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Originally Posted by bongodriver
No particular reason really, I don't have a great library, most of my books are reference material and not historical analysis, the few I do have I haven't read, I am not a great one for reading that type of stuff....I even have a signed copy of 'tumult in the clouds' that I never finished (Reason I have a signed copy is that James Goodson was a patient of my farther)
Despite our differences, you may still give me an isight to what it may be all about...
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uh and another thing, I read pilot's bios more for the descriptions of events and emotions than for the conclusions that they might reach, because even if they are cool, pilots are still human beings, not the custodians of the ultimate truth, although some get damn close to it.
When reading a "history book" it's important to understand beforehand the context in which it was written, if it's a witting or unwitting testimony, if it was written during or after the war etc..