Ryan's Reading List - Nonfiction
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- Опубликовано: 28 май 2024
- The nonfiction list is:
The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error by Sydney Deckker
The Taking of K-129 by Josh Dean
My American Journey- Colin Powell
Chesty - Jon T. Hoffman
When Thunder Rolled by Ed Rasimus
Delete the Adjective by Lisa Jaster
The Bomber Mafia by Malcom Gladwell
Truth, Lies and O-Rings by Allan J McDonald
On The House by John Boehner
Man of the House by Tip O’Neal
To Russia with Fries by George Cohen
The Outpost by Jake Tapper
Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden
Guests of the Ayatollah by Mark Bowden
Hue 1968 by Mark Bowden
On Wings of Eagles by Ken Folett
U.S.S. Iowa Explosion:
Sandia National Laboratories' Final Technical Report
Armies of Sand - by Kenneth Pollack
The Dream Machine by Richard Whittle
Thunder Below by Eugine B. Fluckey
Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins
Story of my Life - Moshe Dayan
A Bridge Too Far by Cornelius Ryan
Fidel Castro: A Spoken Autobiography by Fidel Castro
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The nonfiction list is:
The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error by Sydney Deckker
The Taking of K-129 by Josh Dean
My American Journey- Colin Powell
Chesty - Jon T. Hoffman
When Thunder Rolled by Ed Rasimus
Delete the Adjective by Lisa Jaster
The Bomber Mafia by Malcom Gladwell
Truth, Lies and O-Rings by Allan J McDonald
On The House by John Boehner
Man of the House by Tip O’Neal
To Russia with Fries by George Cohen
The Outpost by Jake Tapper
Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden
Guests of the Ayatollah by Mark Bowden
Hue 1968 by Mark Bowden
On Wings of Eagles by Ken Folett
U.S.S. Iowa Explosion:
Sandia National Laboratories' Final Technical Report
Armies of Sand - by Kenneth Pollack
The Dream Machine by Richard Whittle
Thunder Below by Eugine B. Fluckey
Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins
Story of my Life - Moshe Dayan
A Bridge Too Far by Cornelius Ryan
Fidel Castro: A Spoken Autobiography by Fidel Castro
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You forgot to link the video below about the russian saving for mcdonalds. @13:07
In no particular order- Tony Benn a political life.
John Moe Double Agent-Jan Moen.
Long walk to freedom-Mandela.
Windrush-Mike & Trevor Philips.
Thatchers Britain-Terry Coleman.
The Fear-Peter Godwin.
Congo Warriors-Mike Hoare.
I write what I like-Steve Biko.
Give your Heart to the Hawks-Win Blevins.
Politics on the edge-Rory Stewart…..
I do enjoy finding out peoples reading preferences!
"Steel My Soldiers Hearts" by Col. David Hackworth is a must-read on leadership. He took over a battalion or regiment, it's been a while since I read it, made up of unmotivated draftees and within 2 months, they conducted a large-scale air assault operation successfully. He reinvigorated the unit through a variety of means and demonstrated true leadership. Thanks for sharing some of your library, Ryan.
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Tai Lopez has been quiet since Ryan dropped his knowledge list
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@@ricolives1166 I hate how I can hear that in my head.
More Lambos than bookcases.
I have to read that first book, I'm a manufacturing quality analyst. That principal is a huge part of QC when properly understood; 90% of the time, the system is to blame for a problem, not the person (and the system is management's responsibility). Like I tell people, if you tell someone to dig an underground swimming pool and give him a plastic spoon to dig with, you can yell at him all you want but he won't be able to dig any faster. Give him a shovel or even better, an excavator.
Ryan, no joke. You’re becoming more interesting with every new video.
I have Chesty on my bookshelf too. Good night Chesty, where ever you are.
Getting to Yes is a great book for anyone with a job, friends or a partner and even better if you have none of those things presently.
“The other guy does NOT need to lose for you to get a win”. People need to learn this
A binary world is easy, and too many people are too lazy to live in a world with shades of gray.
This should be emblazoned on massive illuminated signs along major highways.
Boener is promised BAYner.
I really appreciate this reading list. Will pick up your #1 recommendation.
Ryan always says he's not political and now I'm inclined to believe him. If he didn't know it was BAYner he probably doesn't WATCH the news, but reads it. Sorta makes me feel a little guilty for knowing how it's pronounced
It's only BAY-ner because everyone with a last name spelled like that is sick of being called BOH-ner by 4th grade.
