Currently Reading...

I am currently reading The Fate of Africa, by Martin Meredith. This is a hefty tome by a renowned authority of the African continent.
Publisher's Weekly says: "The value of Meredith's towering history of modern Africa rests not so much in its incisive analysis, or its original insights; it is the sheer readability of the project..." Hmm, doughnuts...


I have just finished reading:
"We Were Soldiers Once...and Young : The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam," by Harold G. Moore, Joseph Galloway
This book was very readable but unless you have a great capacity for spatial stuff you will find it a bit tedious as I did. Nevertheless, you HAVE to read the book before seeing the movie which stars Mel Gibson and a fabulous performance by Sam Elliot playing crusty old Sergeant Major Basil Plumley: "Gentlemen, prepare to defend yourselves!"