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Picked up this slim volume from the library. Interesting little read about this cultural item from the south east Asian region.

I recently delved into "Union Cavalry: 1861-65" by Philip Katcher and Richard Hook, and I must say, it's a phenomenal contribution to the Warrior Series by Osprey Publishing. As someone with a keen interest in military history, I found this book to be a well-researched and captivating exploration of the pivotal role the Union Cavalry played during the Civil War.

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This is a book of techniques.

It only has like 29 pages of text which focuses on history of martial arts, breathing techniques and critical point of the human anatomy to bring your assailant down.

It‘s very heavy on illustrations of techniques. Originally designed as a military book it actually transcends to anyone interested in self defence and weapons training.

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There is a mythology in the US that we have a gun culture because we always have and it‘s part of our heritage. In focusing purely on the history of the gun business (not on politics), Haag shows how that actually isn‘t the case. Rather, the gun culture was built by the capitalistic drive by these companies to sell their product.

This is referring to the old west, cowboy era. It‘s interesting to really look at history to discern how much is fact and how much is mythology.

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A non-fiction book on my to read list for quite some time. I started it, but I‘d rather read fiction.

Very informational about how the sword came about, it‘s creation, and application. ⚔️

This book is quite interesting. The most interesting weapons in this book is the flaming pigs & goat staring, both of which can be found in the miscellaneous weapons section.

Finally got around to picking up this book and it lived up to expectation. In simplest terms during WW2 an eccentric American inventor cane up with the idea of using a bats (millions of them) strapped with incendiaries to set Japan ablaze and for the length of the war pursued the project despite the objections of the traditional military. A fascinating oddball selection of characters, knowledge of bats and the possibility that it may have worked.

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