@MonkeyJedi99 Yeah, that's called "Uranus phenomenon". Well, not really--but it probably should be.
Genuinely such a great video! Really good range of topics covered from military to politics and critical thinking!! Another success Ryan
Holy @#$%, I've got to get the book, "On the Wings of Eagles". Wow, that needs to be a movie.
I believe they did a TV miniseries about it back in the 80's starring Burt Lancaster.
This video was very insightful. ill watch it later again. thanks :D
Ryan . You are a genuine fount . Thank you .
What an awesome list; a few were already on my own!
I would like to humbly recommend 3 more that had a huge impact on my outlook:
Factufulness - Hans Rosling
The Death of Expertise - Tom Nichols
Algorithms to Live By - Christian/Griffiths
Hans Rosling's Ted Talks were absolutely amazing, and I can guarantee you'll never see a mathematician with a better party trick on stage. He really gave a completely different perspective on how the world is getting better than we think it is.
I've been a fan of Ken Follett's Kingsbridge series (still have the 5th book in my TODO list), and the Century Trilogy. Both are works of fiction, but both touch on real events and throughout history. Another Follett book, "Night over Water", was a thriller involving one of the Pan Am Clipper ships (Boeing 314) days after the start of WWII.
Several titles that you've listed are now on my reading list... thanks!
Great list!
We have some overlap. I can also recommend
"Basic Economics" - Thomas Sowell
"The Compound Effect" - Darren Hardy
"Born a Crime" - Trevor Noah
Ngl, this video came up in my feed this morning and I got wood. Ryan McBeth's reading list? I'm here for that...
Damn. This video was a knockout. Excellent recommendations.
Hue 1968 was really good. I got to meet Bowden in Powell’s books .
No David Kilcullen, David Galula, Bernard Fall, etc?
Ryan, I loved the book recommendations. It’s funny that when you started broadcasting from your new place I saw your books in the background and tried to zoom in to see the titles. Looks like I wasn’t the only one curious about what you spend your time reading. Looking forward to your list of non-fiction.
Omar Bradley is probably a better example of an Army officer who was loved by his men. My grandpa never served under Patton, but he knew a lot of men who did, and they did not have many nice things to say about him.
President Truman, who served in the army during WW1 thought Patton was a marionette.
Thank you Ryan this is an amazing list and I'm always looking for new books to read.
You filled my heart with this list! I love a huge reading list by authors I would never come across myself. (Just a few I knew already. I love A Bridge Too Far.). Thanks Ryan.
Guns Germs and Steel is a very good book, should be required reading.
On wings of Eagles is just insane, I couldn't believe what Ryan was saying for a second.
Critical thinking!!!!! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Yes, airline crash investigation! Cascading failure!
Thank you for your contribution to individual thought.
This is a great video . Thank you .
You are a natural story teller and reviewer. I have used your phrase "mcbet never give up the will to live!"
The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War NON STOP LAUGHS! Great list, thanks.
This is a solid reading list
Keep up the great work Ryan. I gotta keep my notifications on 😅
Great list!! Read some already, gotta read the others.
One book I’d add is “Cry Havoc, How the Arms Race Drove the World to War 1931-1941” by Joseph Maiolo. While overused (and I just added myself to that list!), the book really exemplifies Clausewitz’s thought that “war is a continuation of politics by other means.” The scale of the pending war meant that most countries became authoritative (more or less) and, especially for the Axis countries, aimed to convert their economies into an autarky (economically independent). One interesting point is how Neville Chamberlain was well aware of Britain’s dire economic position and worked to try to buy time to prep the country’s economy for war. Outwardly, this gives the appearance of appeasement, which earned him a less than stellar reputation in the eyes of history. Understanding his dilemma (which Ryan always highlights!!) he was willing to take that path so he could convert the economy back to a war footing. Ultimately, it also shows the foley of having economies dedicated to one purpose (regardless of what that may be) as well as the ultimate failure of an autarky in a global economy. In many ways, we are in those times again and will hopefully learn from the past to avoid the outcome those in the 30s-40s secured!!
Great list. I have a few of these too. I'd add Spec Ops By Adm Wm McRaven. Several special operations from WWII to Viet Nam and the Entebbe operation in '76. Analysis and insight into what makes an operation 'special' and how they succeed or don't.
Lucky Flucky’s invasion of Japan did make it into an episode of Silent Service. I’ve seen photos of the Barb’s battle flag. Along with all the silhouettes of the ships it sank, is the silhouette of a train.
