Only just started it, but have heard about the story before. Fascinating to see how some otherwise solid businessmen just make a dogs dinner of a new business venture. They simply see teh NFL (in this case) the money it makes, and just bowl in with a "how hard can it be" attitude.
Some absolute...
An Unimportant Officer.
Annotated diary of an officer from the 1st World War. He's currently in his first month at the Somme. Kind of puts the worries of today into perspective.
One Boys War by Anthony Rudd.
He was my uncle's navigator in the RAF in WWII, and when they were shot down by American "friendly fire". So there is a strong personal interest in the book.