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Recently read Sniper One, which is about a British sniper at the Al Amarah Iraq in the 2004'ish timeframe, when the Iraqi Shi'as rose up under al-Sadr. Great, fast read.
I'm not reading The Rise and Fall of Bear Stearns, by Alan (Ace) Greenberg, the former CEO and then Chairman at the time of its demise. As expected, so fast it's an easy, fast read of a narcissist who is setting things up to blame everything on his successor, Jimmy Cayne. I already read House of Cards, the Big Short, and some other books around the 2008 meltdown, so I have a pretty good understanding of the Bear Stearns collapse. Looking forward to All the Devils are Here, which was highly recommended to me by a private equity guy with a background at the big investment houses. That one's next. I bought a crapload of books at 50-60% off at Borders two weeks ago, including these two (and Sniper One).
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