K-129, which officially broke before the conning tower during recovery, the conning tower and entire aft end being lost. Which is how, years later, the Navy presented to the Soviet Navy the ships bell, which was in the conning tower.
I love military books of all kinds. I'm in the middle of House to House by Medal of Honor recipient Staff Sergeant David Bellavia right now. Such a well told and engaging story, I highly recommended it! For now, I put The Taking of K-129 and Thunder Below on my list, they sound like some good ones. Thanks for the recommendations, McBeth!
Thanks, I've been looking for a new audio book. Lots on the list I never would have considered.
I just ordered On Wings Of Eagles. I forgot about that event. Ross Perot always interested me.
Had no idea Ross Perot was a bad ass lol
If your still in Dallas come eat at Trinty groves they have 12 different restaurants in one building and it was be awesome if I could meet you!!
Much love Ryan keep doing what you do!!
Well, RUclips has really let me down here. I'm subscribed to the channel, but got no notification for this video - and obsessive book reader that I am, this is one video I would've liked to know about immediately.
I've read "Black Hawk Down" and "The Bomber Mafia". Haven't read "Chesty", but I have read another biography about him. Haven't read "The Outpost" either, but I did read "Red Platoon", which I'm 90% sure was about the same battle. "A Bridge Too Far" has been on my to-read list for an embarrassingly long time.
Happens to me all the time. I have yet to discern any logic to it. Sometimes I get notifications for channels, sometimes I don't.
@@bsadewitz I've even been getting notifications for channels I'm NOT subscribed to. And RUclips has also automatically subscribed me to a channel without my knowledge, too.
It's even worse than I thought - RUclips has started giving me recommendations from channels that I've BLOCKED.
yes sir!! I have been waiting for this!
I’ve read At least 5 of them and you are spot on…. I’ll check out the rest.
Thanks
Frequently at the end of the work day Tip O'Neill would go to to Reagan's office and have a glass of whiskey and just talk and laugh like old buddies.
Great list!
Thanks Ryan- I like to find out how people whose word I respect got to where they are.
Thanks for the list. I read Bomber Mafia which was fascinating. We had no idea the jet stream existed back then and the Norden bombsight was useless, so General LeMay undertook low-level bombing in Japan.
Looking forward to the upcoming fiction list too
Good list. I've read several of those books.
great been looking for more history books and non fiction books hopefully i can find some good recommendations.
"Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania," by Eric Larson
"Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster, " by John Krakauer
"Understanding Air France 447," by Bill Palmer
Great list! I've got some reading to do.
i have "my American journey" on the shelf and is up next to read.
Neptune's inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal is a fantastic book.
"Call sign chaos" is a very good book on leadership i believe.
"we were soldiers once and young" is a great book and is very poignant, knowing that a person in that book now has their name on the 9/11 memorial.
It's fitting that John Boehner is holding a glass of wine on the cover of his book.🤣🤣🤣
When Thunder Rolled is the perfect example of the one glaring problem with civilian oversight of military. Yeah, it's good to make sure that you don't end up with a Dr Strangelove character or MacArthur in Korea type escalation (although with the far higher educational standards now, I wonder whether civilians can even have the slightest comprehension of the seriousness of military action compared to serving soldiers?) But being leary of killing "advisors" who aren't going to be claimed by their government for deniability reasons is tantamount to murder of US pilots in my opinion!
Especially considering Israel had zero compunction killing Soviet advisors when destroying Egypt's air force and Sam sites as the Vietnam war still had 2 years to go!
Also, if you like technical stuff and fancy a more wholesome and a happier ending read "Battle of the Beams" by R V Jones (although a slight caveat, for anyone else, if you happen to be from Lambeth you might have a more jaundiced view!) Excellent book, exemplifies the bloke in a shed type engineering under constraints that has become a meme of the UK, I guess WW2 was the full stop on us being the main man, although it'd been a 50 year process, as you and the USSR began to compete for superiority. Excellent stuff about early computing as well, and a few hair raising dafties who had some considerable power and responsibility, (not quite bat bombs, but lazers and death rays were touted!)
Also also, my stepdad served in the RAF in Iraq, he didn't think much of Iraqis other than Kurds, he said the Kurds hadn't let Islam ruin their cognition, (probably because they were constantly fighting for their basic human rights being stateless?) I only know expats from the middle East as a Brit but I hate the term "insha'Allah" it is abdicating responsibility, a denial of self. It might be great for the guys who send out suicide bombers but, even if it's an unintended consequence, the chief result is widespread anti intellectualism. The only army that fought well in the nakbah was Jordan's, commanded by John glubb, who was a British general in ww2.
