Personal Development

I call it growth - call it what you want. Here is what the Air Force Chief of Staff recommends that we add to our personal reading list this year:

1. Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power by Robert D. Kaplan

2. A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962 (New York Review Books Classics) by Alistair Horne

$13.41 Used & New from: $7.50
(53 customer reviews)

3. Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It by Richard A. Clarke

$16.45 Used & New from: $12.45
(96 customer reviews)

4. The Return of History and the End of Dreams (Vintage) by Robert Kagan

$11.09 Used & New from: $6.35
(42 customer reviews)

5. Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia by Ahmed Rashid

Used & New from: $4.99
(68 customer reviews)

6. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson

7. Partners in Command: George Marshall and Dwight Eisenhower in War and Peace by Mark Perry

Used & New from: $2.24
(26 customer reviews)

8. The Lost Peace: Leadership in a Time of Horror and Hope, 1945-1953 by Robert Dallek

$22.03 Used & New from: $1.99
(41 customer reviews)

9. Secrets of Special Ops Leadership: Dare the Impossible -- Achieve the Extraordinary by William Alan Cohen

$18.23 Used & New from: $13.30
(7 customer reviews)

10. The All Americans by Lars Anderson

$12.31 Used & New from: $0.80
(5 customer reviews)

11. Fighter Pilot: The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds by Robin Olds

$17.81 Used & New from: $8.85
(109 customer reviews)

12. Red Eagles: America's Secret MiGs (General Aviation) by Steve Davies

$24.47 Used & New from: $8.85
(33 customer reviews)

13. Cataclysm: General Hap Arnold and the Defeat of Japan by Herman S. Wolk

$18.29 Used & New from: $8.54
(1 customer review)

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