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Martin Koenigsberg (MarTMar) (SteelyDab)

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1 month ago

Just finished my 9th Book Review of the Year! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #21stCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #EuropeanHistory #NATO #RussianHistory #RussianImperialHistory #PostColdWarHistory #UkrainianWarOfIndependence #GazaWar #MyanmarCivilWar #AzeriArmenianWar #HistBookChat

Martin Koenigsberg (MarTMar) (SteelyDab)

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4 months ago

Martin Koenigsberg's review of Tanks in the Gulf War 1991 (New Vanguard #337) 4/5: I grew up in the 1960s and 1970s, when the Cold War was pretty intense, and the Warsaw Pact quantity versus NATO quality trope was a pillar of Western belief. Then the second Gulf War came along-...

Just finished my 70th(!!) Book Review of the Year!! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #20thCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #KuwaitiHistory #IraqiHistory #GulfWarII #NATO #WarsawPact #AmericanHistory #BritishHistory #PostColdWarHistory #ColdWar #HistBookChat
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Martin Koenigsberg (MarTMar) (SteelyDab)

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4 months ago

O bog daj - the Mailman delivered!! Gotta get reading right away!! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #20thCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #AvGeek #AviationHistory #BalkanHistory #PostColdWarHistory #FormerYugoslavianHistory #SlovenianHistory #CroatianHistory #BosnianHistory #HistBookChat

Martin Koenigsberg (MarTMar) (SteelyDab)

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8 months ago

New Review! #AirWar #WWIHistory #WWIIHistory #ColdWarHistory #PostColdWarHistory #CloseAirSupport #WargameResearch #CaseStudiesOnTheIntegrationOfAirPowerOnTheBattlefield #HarryRaffal #JohnAlexander #HelionAndCompany #ItalianCampaign #Falklands #Afghanistan #FlamesOfWar #TeamYankee #20CenturyWargames

Martin Koenigsberg (MarTMar) (SteelyDab)

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10 months ago

By jove - the Mailman delivered!! Gotta get reading right away!! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #21stCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #BritishHistory #BritishArmy #NATO #PostColdWarHistory #TerrorThreat #RussianImperialHistory #Afghanistan #Iraq #FutureWars #WargameResearch #HistoryBookChat

Martin Koenigsberg (MarTMar) (SteelyDab)

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1 year ago

Martin Koenigsberg's review of First Hand Accounts From the Ukrainian Frontline 4/5: Writing today on the third anniversary of the start of the Russian Invasion part of the Ukrainian war of Independence, it is sad that this book is an important read. Oksana Melnyk, a Ukrainian jo...

Just finished my 15th Book Review of the Year!! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #21stCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #UkrainianHistory #RussianHistory #UkrainianWarOfIndependence #SpecialMilitaryOperation #PostColdWarHistory #NewColdWar #ModernWar #HistoryBookChat
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Martin Koenigsberg (MarTMar) (SteelyDab)

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1 year ago

Look UP New Book! #PostColdWarHistory #TaiwanStrait #WargameResearch #ChinasStealthFighter #TheJ20MightyDragonAndTheGrowingChallengeToWesternAirDominance #AbrahamAbrams #AirWorld #ChengduJ20MightyDragon #AirWar #AntiAircraftWarfare #BloodRedSkies #MigAlley #ModernSimulations

Martin Koenigsberg (MarTMar) (SteelyDab)

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1 year ago

Martin Koenigsberg's review of A History of Modern Mercenary Warfare 4/5: With several areas of the globe mired in conflicts- many of them wholly or partially fought by Private Military contractors of one kind or another- it seems like a good time to read A History of ...

Just finished my 5th Book Review of the Year!! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #21stCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #MercenaryHistory #SoldiersForHire #ColdWarHistory #PostColdWarHistory #PostColonialHistory #AfricanHistory #AsianHistory #HistoryBookChat www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Martin Koenigsberg (MarTMar) (SteelyDab)

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1 year ago

Nichoho sobi - the Mailman delivered!! Gotta get reading right away!! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #21stCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #UkrainianHistory #RussianHistory #UkrainianWarOfIndependence #SpecialMilitaryOperation #PostColdWarHistory #NewColdWar #ModernWar #HistoryBookChat

Martin Koenigsberg (MarTMar) (SteelyDab)

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1 year ago

Look Up New Book! #PostColdWarHistory #WargameResearch #PrideAndFall #TheBritishArmyInAfghanistan2001to2014 #SergioMiller #OspreyPublishing #Helmand #Paras #SAS #RMC #Chinooks #TeamYankee #BattlegroupNorthag #ModernSimulations

Martin Koenigsberg (MarTMar) (SteelyDab)

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1 year ago

Chanumas package from my sister - another #ThriftScore !! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #20thCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #FrenchHistoire #FrenchForeignLegion #ColdWarHistory #PostColdWarHistory #Chad #GulfWarII #Iraq #Bosnia #WargameResearch #HistoryBookChat

Martin Koenigsberg (MarTMar) (SteelyDab)