Thats not a studio...thats a library
Ooohhh 1st comment.
Most succinct video yet
Great list - I’m going straight to Half Price Books!
Ryan, if your serious about understanding why people make mistakes I suggest you get hold of "Thinking fast and slow" by Kahneman and Tsersky. They look at the ultimate reasons for ANY mistake. Most other books look at proximate causes.
Will give the number one a read for sure. Generally go for fiction so the only thing in my reading list that Ryan might like would be.
"Managing Major Hazards: The lessons of the Moura Mine disaster"
If you like the field guide to understanding human error, I’d recommend both ‘Set Phasers to Stun: and other true tales of design, technology, and human error’ and ‘the Atomic Chef: and other true tales of…’. Both by S.M. Casey and Steven Casey. Both books are a collection of case studies of design/system failures with severe human consequences. Both are fascinating reads.
As a C130 Loadmaster , I carried a ziploc full of Jolly Ranchers to give to the Ranger candidates during paratroop drops out of Eglin AFB . Of course it had to be done without the cadre finding out.those dudes were worn down.
More than a few are on my bookshelves. Colin Powell relaxes by rebuilding Volvos? On Wings of Eagles reads like a spy novel and Ross Perot was a one of a kind Bad Ass. All of Cornelius Ryan's books are worthy of any list. My dad was a B-24 tail gunner so The Bomber Mafia was especially poignant for me. While you were speaking about John Boehner's book I was ranting about Tip O'Neil and , well there ya go.
I suggest
"Five Days at Memorial" and
'The University of Hard Knocks"
by Ralph Albert Parlette
Some interesting books right there. If you are still looking for more though, Shoot Like a Girl by Major M.J. Hagar is a really good read. (Well I listened to it personally, but it is good either way). It is a memoir that chronicles the obstacles she experienced before and just after joining the military, her time flying CSAR missions in Afghanistan, the mission that earned her the Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor and a Purple Heart, and her time in the national guard and her work to eliminate the combat ban for women.
For economics, the Misbehaviour of Markets by Mandelbrot.
2 older books I enjoyed are David Hackworth, About Face and George Thayer, The War Business - The International Trade in Arms.
I read an unauthorised bio of Castro by Tad Suzac. It was one of the top 3 bios I've ever read. Al Capone had a brother who became a lawman under a the pseudonym John(ny) "two gun" Harte. He became part of Coolidge's protection team. He deserves a movie, written and directed by Tarantino.
16:40 Wow. It must be nice to work for a company who gives a shit if you live or die. These days pretty much all employment in the US is at-will. I'm pretty sure if I found myself trapped in a foreign country whole on a work assignment my employer would simply terminate my employment and forget about me. I really can't imagine any employer these days would do any different. It's a different, and worse, time now.
I had a book by Mao that apparently wasn't on the reading list during Vietnam.
Dude I have so much more respect for Ross Perot now.
That’s some bad ass shit .
Who doesn't like a Zombie book about a computer scientist? "Get Off My L@wn".
If you enjoy learning how systems fail, the CSB (Chemical Safety Board) produces detailed technical papers on serious industrial accidents involving chemicals. More frightening than ANY fiction I've read.
Hue 1968 is top notch. I'd add making of thr atomic bomb
Seaworthiness: The Forgotten Factor by C. A. Marchaj because I am obsessed with stability.
Great set of reading material ... the Mad Dog would approve. One quibble . Chesty was CO of 1st Marines (the regiment) not 1st Marine Division in Korea.
I have some mixed feelings about The Bomber Mafia. On one hand, as a book it's really great. Maxwell knows how to catch your attention and it is interesting and well written, and the audiobook knows it's an audiobook and goes with it, and just being someone reading the book, there is music, audio effects and news reels recordings which enhance the experience.
On the other hand.... it's overly simplistic, and sometimes wrong. It reduces the british bombing campaing to "Harris was a psycopath", no further questions. The ball bearing bombing debacle is reduced to a personality clash. There is complexity and nuance and different angles to look at these things, but Maxwell picks just one angle and pretends it's the end all be all. You can feel there is a better book trying to get out of that book. I guess it could work as an introductory book to WW2 strategic bombing campaigns... kinda
Something I did like, despite all of that, is if we accept this simplistic view / clash of presonalities presented in the book, Maxwell argues a good case for both of them, and reviewers don't seem to agree on wether the book is pro-Hansell or pro-LeMay
As a mental midget peering over some arbitrary barrier at a glowing meeting of giants, an in-depth summary of the first book is food enough for a few months, at least.
