Commander's Recommended Books:

Leaders Eat Last
In his work with organizations around the world, Simon Sinek noticed that some teams trust each other so deeply that they would literally put their lives on the line for each other. Other teams, no matter what incentives are offered...

 One Mission
In Team of Teams, retired four-star General Stanley McChrystal and former Navy SEAL Chris Fussell made the case for a new orgnaizational model combining the agility, adaptability, and cohesion...

The Innovator's DNA
The Innovator's DNA builds on what we know about disruptive innovation to show how individuals can develop the skills necessary to move progressively from idea to impact. By identifying behaviors of the world's best...

Leadership in War
Taking us from the French Revolution to the Cold War, Andrew Roberts presents a bracingly honest and deeply insightful look at nine major figures in modern history: Napolean Bonaparte, Horatio Nelson...

Strategy: A History
Sir Lawrence Freedman, one of the world's leading authorities on war and international politics, captures the vast history of strategic thinking in a consistently engaging and insightful account...

 Perception and Misperception in International Politics
Since its original publication in 1976, Perception and Misperception in International Politics has become a landmark book in its field, hailed by the New York Times as...

Restricted Data
The American atomic bomb was born in secrecy. From the moment scientists first conceived of its possibility to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and beyond, there were efforts to control the spread of nuclear...

 Countdown 1945
Countdown 1945 takes readers inside the minds of the iconic and elusive figures who join the quest for the bomb, each for different reasons: the legendary Albert Einstein, who eventually calls his vocal support...

The Origins of Victory
This book by military strategist Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., is the definitive take on the race for military dominance in the twenty-first century. It shows how militaries that successfully pursue disruptive innovation... 

       Fighting in the        Electromagnetic Spectrum
Naval warfare was confined for centuries to surface combat or undersea clashes. In the twentieth century aerial warfare became the third domain, and shortly...

 Party of One
Party of One shatters the many myths and caricatures that shroud one of the world's most secretive political organizations and its leader. Many observers misread Xi during his early years in power...

Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy
A nuclear priesthood has arisen in Russia. Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy considers how, since the Soviet collapse in 1991, the Church has worked its way into the nuclear forces, the most significant wing...

Tripolar Instability
With China's emergence as a peer nuclear power to the United States and Russia, nuclear bipolarity is being supplanted by a tripolar nuclear order. This systemic change is occurring amidst a confluence...

The New Makers of Modern Strategy 
The New Makers of Modern Strategy is the next generation of the definitive work on strategy and the key figures who have shaped the theory and practice of war and statecraft... 

The Bomber Mafia
In The Bomber Mafia, Malcolm Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one...