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1 year ago

No me digas - the Mailman delivered!! Gotta get reading right away!! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #20thCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #AvGeek #AviationHistory #VenezualanHistory #LatinAmericanHistory #AmericanHistory #PostColdWarHistory #PostColonialHistory #CoupDEtat #HistoryBookChat

Martin Koenigsberg (MarTMar) (SteelyDab)

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1 year ago

JFC - the Mailman delivered!! Gotta get reading right away!! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #21stCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #AvGeek #AviationHistory #AmericanHistory #GulfWarIII #TheWarOnTerror #AfghanistanWar #PostColdWarHistory #PostColonialHistory #USAAF #CloseAirSupport #HistoryBookChat

Martin Koenigsberg (MarTMar) (SteelyDab)

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1 year ago

Vilken overraskning - the Mailman delivered!! Gotta get reading right away!! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #21stCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #SwedishHistory #Neutral #ArmedNeutrality #Deterrent #NATO #PostColdWarHistory #RussianHistory #ScandinavianHistory #ModernHistory #HistoryBookChat

Martin Koenigsberg (MarTMar) (SteelyDab)

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1 year ago

Martin Koenigsberg’s review of Modern Taiwanese Air Power: The Republic of China Air Force Today In 1975, when I was focused on High School, Chiang Kai-shek passed away. With him went all real hope that the plucky anti Communist KMT would retake the larger China back from the Chinese Communist Pa...

Just finished my 42nd Book Review of the Year!! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #21stCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #AvGeek #AviationHistory #TaiwaneseHistory #ChineseCommunistHistory #ChineseHistory #ColdWarHistory #PostColdWarHistory #Formosa #Taipei www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Martin Koenigsberg (MarTMar) (SteelyDab)

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1 year ago

Martin Koenigsberg’s review of Putin's Wars and NATO's Flaws: Why Russia Invaded Ukraine This book is an interesting discussion of the present mess in Eastern Europe- but I'm not sure I agree with all the author's assumptions, nor many of his conclusions. Paul Moorcroft is a prolific auth...

Just finished my 23rd Book Review of the Year!! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #21stCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #UkrainianHistory #RussianHistory #NATOHistory #RussianImperialHistory #UkrainianWarOfIndependence #UkraineWar #GeorgianHistory #PostColdWarHistory
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Martin Koenigsberg (MarTMar) (SteelyDab)

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1 year ago

Dang - the Mailman delivered!! Gotta get reading right away!! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #21stCenturyHistory #20thCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #ColdWarHistory #PostColdWarHistory #PostColonialHistory #AfricanHistory #MiddleEasternHistory #AsianHistory #MercenaryHistory #SecurityConsultants

Martin Koenigsberg (MarTMar) (SteelyDab)

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2 years ago

Martin Koenigsberg’s review of Takka Takka Bom Bom I really enjoyed this book, which starts as a travel guide to early 1960s Africa, develops into a autobiography of a veteran combat reporter, and ends with a fact filled indictment of the South Africa...

Just finished my 7th Book Review of the Year!! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #21stCenturyHistory #20thCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #AfricanHistory #ColdWarHistory #PostColdWarHistory #ModernWar #WarCorrespondent #CombatJournalism #MiddleEasternHistory
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Martin Koenigsberg (MarTMar) (SteelyDab)

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2 years ago

Holy Guacamole - the Mailman delivered!! Gotta get reading right away!! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #20thCenturyHistory #21stCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #RussianHistory #UkrainianHistory #ChechenHistory #PostColdWarHistory #UkrainianWarOfIndependence #ChechenWar #WargameResearch

Martin Koenigsberg (MarTMar) (SteelyDab)

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2 years ago

Trip to Denver for New Year's supplies... There was a #ThriftScore !! @arcthrift #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #21stCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #AmericanHistory #IraqiHistory #GulfWarIII #2003IraqWar #IraqWar #PostColdWarHistory #OperationIraqiFreedom #OperationTelic #WargameResearch

Martin Koenigsberg (MarTMar) (SteelyDab)

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2 years ago

Martin Koenigsberg’s review of US Naval Aviation, 1945–2003: Rare Photographs from Naval Archive... I totally loved this book, but not just to be reminded of when F-4 Phantoms and F-14 Tomcats bounced off of and onto US Carriers in the later Cold War, a golden age for some. I was even more excited t...

Just finished my 99th Book Review of the Year!! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #20thCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #AvGeek #AviationHistory #AmericanHistory #CarrierWarfare #PowerProjection #USN #ColdWarHistory #PostColdWarHistory #KoreanWar #VietnamWar #GulfWarII
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Martin Koenigsberg (MarTMar) (SteelyDab)

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2 years ago

Criminy - the Mailman delivered!! Gotta get reading right away!! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #21stCenturyHistory #20thCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #ModernWar #ColdWarHistory #PostColdWarHistory #AfricanHistory #MiddleEasternHistory #AsianHistory #LatinAmericanHistory #EuropeanHistory

Martin Koenigsberg (MarTMar) (SteelyDab)

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2 years ago

Jiminy Biscuits - the Mailman delivered!! Gotta get reading right away!! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #21stCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #ThaiHistory #SiameseHistory #PostColdWarHistory #PoliticalUnrest #RecentHistory #WargameResearch #RedShirtYellowShirt