General Schwartz releases 2009 CSAF Reading List
Continued education is a crucial part of being a professional warrior. The books selected for the 2009 reading list offer a perspective to tackle the challenges of today and tomorrow. (U.S. Air Force illustration)
12/8/2008 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The chief of staff of the Air Force announced the 2009 CSAF Reading List Dec. 8.
"Today's Air Force is the product of the pioneers who preceded us, and our Airmen are proudly carrying the torch," said Gen. Norton Schwartz, the service's 19th chief of staff. "In our professional development, we must remain mindful of the lessons of the past, while we continue to prevail everywhere our enemies choose to engage.
"Continued education is a crucial part of being a professional warrior reinforcing our core values of integrity, service and excellence," he said. "The books we have selected for our 2009 reading list capture a rich history, both intense and compelling, that offer a perspective to tackle the challenges of today and tomorrow."
The reading list is divided into three areas: Military History; Mission, Doctrine and Profession; and Our Nation and World.
The books include:
Military History
American Patriot: The Life and Wars of Colonel Bud Day - by Robert Coram
Fast Tanks and Heavy Bombers: Innovation in the U.S. Army, 1917-1945 - by David E. Johnson
One Day Too Long: Top Secret Site 85 and the Bombing of North Vietnam - by Timothy Castle
The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power - by Max Boot
Mission, Doctrine, Profession
Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice - by David Galula
Making Twenty-First-Century Strategy: An Introduction to the Modern National Security Processes and Problems - by Dennis M. Drew and Donald M. Snow
Modern Strategy - by Colin S. Gray
Thinking about America's Defense: An Analytical Memoir - by Glenn A. Kent
Our Nation and World
Afghanistan: A Short History of its People and Politics - by Martin Ewans
Beating Goliath: Why Insurgencies Win - by Jeffrey Record
Contemporary Nuclear Debates: Missile Defense, Arms Control, and Arms Races in the Twenty-First Century - by Alexander Lennon
Not a Good Day to Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda - by Sean Naylor
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