Adventures With Alex

Tag: military

  • BR313) “Command and Control” Book Review

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    Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety by Eric Schlosser.  3/5 rating. 485 pages. Book #29 of 2019. Read July 23, 2023. This book presents an array of near-misses in the history of nuclear weapons. I just sat reading this for large sections literally with my mouth agape at…

  • BR162) “Living with a SEAL” Book Review

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    Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet by Jesse Itzler. 4/5 rating. 255 pages. Book #87 of 2020. Read December 21, 2020. This is the tale of Jesse’s month of having one of the most badass people on the entire planet come and live with him (David Goggins,…