I am building up my book collection since I love to read and most of the stuff I have is either military or LEO related.

Some great LEO reads I suggest:

Under and alone - William Queen (story of an undercover ATF agent)
Emotional survival for law enforcement - Dr. Kevin Gillmartin
Tactics for Criminal patrol

Military and history:
In Harms way - Doug Stanton
Flags of our fathers - James Bradley
Band of brothers (almost as good as the series) - Stephen Ambrose
In the company of Heros - Michael Durant
Blackhawk down

These can go either way:
On Killing
The Ultimate Sniper ( Maj John Plaster) - awesome!


What say you?

I would add the following:

George J. Thompson. Verbal Judo. Quill, William Morrow. 1993.

Ralph Mroz. Defensive Shooting for Real-Live Encounters. Paladin Press, 2000.

Bruce K. Siddle. Sharpening The Warrior's Edge. PPCT Management Systems, Inc, 500 South Illinois, Suite #3, Millstadt, IL 62260. Phone (618) 476-3535. 1995

Marine Sniper, 93 confirmed kills Carlos Hathcock.

You mean you guys can read???

Jay

Generation Kill
by Evan Wright

Best military book I have ever read.

It is the story about the 1st Recon spearheading to Baghdad. A great glimpse of the modern day hard charger.

Once I picked it up, I couldn't put it down.
It should be a movie.

I heard about that book, been thinking of picking it up.

Scary isn't it?

Terrifying

Jay

+1000000000000 on Under and Alone

Under and Alone is the only book I have read cover to cover in one sitting.

A must read for any cop (or fan of a good true crime story).

Some of my recommendations:

The Hot House: An expose on life inside Leavenworth Fed Pen. A bit dated but solid read. By Peter Earley. All true stories and first hand accounts.

Newjack: The life of a rookie correctional officer in Sing Sing. the author, a journalist by trade, was denied access for his book so he went through the correctional academy and actually got hired as a CO.

You Got Nothing Coming; Notes from a Prison Fish: The author, Jimmy Lerner, was a white collar manager for a major phone company. As series of events lead him to a manslaughter charge and subsequent prison sentence. This is his story of being a 55 year old fish (who has never been in trouble) and his bid to survive in a prison. Not as self-serving as you would think from a con...he is a literate guy and good writer.

I Was a Killer for the Hells Angels : The Story of Serge Quesnal. A Hells Angels hitman turned rat.

A Wayward Angel : The Full-Story of the Hell's Angels by the Former Vice-President of the Oakland Chapter. Old book but a great insight into the golden era of the HA's. Self serving at times, but the info is solid.

The Brotherhoods; Inside the Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs: Inside Austrailian "bikie" gangs.

Hell's Angels : 'Three Can Keep a Secret If Two Are Dead' By Yves Levinge. This guy is supposed to be a Canadian Biker Gang Expert. My first biker read. I don't really know how accurate the info is, but it paints a vivid picture of Biker life in the late 70's early 80s.

One Percent: A photo essay on the Outlaws MC.

Rock Hard : The Autobiography of a Former Alcatraz Inmate. By Leon Whitey Thompson. I actually met this guy at Alcatraz and picked up his book. Great from a historical perspective, but you can tell some of it is fluff.



NON-LE (But good books)

Super Casino : Inside the "New" Las Vegas: Great book on the inside workings and daily routine of the Luxor Casino in Vegas. By Pete Early who wrote the above Hot House book.

Fast Food Nation: An expose' of the fast food industry and what makes it tick.

NorCal

This post has been edited by NorCal_LEO: October 18th 2005 5:00 PM

Some of us even vote.

I haven't heard of some of those, I need to get on the ball and start reading some more.

I was hoping someone mentioned this before I got the chance to. I absolutely hate reading, and I think I finished that book within a few days just because I couldn't put it down. Definately a good read.

Sounds good. I think I'll pick it up this weekend.

I'm going to look for it too.

You guys named some good ones.

Here's one (LEO) that I totally recommend.... "We get confessions".


http://members.aol.com/ajosph/weget.htm

That looks like a good one. Have to check it out.

Good read for LEOs and Soldiers interested in arms:

CIA Blackbook- Improvised munitions, got my copy at the surplus store!
Anarchist Cookbook- downloaded my copy!
SWAT Magazine- my dad subscribed me!
a few others I will update later!

Not so sure about that one.

Have any luck?

Didn't get a chance this weekend. Should pick it up tonight. :smile: