1. On Feb 21 2017 cynic2 read The Gift of Fear and Other Survival Signals that Protect Us From Violence by Gavin de Becker
  2. On Feb 21 2017 cynic2 read Intelligence Wars: Lessons from Baghdad by Steven K. O'Hern and commented:

    Although interesting it was obvious important background information was missing due to omission or classification and the book was less about lessons than description of interorganizational friction. There was hardly a description of tactics and techniques used but lots of complaining every other organization did not know what they were doing.

  3. On Feb 21 2017 cynic2 read Analyzing Intelligence: Origins, Obstacles, and Innovations by Roger Z. George
  4. On Feb 21 2017 cynic2 read Intelligence Analysis: How to Think in Complex Environments by Wayne Michael Hall and commented:

    Good ideas and interesting concepts but generally very repetitive and could use more details and connection to current capabilities.

  5. On Feb 21 2017 cynic2 read Anticipating Surprise: Analysis for Strategic Warning by Cynthia M. Grabo
  6. On Feb 21 2017 cynic2 read Intelligence Analysis: A Target-Centric Approach by Robert M. Clark
  7. On Feb 21 2017 cynic2 read The Interrogators: Inside the Secret War Against al Qaeda by Chris Mackey and commented:

    A truely fascinating personal account from the personnel on the ground where organizational flaws, policies, quick fixes and the enemy meet.

  8. On Feb 21 2017 cynic2 read Intelligence in War: The value--and limitations--of what the military can learn about the enemy by John Keegan
  9. On Feb 21 2017 cynic2 read Psychology of Intelligence Analysis by Richards J. Heuer Jr.
  10. On Feb 21 2017 cynic2 read Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking by M. Neil Browne and commented:

    It is a good starting guide but generally points to the obvious of reading comprehension everybody should have learned in highschool.

  11. On Feb 08 2017 bookreader (USCG) read The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  12. On Feb 08 2017 bookreader (USCG) read 1776 by David McCullough
  13. On Feb 08 2017 Tom Copeland (USCG) read The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast by Douglas Brinkley and commented:

    Nice to see kudos for the USCG!

  14. On Feb 07 2017 bookreader (USCG) read Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield
  15. On Feb 06 2017 kcholbert (USAF) read Dear Leader: My Escape from North Korea by Jang Jin-sung