Flight of the Old Dog

It's interesting to me to read books set in the cold war, now that my kids are old enough that I have tried to explain the cold war. This is a band-of-misfits book with a healthy dose of improbable circumstances, but for all that, it's exactly the kind of book I keep going back to, because it is exac......more

If you believe that the United States has the absolute right to impose hegemonic domination over the rest of the world - and you bought into the CIA lies about the Soviet bogeyman and our impending destruction at their hands at any moment - and the only thing keeping us safe at night were a few mave......more

This book has 416 pages, and it was published by Berkley Books. I decided to read this book because it is heavily based on aircraft, which I appreciate because my father, who was a sergeant in the Air Force, recommended this book to me. This work was a New York Times Bestseller. The main character o......more

First book I read by Dale Brown. An incredibly engrossing story. The characters are interesting and identifiable (you truly find yourself caring about them), the narration is first rate (you'll actually feel as if you're in the old B-52), and the pace is breathless.......more

What happens next to Patrick Mclanahan and his crew? Such a question rarely entered my mind. While this book was filled with copious amounts of tech specs and enough aeronautic jargon to make one feel like you are taking an aerospace engineering course. There is so much that it feels the actual stor......more