1. On May 11 2016 Tom Copeland (USCG) read At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA by George Tenet and commented:

    A good one! You can tell that Tenet really cared about the people working for him. Some of the intelligence "inside baseball" organizational stuff is a little dry. One of the stories is about after he resigned - President Bush called his teenage son to say that his father had done a good job. That jives with other stories I've heard about President Bush as well; another thoughtful leader.

  2. On May 06 2016 kcholbert (USAF) read Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World by General Stanley McChrystal
  3. On May 06 2016 kcholbert (USAF) read The Little Book of Economics: How the Economy Works in the Real World by Greg Ip
  4. On May 05 2016 Tom Copeland (USCG) read Spymaster: My Thirty-two Years in Intelligence and Espionage Against the West by Oleg Kalugin and commented:

    A fascinating description of a long KGB career. This is the first book I've read that speaks kindly of Kim Philby, although I guess that makes sense. Amazing that Kalugin survived all the intrigues!

  5. On May 05 2016 kcholbert (USAF) read The Command of the Air by Giulio Douhet
  6. On May 02 2016 kcholbert (USAF) read Redeployment by Phil Klay
  7. On May 02 2016 kcholbert (USAF) read Chesty: The Story of Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller, USMC by Jon T. Hoffman
  8. On May 02 2016 kcholbert (USAF) read What It Is Like To Go To War by Karl Marlantes
  9. On May 02 2016 kcholbert (USAF) read Keep from All Thoughtful Men: How U.S. Economists Won World War II by Jim Lacey
  10. On May 01 2016 kcholbert (USAF) read Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World by Michael Lewis
  11. On Apr 27 2016 Tom Copeland (USCG) read The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag by Chol-hwan Kang and commented:

    A quick but painful read. Comments about capitalism (i.e., the black market) cropping up in various circumstances were interesting.

  12. On Apr 16 2016 kcholbert (USAF) read On Combat: The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace by Dave Grossman
  13. On Apr 09 2016 Tom Copeland (USCG) read Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency by James Bamford and commented:

    This book filled in some gaps for me about some incidents, like the USS Pueblo and the USS Liberty. I felt like it came down a little hard on President Bush for his initial reactions to the 9/11 attacks; I remember that morning thinking "wow what a terrible accident" at first. Good description of the scale at which the NSA operates. And the computing capability has only gotten bigger since then!

  14. On Apr 07 2016 kcholbert (USAF) read On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society by Dave Grossman
  15. On Apr 07 2016 Tom Copeland (USCG) read Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown by Eric Blehm and commented:

    What a story. Who would have thought a guy could turn his life around like that? The bits about how he soaked up information from the other guys was interesting; being able to learn from others - without being annoying - is a real talent.