I'm about halfway through Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth (author of Day of the Jackal). It's flat out fascinating - a complete manual of how to overthrow a small African dictatorship, going into insane levels of detail over every facet of such an operation. For research the author met with mercenaries and arms dealers, posing as an interested party in throwing a coup of New Guinea. The balls on this guy.
There's a movie with Christopher Walken that's also pretty good, though it's less interested in the actual mechanics of throwing a coup.
Recently finished:
“Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America”, Jill Leovy
“Sixty Years of Rifles: A Personal Odyssey”, Paul Matthews
“Big Game and Big Game Rifles”, John “Pondoro” Taylor
Trying to decide what next. I’m thinking about “Live Not By Lies” or “Once an Eagle”, but the latter is a huge book that’s going to take a lot of time. And I need to start working on taxes soon…