R. Tolkien, Barbara W. Tuchman, Jules Verne, Gerhard L. Weinberg, H. G. Wells, Ted Wood (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresBarnes & Noble Booksellers - Downtown - Metro Center, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Seven Corners, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Tysons Corner Mall, Beckham's Bookshop, Bookhouse, Borders - Baileys Crossroads, Borders - Vienna - Tysons Corner, Borders - Washington, D.C. - 14th Street, Borders - Washington, D.C. - L Street, Bridge Street Books, Brookings Institution Bookstore, Foyles, Hole In the Wall Books, Kramerbooks, Librairie Book Shop, Moskovskii Dom Knigi (Московский Дом Книги), Politics and Prose, Prospero's Books, Reiter's Books, Riverby Books, Royal Oak Bookshop, Russia Online, Inc, Second Story Books, Дом военной книги

Favorite librariesArlington Central Library (Arlington, Va), Library of Freer and Sackler Galleries of Asian Art (Smithsonian Institution), Navy Department Library (US), Pentagon Library, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Other favoritesCato Institute, National Press Club, International Spy Museum, Dulles Expo and Conference Center, Historical Society of Washington, D.C., Stacy's Coffee Parlor, Anderson House, Newseum

About meA retired Foreign Service Officer with 30 years service, I am now an independent scholar studying war, warfare, military history, etc. Professionally, I lived and worked in Vietnam, the Congo (then Zaire), Northern Ireland, and Russia and at the State Department and the Defense Department in Washington, DC.

About my libraryMy listed library reflects my interest in war, warfare, and military history in numerous forms and at various points in history; my interest in forms of art that reflect the experience of war including poetry, song, and film; and my interest in science fiction, mysteries and some thrillers, and military or war novels.

Homepagehttp://militaryphilosopher.blogspot.com

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Member sinceFeb 23, 2007

Currently readingThe March Up Country by Xenophon

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The Official Rules of Card Games, Hoyle up-to-date, 38th Edition

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The Fall of Eben Emael by James E Mrazek

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The New Treasury of War Poetry 1939 to 1943 by George Herbert Editor Clarke

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Archangel 1918-1919 by Edmund Ironside

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Sion Crossing by Anthony Price

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A New Kind of War by Anthony Price

FYI
I have uploaded a cover for The British Soldier: His Daily Life from Tudor to Modern Times by H. de Watteville.

posted by DVanderlinde at 5:09 pm (EST) on Apr 26, 2009

FYI
I have uploaded a cover for Naval Policy between the Wars. Volume 2: The Period of Reluctant Rearmament, 1930–1939 by Stephen Roskill.

posted by DVanderlinde at 3:28 pm (EST) on Apr 25, 2009

FYI
I have uploaded a cover for Kirby Smith's Confederacy: The Trans-Mississippi South, 1863–1865 by Robert L. Kerby. This is from the 1972 Columbia University Press hardcover edition.

posted by DVanderlinde at 3:18 pm (EST) on Apr 25, 2009

Thanks Robert for your comment, I went to bed late looking for a Spanish edition of this book and there is, but is out of print for the moment, I have read some memoirs about the Spanish civil war but usually they are from the Nationalist side so when I saw your comment I decide to give it a try, the first time a hear about Pavlito(this was the nickname of Rodimtsev in Spain) was in the book of Anthony Beevor, Stalingrand, he was one of the few veterans of the Spanish civil war he survive the Stalin's purges of the Red Army. Iâm also interest on the subject of the Spanish Civil war, after reading an article on the siege of Madrid, I look for more books on the subject and got the book of Jorge M. Reverte the battle of Madrid(La batalla de Madrid), I also got on the waiting list the book of Orwell âHomage to Cataloniaâ. Looking forward to your comments on the book of Rodimtsev.

posted by EduardoT at 2:45 pm (EST) on Jan 5, 2009

Robert,

901 17th St, NW is the address and that is at Farragut Square. Cocktails from 6:30 to 7pm. Presentation / book signing from 7 to 8pm. Dinner from 8 to 9ish..... Please note that jacket and tie are required at the Army & Navy Club. Look forward to seeing you there.

Andrew

posted by awoelflein at 1:22 pm (EST) on Jan 5, 2009

Hola Robert, this is Eduardo from Nicaragua, I just saw your comment on the military history forum, and you mention the book of Alexander Rodimtsev, âUnder the Spanish Skyâ, do you have the English edition of this book?, I have read about him but didnât know he got a book on his days in Spain, interesting read you got there.
Saludos
Eduardo

posted by EduardoT at 12:51 am (EST) on Jan 5, 2009

Robert,

I still want to meet you in DC for a cup of coffee. Which days do you volunteer at the Newsuem? Also, I'll be giving a talk on my book on Jan. 15th in the evening at the Army and Navy Club. You could come to that if you are interested. Let me know so I can get you on the list. I can also confirm start time. It is a dinner followed by an illustrated presentation of both the ASKB Mil. Collection and then my book (features one of the artist in the collection).

Happy Holidays,
Andrew

posted by awoelflein at 11:44 am (EST) on Dec 24, 2008

I saw your comment on the Grant vs. Lee topic. I put that up hoping to stir some controversy and interest to get a thread going. On the topic of Lee's inability to discipline I think Fuller's premise was that Lee was just too nice to be a good general. As you pointed out He would never bring his subordinates to task for their failures. For example, when Jeb Stuart finally showed up at Gettysburg lee hardly had an unkind word to say.
I read a little of your blog because I am trying to start one of my own. I also have set up at blogspot but haven't done any posting yet. Do you find blogspot to be accessible and attract readers. I consider myself an autodidact and a lot of my reading is a one person graduate seminar. I want to get out my ideas and the blog seems to have replaced the pamphlet as a way to do this. I would appreciate any ideas on how you manage your blog.
Bill Rucker (wildbill)

posted by wildbill at 11:09 am (EST) on May 23, 2008

Hello Robert, thank you for connecting with me. How great that your home page is named "military philosopher," much like Sun Tzu. If you like The Art of War, be sure to check out my new book that just came out two weeks ago. If you have any questions about it, let me know. Sincerely, Thomas.

posted by sonshi at 11:23 pm (EST) on Apr 22, 2008

Stumbled across your page - very interesting! Military history and the like are the absolute lowest on my list of interests but autodidacticism is at the top. Have you published anything, perchance?

posted by lilbrattyteen at 3:37 pm (EST) on Nov 4, 2007

Greetings. At least LT-wise, we have the most in common. I had to see who also liked David Chandler, Trevor Dupuy and Keith Laumer. I can see how someone with your background would like Laumer.

posted by surly at 12:49 pm (EST) on Sep 8, 2007

Hi, I wanted to look at your homepage, but got an error, something like page not found. Interesting early book you have about Russian airships 1897.

posted by Varese2002 at 12:51 am (EST) on Aug 13, 2007

There are three copies of "An Album of American Battle Art" on LibraryThing with three different authors.
You have two of them.
One is the 1947 LOC version, from which LibraryThing didn't import the author name of Library of Congress.
One is the DeCapo reprint, with Donald H. Mugridge as the author. LOC has Library of Congress as that versions primary author also.

I have just entered the 1947 with Library of Congress.

Since the 1947 didn't have an ISBN, they cannot be merged on LibraryThing.

Would you consider changing both your primary authors to Library of Congress?

posted by DromJohn at 9:20 am (EST) on Apr 19, 2007

I saw that modern addition to Oman advertised, I'm definately tempted as I remember the authors looked top notch. Thumbs up or thumbs down?

posted by kindermord at 6:38 am (EST) on Apr 11, 2007

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