This is not a page turner, but what it has to say is interesting and compelling. Should be required reading for all branches of the US Federal government.
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The worlds greatest noodler rated Transitions from Violence to Politics: 5 stars
Dry but informative
5 stars
When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, they soon realized that their army had …
America-centric but good
4 stars
As good of an analysis as can be expected from an officer in the US Military, which is a compliment not an insult.
The Culture - a human/machine symbiotic society - has thrown up many great Game Players, …
Love to read about characters I hate
5 stars
My takeaway is that Gurgeh is contemptible but god damn I loved the story.
The worlds greatest noodler reviewed Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks (Culture, #1)
The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, …
Not what I expected
5 stars
I’ve always heard the culture described as the “good guys”, so the perspective of an outsider was intriguing. I also appreciated the cynicism that the cultures enemies approached it with. I’d given up on science fiction because I’d grown to associate it with YA pulp, but Banks drew me back in.
Brilliantly outlines who profits and who looses from, loosing the dogs of war. A scathing …
Like we’ve been here before
4 stars
Butler has the weight of experience that sets his arguments above the average college freshman. Even if I don’t agree with his position on isolationism in the lead up to WW2 his logic was, for the time, solid.
The worlds greatest noodler wants to read God and Golem, inc by Norbert Wiener
God and Golem, inc by Norbert Wiener
The new and rapidly growing field of communication sciences owes as much to Norbert Wiener as to any one man. …
The worlds greatest noodler wants to read The Systems Bible by John Gall
The worlds greatest noodler wants to read Cybernetics by Norbert Wiener
Norbert Wiener: Cybernetics (Hardcover, 1961, MIT Press)
Cybernetics by Norbert Wiener
Cybernetics describes the application of statistical mechanics methods to communications engineering. Its subject matter ranges from such control mechanisms as …
The worlds greatest noodler wants to read The Last Watch by J. S. Dewes
The Last Watch by J. S. Dewes
The Divide.
It’s the edge of the universe.
Now it’s collapsing—and taking everyone and everything with it.
The only ones …
The worlds greatest noodler finished reading The Bear Went Over the Mountain by Lester W. Grau
The Bear Went Over the Mountain by Lester W. Grau
When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, they soon realized that their army had the wrong equipment, the wrong …
When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, they soon realized that their army had …
Good analysis, slightly biased
4 stars
Grau provides excellent analysis of Soviet tactics, only slightly damaged by the inherent bias of the us military. Worth a read by anyone interested in why the USSR was defeated in Afghanistan.