1. On Apr 01 2017 Tom Copeland (USCG) read Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why by Laurence Gonzales and commented:

    Good anecdotes throughout. Takeaway is to stay calm, accept the situation, and make up your mind that you will do what's necessary to stay alive.

  2. On Apr 01 2017 kcholbert (USAF) read Red Team: How to Succeed By Thinking Like the Enemy by Micah Zenko
  3. On Mar 28 2017 kcholbert (USAF) read Blackett's War: The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare Warfare by Stephen Budiansky
  4. On Mar 26 2017 Tom Copeland (USCG) read The Definitive Book of Body Language: The Hidden Meaning Behind People's Gestures and Expressions by Barbara Pease and commented:

    Interesting stuff, a nice change of pace. Some of the evolutionary psychology stuff seems non-falsifiable, but, still, good information.

  5. On Mar 19 2017 kcholbert (USAF) read The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger, Second Edition with a new chapter by the author by Marc Levinson
  6. On Mar 17 2017 Tom Copeland (USCG) read Imperial Hubris: Why the West Is Losing the War on Terror by Michael Scheuer and commented:

    Perhaps more interesting than any review I could write is Michael Scheuer's "review of reviews" here https://www.lewrockwell.com/2005/02/michael-scheuer/imperial-hubris/. He strikes me not as an appeaser, but as a patriot disappointed in the path his country has taken.

  7. On Mar 15 2017 Bryaden read America in Retreat: The New Isolationism and the Coming Global Disorder by Bret Stephens
  8. On Mar 13 2017 kcholbert (USAF) read The Accidental Admiral: A Sailor Takes Command at NATO by James Stavridis
  9. On Mar 13 2017 kcholbert (USAF) read Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter Pilot by James B. Stockdale
  10. On Mar 13 2017 kcholbert (USAF) read Articles of Confederation by founding fathers
  11. On Mar 10 2017 Douglas Satterfield read The Crusades Through Arab Eyes by Amin Maalouf and commented:

    This book gives those of us interesting in The Crusades another view of the times and what the thinking was of the Arab leadership.  I found the book fascinating.  I never would have thought the Arab world at the time was so fragmented or that they considered the Crusaders to be mostly unwashed heathens.  Also many Muslims today consider the war on terror to be a continuation of those Crusades. I call this getting another perspective: http://www.theleadermaker.com/getting-another-perspective/

  12. On Feb 22 2017 cynic2 read Intelligence: From Secrets To Policy by Lowenthal M
  13. On Feb 22 2017 cynic2 read The Thinker's Toolkit: 14 Powerful Techniques for Problem Solving by Morgan D. Jones
  14. On Feb 22 2017 cynic2 read How to Write a Thesis by Umberto Eco
  15. On Feb 22 2017 cynic2 read The Craft of Research by Wayne C. Booth