Spring is coming

• The Guerrilla Factory: The Making of Special Forces Officers, the Green Berets by Tony Schwalm
• Masters of Chaos: The Secret History of the Special Forces by Linda Robinson
• Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss

I admit that I forgot mention Schwalm's book in the last post. Both books about the Special Forces are very fascinating because both authors go into the evolving role of this Special Operations group. Aside from the cool war stories and examples of badassery, the books provide an insight of what it takes to earn the Green Beret. I found it interesting that the Green Berets and Peace Corps were both influenced by JFK.

Salt Sugar Fat is a pretty revealing book about the processed food industry. The Sunday New York Times magazine had featured an article based on the book that provides a nice glance of the book. It's strange to think that a lot of research has been done to take advantage of tendencies that human beings had developed over the centuries.