Current Reading: October 2021

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Current Reading: October 2021

2Shrike58
Oct 7, 2021, 7:06 am

Finished the Seaforth World Naval Review 2020; since the world is going naval arms-racing again it seems like I now need an annual.

3AndreasJ
Oct 7, 2021, 7:32 am

I'm at Fredholm's Eight Banners and Green Flag, about the military of the Qing empire. It's a bit of a curious beast - it has the style of an academic study, but it's published by a wargaming outfit and if you check the citations they're overwhelmingly to modern secondary literature. Pretty good, though, for my simple needs.

4jztemple
Oct 8, 2021, 8:27 pm

>2 Shrike58: It's been a few years since I have read one of their annuals, is the quality still good?

6Shrike58
Oct 9, 2021, 9:14 am

>4 jztemple: I was actually quite impressed...the editor knows their business.

7Shrike58
Oct 9, 2021, 9:20 am

Knocked off The Seventh West Virginia Infantry, which, while informative, tries to be everything to everyone and I'm not sure really succeeds at anything. As I noted in my review, it reads like the summary of a project to create a genealogical database. I suspect that the target audience is genealogists and in-state undergrads.

9Shrike58
Oct 30, 2021, 12:48 pm

Knocked off Kongo-Class Battleships, which was pretty easy since it's basically a picture book; very nice pictures though. Imagine a typical article from the "Warship" annual with more imagery.