1Shrike58
First up with Tojo: The Rise and Fall of Japan's Most Controversial World War II General. Downright magisterial, but be warned that this is really as much institutional history as anything, with that institution being the Japanese Meiji State, and Tojo's role in failing to stave off its downfall. Most of the action happens in the conference room, not on the battlefield.
2jztemple
Completed a technical but interesting Q-birds: The Impact of American Manned Aircraft As Drones by Frederick A Johnsen.
4Shrike58
Knocked off Bernardo de Gálvez. Kind of interesting, but undercut by English being the second language of the author.
5jztemple
Completed a disappointing Bayonets and Scimitars: Arms, Armies and Mercenaries 1700-1789 by William Urban
6Shrike58
Finished an easy read in the form of "Challenger 1 Britain's Orphan Tank;" best for the modeller, and the reader looking for a sense of how the modern British Army ticks.
8Shrike58
Finished Foundations of Russian Military Flight, which while useful, needed much better editing.
9AndreasJ
I got this book years ago; a discussion of, of all things, horse armour on a wargaming forum prompted me to start reading it back in May.
10Rome753
Finished reading through Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness by Craig Nelson. It was a decent enough account of Pearl Harbor, going into great detail about the attack, and also highlighting the investigations into the failures leading up to the battle. Main issue was that writing style wasn't the strongest.
13John5918
I grew up near a pub called the General Havelock. Many British pubs had obscure names relating to colonial history, and I think most of us only had the vaguest idea about the people and places they referred to. It had a picture of a generic Victorian gentleman on its sign. It wasn't a particularly impressive pub and I believe it has closed now, but it was a useful landmark. I believe there was also a Havelock Street nearby.
