CSAF Reading List - 2009

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The 2009 Chief of Staff reading list
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Mission, Doctrine, Profession

Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice - David Galula

Making Twenty-First-Century Strategy: An Introduction to the Modern National Security Processes and Problems - Dennis M. Drew and
Donald M. Snow

Modern Strategy - by Colin S. Gray

Thinking about America's Defense: An Analytical Memoir - Glenn A. Kent



Our Nation and World

Afghanistan: A Short History of its People and Politics - Martin Ewans

Beating Goliath: Why Insurgencies Win - Jeffrey Record

Contemporary Nuclear Debates: Missile Defense, Arms Control, and Arms Races in the Twenty-First Century - Alexander Lennon

Not a Good Day to Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda - Sean Naylor




Military History

American Patriot: The Life and Wars of Colonel Bud Day - Robert Coram

Fast Tanks and Heavy Bombers: Innovation in the U.S. Army, 1917-1945 - David E. Johnson

One Day Too Long: Top Secret Site 85 and the Bombing of North Vietnam - Timothy Castle

The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power - Max Boot