I've read
Gift of Fear by Gavin De Becker
Strong on Defense by Sanford Strong
What to read next?
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I've read
Gift of Fear by Gavin De Becker
Strong on Defense by Sanford Strong
What to read next?
In the Gravest Extreme by Mas Ayoob, if you haven't yet.
"Enemies Foreign and Domestic" by Matthew Bracken
...and the follow on book (I can't remember if it is Foreign or Domestic enemies, currently on loan to a friend)
The Bible
Verbal Judo
Learn how to defuse situations instead of pouring fuel on the fire.
I'm halfway through The Kite Runner. A good and well written story. I also saw the movie.
The books in my signature ... esp the first one.
After that--
Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
The Civil War (all three volumes) by Shelby Foote.
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Originally Posted by kazzaerexys
Also check out "The Concealed Hangun Manual" by Chris Bird.
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On Killing and On Combat, by Lt Col Dave Grossman. I am about halfway through the first one (On Killing). Very interesting how much psychological stuff goes on with killing. It makes me want to live my life without having to take a life even more. But in order to live, hopefully I'd kill in a second. Can't tell until then.
+1 for The Concealed Hangun Manual by Chris Bird.
"Unintended Consequences" by John Ross
Ditto! That one should be required for gun owners, IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kerbouchard
A couple of other "must reads" are Principles of Personal Defense by Col. Jeff Cooper, and Surgical Speed Shooting by Andy Stanford.
What you have already selected are all great reads. There are many more available to chose from... so enjoy. You may also want to consider another self preservation book that will give you a lot of insight:
B-Basic
I -Instruction
B-Before
L-Leaving
E-Earth
+1 to militarypower. I have ready On Killing and I am working my way through On Combat. I got to meet the Author a few months ago and speak with him for a short amount of time, because I went to his "Bullet Proof Mind" class. I found Grossman to be extremely for real and a very caring, Christian man. This man has my respect, and he has greatly influenced my thinking and Mindset.
P.S. I read through and own "Verbal Judo." I have to admit that I was disappointed by the book. I didn't think that it was very good. Just my opinion, it might have done a lot for somebody. I would like my verbal judo to be so good that when I talk, the guy starts choking and is lifted off the ground, like when Darth Vader speaks. :rofl:
From a training perspective, given the one's you listed, I think you'd get good stuff from Sharpening the Warrior's Edge (B. Siddle) and On Combat (Grossman).