Fantastic Selection Mr. McBeth
I have a few books that I think are especially important for young Americans to understand their history and America’s place in the world.
1. The Absent Superpower by Peter Zeihan
2. The Memiors of U.S. Grant
3. Generation Kill by Evan Wright
4. The Storm Before The Storm by Mike Duncan
I've just completed reading "Global Crisis" by Geoffey Parker. It covers in detail The General Crisis of the 17th Century that affected the whole known world. It is a weighty tome and I couldn't help noticing the parallels with what is unfolding across the the world today and this period of the 17th Century.
Also I am a Tragic for reading AAR's, findings of Boards of Inquiry and investigations, findings of The Coroner's Court (in Australia the Coroner's Court has the power to make findings in respect of the cause of death of a person or the cause of any fire or explosion) and reading the final reports of Royal Commissions (another Australian thing).
As Elaine said to Jerry, magazines don't count.
Thank you for the list: I recommend Winston Churchill’s The Second World War (6 volume set)
The Science of Discworld series by Pratchett and a bunch of random scientists is great. The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error is very bold to put a massive human error right there in the incredibly badly done book description. There's no tagline, the paragraphs are far too big, and it doesn't sell it well. He hasn't filled in his author profile properly because there's no picture. Despite this it's selling well, which means it'd sell better with some TLC. The Audible book doesn't even have a real cover. That poor guy needs to get into the author community and stop making basic errors himself.
kool
Daniel Kahneman received a Nobel Prize in economics never taking Econ 101. He student all the ways humans err in their judgment.
This book will help you understand why people believe in weird.
A bridge too Far is a great book.
Colin Powell's autobiography is now on my reading list, along with several other books. I wonder if you've read Beyond America's Grasp by Stephen P. Cohen - another great book! Or Man Without a Face by East German spymaster Markus Wolf? Also excellent. Since you recommend Truth, Lies and O-rings, you must also have read Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman, but Richard P. Feynman, or his other wonderful book, What Do You Care What Other People Think?
" Maritime Supremacy and the Opening of The Western Mind " - Peter Padfiel
" Patriot Pirates: The Privateer War for Freedom and Fortune in the American Revolution" - Robert H. Patton
GUNS, GERMS and STEEL by Jarod Diamond. A book that figures prominently in Peter Zeihan's thinking. When I first heard him speak I recognized this book in his thought process immediately. Not an easy read as the information is exquisitely granular and at times tedious. However if you're intellectually curious and understanding why things are the way they are is very satisfying to you.....THIS is the book.
Why is Africa black? Why in 1492 were the American natives still in the stone age? How did we go from Hunter Gather's to farmers?, Why was the Fertile Crescent so incredibly prolific in domestication? Think you understand the importance of languages and the written word...probably not as well as you should. Who were the greatest first navigators? Why were the aborigines of Australia still hunter gatherer's, or were they?
Wow, so many books, so little time...
Dekker's Field Guide to Understanding "Human Error" is a great recommendation.
Idk why but I have grown to like those merchandise videos with the doll and t shirts, idk why but the ones with the presidents scare me lol
Like there’s not enough books on my list to read. Interesting subjects not in my usual categories but I’m going to check a few out.
I think you’d like “The Mission, The Men, and Me”
My recent reading includes "Southeast Asia: A Very Brief Introduction" and
"The Wolf Age"
Really good 'docudrama' about the Peoples of the North Sea and the Anglo-Saxons
Add chaos the book by Tim o Neil one of the most interesting books I’ve ever read
10:20 Ryan if you are not already subscribed you should check out Plainly Difficult which is all about engineering and disasters.
Thanks, that was factenating.
Re killing Russian advisors, in 1982 I ran into a Col (USMC) I knew who was wearing civies at the time. He had a belt on with a buckle having a hammer and sickle. I respectively asked him where he got it and he told me the guy he got it from “got too close”.
On another note, curious if you’ve read Grant’s autobiography. It’s at the very top of my list.
Hey Ryan I have a lot of respect for you and what you do. What are your thoughts on Ryan Bushnell and his act of protest?
On the house is a good read/listen. It’s only a shame he doesn’t take any responsibility.
1984
Island
Fahrenheit 451