mmorris answered this, but can I take this opportunity to add a couple of absolute gems, which I love, and which I have read and re-read so many times that I've

mmorris answered this, but can I take this opportunity to add a couple of absolute gems, which I love, and which I have read and re-read so many times that I've gone through 3 copies each? They are: 1. Dreadnought (by RKM) 2. Storm of Steel (by Earnst Junger) 3. (bonus) Josiah The Great: The True Story of The Man Who Would Be King For my money, Dreadnought is the Best Overall History Book, and Storm of Steel is the best First-Person History Book. They're topical, too -- SoS didn't have a quality English translation until 15 years ago, and Josiah The Great was based on the early-2000s discovery of a trove of documents that corroborated the amazing tales of the first American in Afghanistan, who became the inspiration for Kipling's short story (and John Houston's near-best-picture winner, and the movie Michael Caine says he wants to be remembered for), 'The Man Who Would Be King.'