John Ʌ Konrad V Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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CEO @gCaptain, maritime journalist, former drillship captain, author of Fire On The Horizon and cofounder @UnofficialNet - K5HIP

Design: Military Medical Facilities: Unified Facilities Criteria UFC 4-510-01
Department of Defense
@mercoglianos @DOTMARAD "Under the proposal in the House’s version of the fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, the Maritime Administration, which is part of the Transportation Department, would DESIGN and build." @maeday22 did I read this right? We want @DOTMARAD to design ships? 😮🤦♂️
Paperback, 2016
$97.50$72.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality
Katharina Pistor
@CommodoreNelson And the very first person I would call is Katharina Pistor over at Columbia Law: The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality https://t.co/zvOqjpKtnB
Paperback, 2020
$23.95$11.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators and Fading Empires
Simon Winchester
Simon Winchester’s book “Pacific” has just been knocked off my Top 10 list. I do NOT say this lightly. Wow, just wow. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ BZ @brucebrookings https://t.co/1cGn5cdJo2
Paperback, 2016
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger - Second Edition with a New Chapter by the Author
Marc Levinson
@FreightAlley @JavierBlas and @jfarchy authors of World os For Sale @simonwwriter author of Pacific Marc Levinson author of Outside The Box Chet Richards of Certain to Win
Paperback, 2016
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Certain to Win
Chet Richards
@FreightAlley @JavierBlas and @jfarchy authors of World os For Sale @simonwwriter author of Pacific Marc Levinson author of Outside The Box Chet Richards of Certain to Win
Hardcover, 2001
$30.99$15.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Made in Korea: Chung Ju Yung and the Rise of Hyundai
Richard M. Steers
@JJFilson @KatharinaPistor How the Koreans did it: Made in Korea: Chung Ju Yung and the Rise of Hyundai https://t.co/JVGjj4J6kw
Hardcover, 2010
$190.00$165.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car
Ian Fleming
@blossomdrink And he helped Ian Fleming write Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!
Paperback, 2013
$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Iran: weapons proliferation, terrorism, and democracy
United States Senate
“I have been wondering why and under what circumstances the United States would make it clear to the world that the deal was off.” The US Navy and Pentagon - without the consent of Congress - already made that clear last year when it allowed Iran to seize allied ships
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Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy
Henry a. Kissinger
@Navy_Hipple Yeah, I don’t agree. This goes back to Kissinger’s book “Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy” which argued for conducting limited nuclear strikes. Reagan and Lehman disagreed with HK (so did Zumwalt before them). https://t.co/SzYlTkqZ2p
Paperback, 2008
$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King
Rich Cohen
@calvinfroedge @Josh_Young_1 It’s not the local thrives we are worried about. Read Confessions of an economic hitman & The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King
Paperback, 2013
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book