» by GI Korea May 6th, 2009 at 9:38 pm » Comments (9)

Sonagi over the Marmot's Hole has translated an article in the Chosun Ilbo on former 2nd Infantry Division commander Russel Honore's new book, Survival: How a Culture of Preparedness Can ...more »

» by GI Korea April 21st, 2009 at 9:04 pm » Comments (2)

This week a book I have long been waiting for has been released.  The book, "To the Last Round" was written by Seoul based British journalist Andrew Salmon. The ...more »

» by GI Korea April 20th, 2009 at 3:51 am » Comments (7)

Introduction For people looking to get a deeper understanding of the War in Iraq and the decisions that led up to it there are plenty of books out there that provide ...more »

» by GI Korea December 15th, 2008 at 5:43 pm » Comments (15)

Introduction For a country as small as Korea, it definitely has plenty of books written about it.  So many in fact, that it may be hard to sift through the many ...more »

» by GI Korea October 23rd, 2008 at 11:52 am » Comments (1)

This may not be good for these soldiers' careers: South Korea's defense minister threatened to punish a group of military law officers Thursday for filing a petition with the Constitutional Court ...more »

» by USinKorea October 1st, 2008 at 12:00 pm » Comments (13)

Update #2 John B recommends:  The War at the End of the World by Mario Vargas Llosa It is about Brazil's War of Canudos. Becky recommends Bedlam South by David Donaldson and ...more »

» by GI Korea September 3rd, 2008 at 8:45 am » Comments (5)

Introduction There are a lot of Iraq War books and memoirs out there for people to read all the way from White House officials, the former Coalition Provisional Authority leader Paul ...more »

» by USinKorea July 24th, 2008 at 10:50 am » Comments (14)

Korea: Art and Archaeology by Jane Portal This is both a special interest and general interest book: If you are a person who gets into art and art history (I ...more »

» by GI Korea June 4th, 2008 at 10:06 am » Comments (18)

Bing West is a well respected military writer, especially for his recent books in regards to the war in Iraq. However, until recently I haven’t read the first book ...more »

» by GI Korea May 30th, 2008 at 11:56 am » Comments (1)

I have browsed through these Lonely Planet Blue List books before when I visited the book store but have not found anything in them that makes them really worth buying. ...more »