1. On Feb 13 2016 colleen (USA) read Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know by P. W. Singer
  2. On Feb 09 2016 colleen (USA) read Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
  3. On Feb 07 2016 Tom Copeland (USCG) read The Bang-Bang Club, movie tie-in: Snapshots From a Hidden War by Greg Marinovich
  4. On Feb 01 2016 colleen (USA) read Imperial Grunts: The American Military on the Ground by Robert D. Kaplan
  5. On Jan 31 2016 Tom Copeland (USCG) read Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman and commented:

    I had many interesting discussions with my teenage children over the course of this book; I recommend it on that basis alone!

  6. On Jan 30 2016 Tom Copeland (USCG) read Decision in Normandy: The Real Story of Montgomery and the Allied Campaign by Carlo D'Este
  7. On Jan 24 2016 Tom Copeland (USCG) read A History of Russia by Nicholas Riasanovsky and commented:

    Slow going at points, but sweeping and insightful.

  8. On Jan 19 2016 colleen (USA) read Red Star over the Pacific: China's Rise and the Challenge to U.S. Maritime Strategy by Toshi Yoshihara
  9. On Jan 18 2016 Tom Copeland (USCG) read Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek
  10. On Jan 14 2016 Tom Copeland (USCG) read Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam by Gordon M. Goldstein and commented:

    "Intervention is a presidential choice, not an inevitability." Makes a strong argument that Kennedy would not have escalated the war in Vietnam.

  11. On Jan 11 2016 colleen (USA) read Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life by Mike Krzyzewski
  12. On Jan 10 2016 kcholbert (USAF) read Sticking Points: How to Get 4 Generations Working Together in the 12 Places They Come Apart by Haydn Shaw
  13. On Jan 09 2016 Tom Copeland (USCG) read Leading Change by John Kotter and commented:

    If nothing else, this book does a good job of representing how hard it is to make major organizational changes.

  14. On Jan 09 2016 Tom Copeland (USCG) read Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't by Jim Collins and commented:

    Jim Collins is a good writer who has obviously thought a lot about what makes a company successful. He makes some solid points about characteristics of a good company - focus, discipline, etc. I wouldn't say there's a formula in this book, but it's got a bunch of good case studies and profiles and generally contains a lot of wisdom.

  15. On Jan 06 2016 colleen (USA) read Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders by L. David Marquet