Best Of Lists
Top Five Books for Gun Owners [2025]
A few weeks ago I found myself at a local gun rights group’s monthly range session. While there I spent quite a bit of time […]
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Toys, Tools, Guns & Rules – A Book for Parents and Kids (Review)
Earlier this year I spent a few days at home with a fever, cough, and general yuckiness. After a day of playing video games, it […]
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The Diamond Smugglers – Ian Fleming – Book Review [2024]
While people know Ian Fleming for his James Bond series, he also published a handful of non-fiction works. In 1957, Fleming published The Diamond Smugglers, […]
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StressFire Volume 1 – 40 Years Later – Book Review [2024]
StressFire: Volume 1 of Gunfighting for Police is a classic 1984 book written by Massad Ayoob. It played a large part in overhauling police shooting […]
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Fatal Victories – Pyrrhic Tales – Book Review [2023]
As part of my ongoing non-fiction reading, I’ve been consuming a lot of similar books. The topic for this review is Fatal Victories, a 1993 book […]
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How to Lose a Battle – Not So Precise – Book Review [2023]
I read a lot of books. Some are shorter reads, and some are longer. While browsing a local used bookstore over last Spring, I picked […]
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Generation Kill – 20 Years Later – Book Review [2023]
Generation Kill is the 2004 book written by Evan Wright. Wright was a journalist for Rolling Stone, and was embedded with the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion of […]
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Black Hawk Down – Book Review [2023]
Black Hawk Down (BHD) is a 1999 book, written by Mark Bowden. Written to be an overview of the events of Operation Gothic Serpent, BHD primarily focuses […]
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The New Rules of War – Book Review [2023]
A friend of mine recommended me to read The New Rules of War, by author Sean McFate. My friend is a former Marine, and stated that […]
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China Marine Review – Recovering From Killing [2023]
Eugene Sledge’s first book, With the Old Breed ends abruptly, after the Japanese surrendered in Summer of 1945. This was a choice done by his editor, […]
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With the Old Breed Review – An Eloquent Hell [2022]
My friends and family are well aware of my interest in the Pacific Theater of WW2. The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors was a […]
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Shattered Sword Review – An Eighty Year Tale [2022]
2021 was a year where I returned to one of my old hobbies; Learning more about military history, and the events that lead to victories […]
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The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors Review [2022]
With my deep dive back into reading, I’ve really been interested in naval combat. While I grew up playing with airplanes and tanks, ships and […]
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Violence of Mind by Varg Freeborn – Book Review
One of the very first self defense related book recommendations I received was for Violence of Mind by Varg Freeborn. At the time there was […]
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No Second Place Winner – Bill Jordan | Book Review
Spend a little bit of time in the firearms world and you’ll begin to see old ideas regurgitated as something new and groundbreaking. Whether that’s […]