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Summer represents a golden opportunity for reading -- at least in theory. Most of us create stacks of books we hope to read over the summer months, and summer tends to define a certain kind of reading intended for pleasure. Thankfully, good books can be both pleasurable and enriching. This particular summer reading list is intended especially for men, and it is written in the hope that men and older boys will find this list particularly helpful and interesting.And here are the books:
- Michael Korda, With Wings Like Eagles: A History of the Battle of Britain
- Simon Baatz, For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb, and the Murder that Shocked Chicago
- Richard J. Evans, The Third Reich at War
- Craig M. Mullaney, The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education
- Andrew Roberts, Masters and Commanders: How Four Titans Won the War in the West, 1941 -- 1945
- Neil Bascomb, Hunting Eichmann
- Alan Huffman, Sultana: Surviving the Civil War, Prison, and the Worst Maritime Disaster in American History
- Doug Stanton, Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan
- Norman Stone, World War One: A Short History
- Robert Harvey, Maverick Military Leaders: The Extraordinary Battles of Washington, Nelson, Patton, Rommel, and Others
