Please Add Your MGTOW Reference Books

[ZarathustraParticipant 2246]

Years ago I was unemployed for a few months and had no money and lots of time on my hands so I read “Europe” by Norman Davies. Its a complete 20,000 year history of Europe. Its 1,400 pages, but if you consider the subject matter its actually short.

I think every man should have this book on his shelf because Europe has had a disproportionate influence on world history and it helps to understand current events. Even if you don’t read the whole thing you can learn a lot by just opening it and skimming. Plus, best of all, its has 100 pages of appendices with maps, charts, diagrams etc… (list of popes, list of British Monarchs, Nazi SS Divisions, year of incorporation where they fought etc, family tree of the Hapsburgs etc…, maps of the Roman Empire, migration patterns of Asiatic invaders to Europe etc etc etc)

Anyways, its a great reference I think all men should have on their book shelf.

I know a lot about history, philosophy, science etc… but the list of topics about which I know noting is almost infinite (gunsmithing, carpentry, hunting, skinning a dear, plumbing whatever)

So I was wondering what other MGTOW books you gentlemen think are essential for the modern man?

Please add your suggestions.

[PistolPeteParticipant 27143]

Sun Tzu — Art of War
Karl Von Clausewitz- On War
Edward Luttwak– Grand strategy of the Roman Empire
The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China
Marcus Aurelius

And the list goes on

[ZarathustraParticipant 2246]

Thanks Pete! Stuff I haven’t read… except Marcus Aurelius.

This sounds very interesting: Edward Luttwak– Grand strategy of the Roman Empire

[PistolPeteParticipant 27143]

If you do the Clausewitz BE SURE to read the abridged version or else you’ll be at it for months.

Best line in the whole book(s)—“The price of victory is blood”.

[BadgerParticipant 2277]

If you read about the US Mexican War in the 1840s, it is likely to give you a perspective on the Civil War two decades later. General San Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was a real incompetent. One more day of attack at Buena Vista and he might have wiped out General Zachary Taylor, but he chose to retreat instead.

[ZarathustraParticipant 2246]

Badger wrote:

If you read about the US Mexican War in the 1840s, it is likely to give you a perspective on the Civil War two decades later. General San Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was a real incompetent. One more day of attack at Buena Vista and he might have wiped out General Zachary Taylor, but he chose to retreat instead.

Actually I am very interested in this subject. Any books you could recommend? I am interested in reading a history of Texas, especially Sam Houston.

[RumpoleParticipant 994]

Two good books on the Mexican war:
The Mexican War, 1846–1848 by K. Jack Bauer
So Far from God: The U.S. War with Mexico, 1846–1848 by John S. D. Eisenhower (President Dwight Eisenhower’s son, and a very good historian and writer)

[OldBillParticipant]

Zarathustra wrote:

Actually I am very interested in this subject. Any books you could recommend? I am interested in reading a history of Texas, especially Sam Houston.

Rumpole already beat me to it with his recommendations, especially the Eisenhower book. You’ll find the peace negotiations as fascinating as the war.

Both Grant and Sherman devoted portions of their memoirs to the war and it’s immediate aftermath. Grant fought in Mexico as part of both Taylor’s and Scott’s forces where his conduct saw him promoted twice for bravery. Sherman missed out on actual combat and instead was dispatched to California as part of the first military governor’s small staff. He was one of the officers who confirmed gold had been discovered at Sutter’s Mill thus kicking off the Gold Rush.

As for a Sam Houston bio, you can’t do any better than The Raven by Marquis James.

Do not date. Do not impregnate. Do not co-habitate. Above all, do not marry. Reclaim and never again surrender your personal sovereignty.

[Anonymous 1]

Essential reading for the modern man:

Science: Newton “Principia,” J.C. Maxwell “Treatise” (this has a great introduction), J.J. Thomson “Electricity and Matter,” Oliver Heaviside (all of them), Nikola Tesla Lectures and Autobiography.

History: I like Anthony Sutton’s work. Carrol Quigley is good too.

Religion: One of the most enlightening books I ever read was “Morals and Dogma” by Albert Pike. Every man should read that weighty tome at least once.

Philosophy: Nietzsche “Genealogy of Morals” and “Beyond Good & Evil.” Ayn Rand “The Fountainhead.”

[BadgerParticipant 2277]

Rumpole wrote:

Two good books on the Mexican war:
The Mexican War, 1846–1848 by K. Jack Bauer
So Far from God: The U.S. War with Mexico, 1846–1848 by John S. D. Eisenhower (President Dwight Eisenhower’s son, and a very good historian and writer

Thanks, Rumpole. The book on the Mexican War that I read was in the Columbia, Missouri library, and I did not remember the author of title. I am no longer in that city, so I appreciate your giving his some good references and background on that war.

[ZarathustraParticipant 2246]

Thanks guys! I read all the history books I new of and I have been wasting my brain reading murder mysteries. I am going to read “The Raven” on Sam Houston. I just ordered 5 books on Amazon.

[BadgerParticipant 2277]

If you are interested in the Civil War and Gettysburg, Tom Carhart wrote about what he thought might have been General Robert E. Lee’s strategy for the third and final day of that battle. Carhart claimed General Custer also was a factor. Since General Lee never explained what his strategy had been, this might be controversial.

https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Triumph-Lees-Gettysburg-Failed/dp/0425207919/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1516118912&sr=8-1&keywords=carhart+civil+war

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