I commute by bus and train daily. Looking for some good stories to read.
This one fascinates me: Stuxnet
help me find more.
I commute by bus and train daily. Looking for some good stories to read.
This one fascinates me: Stuxnet
help me find more.
Operation Overflight
Gary Powers and the U2.
In reply to Appleseed :
Don't know if it's in that book but back in the 90s our instructor in Air Force avionics tech school taught us that he got shot down because of an autopilot failure. He said that at the attitude the U2 was supposed to fly the difference between max speed and stall speed was only 5 knots so autopilot controlled the plane. Supposedly Gary Powers' autopilot failed and he had to lower his attitude so that he could have a greater differential in the the two airspeeds for manual control. That lower attitude was the only way the Russians were able to shoot him down.
The Cuckoo's Egg is another hacker espionage story that makes for a good read - bonus GRM points for being mostly set in UC Berkley.
I can't recall the title, but there is a good book about the Japanese operating in Hawaii before Pearl Harbor. They were pretty brazen and we were pretty clueless.
"Pot Shards: Fragments of a Life Lived in CIA, the White House, and the Two Koreas" by Donald Gregg.
My dad's second cousin removed or something like that. Good guy, and did some real spooky stuff in his day.
brian shul and "sled driver" is a fun quick read
"Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare" is a good read. Not only about the men, but also the development of the killing devices they developed for guerilla warfare.
Also "A Man Called Intrepid" is good
I thought "Between Silk and Cyanide" was good, but it's not a novel.
I enjoyed this one about the Frogmen of the Italian navy in WWII.
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Prince-Sea-Devils-Borghese/dp/0306813114
D2W said:"Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare" is a good read. Not only about the men, but also the development of the killing devices they developed for guerilla warfare.
I've read that book - it's also a great read. It's amazing how seemingly jury rigged some of the weapons were, like the bomb that used a candy-based timer.
MadScientistMatt said:D2W said:"Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare" is a good read. Not only about the men, but also the development of the killing devices they developed for guerilla warfare.
I've read that book - it's also a great read. It's amazing how seemingly jury rigged some of the weapons were, like the bomb that used a candy-based timer.
There are multiple authors with similar titles. Do you remember which one you read?
I enjoyed You're Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger, about an Army Officer who worked in the OSS during WWII.
In reply to stroker :
Excellent book , it dann near reads like a novel
Tells a general story of American reconnaissance flights during the cold war as a larger piece of context for the story of a specific C-130 crew shot down over Armenia.
In reply to No Time :
This was the one I read and really enjoyed:
I recently finished Best of Enemies which was a really good Cold War story.
In reply to Wally :
Thank you. I’ll have to check some other sources, none of the B&N stores around central mass have it
I looked on amazon and audible and saw a few different ones by different authors, and wanted to pick one that had received a good review on GRM.
In reply to Fueled by Caffeine :
The only realistic way you can read Sled Driver is to check it out from the libray. That book is extremely expensive. Seriously, go on Ebay and check.
In reply to No Time :
I will check if my brother is done with it and I’ll pass it along.
No Time said:MadScientistMatt said:D2W said:"Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare" is a good read. Not only about the men, but also the development of the killing devices they developed for guerilla warfare.
I've read that book - it's also a great read. It's amazing how seemingly jury rigged some of the weapons were, like the bomb that used a candy-based timer.
There are multiple authors with similar titles. Do you remember which one you read?
https://www.amazon.com/Churchills-Ministry-Ungentlemanly-Warfare-Mavericks-ebook/dp/B01DJ0XZAY
This is the one I read, Not sure how they compare.
By Way of Deception : The Making and Unmaking of a Mossad Officer
^^^I read this back when it came out and really liked it. I still remember some of the situations the guy was put in.
Night Sky by Clare Francis
See my dialog on recent "What are you reading" post
Espionage at it's best and worst.
Well, here it is:
Gary SuperDork
3/1/19 7:46 p.m.
Night Sky by Clare Francis
Funny thing, Annie and I had a recent trip to Palm Springs, CA. (That's not the funny part. And "funny" not meaning comical, but rather meaning different or unusual). I had picked up Nelson DeMille's "The Cuban Affair" to read on the trip. I read it on the airplane on the way out and got about halfway through. Good story. So then we got to our boutique hotel in Palm Springs. We've been there before. They have a library in every room. Old school hard cover books. I investigated the offering, found Night Sky, and was hooked. It's written by Clare Francis, and was her first novel, done in 1983. It covers the years 1935-1945 in England and France, pre-war, war, and post-war Europe. She brings a number of disparate characters together into a very climactic ending. Well researched, and well written. Highly recommended.
In reply to Wally :
Thanks, that would be great.
I’ll take a look at amazon later, and maybe audible (although I’ve got a backlog of books to listen to).
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