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The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright. Very, very good book so far. Finally managed to get around to it after @AWP recommended it.
 
Finished “No Joy” (previously known as “Spent Shell Casings”) by David Rose. Portrayed the grittier aspects of the GWOT participant and included multiple discussions of taboo subjects. I enjoyed it; anyone else read it yet?
 
Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall. Fascinating and quick read in how geography impacts nation states and their decision making
 
I read 'Messy' by Tim Harford who is an economist a couple of months ago. You may well wonder what this has to do with the Mil, but there is a connection. His raison d'etre is that from chaos (ie: mess) comes profound invention and cites examples throughout, commencing with Keith Jarrets' Koln Concert where he had a pathetically bad piano and refused to play but agreed then to play. My point? Has INT ever been wrong? Have decisions have to be made on the fly when shit's trumps? It's not bullets, bombs and trucks but I'd recommend it for the central tenant. Here's a sample;

 
Currently reading the "100 Year Marathon." Came strongly suggested by an intel buddy of mine. Outlines China's purported strategy to overtake the US as the number-one economic and military power in the 21st century. Very well written, and the only foreign policy book I've been able to get into besides "Taliban" earlier in 2017.
 
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright. Very, very good book so far. Finally managed to get around to it after @AWP recommended it.

Have it, read it.

The local library had some books out for free. Bonus goes to me: Reading a bio on Teddy Roosevelt; have about a dozen books lined up after that (as grad school courses allow).
 
I have to detox from military history/war books every once in a while or I'll start going apeshit. So I'm re-reading The Silmarillion again because my kid gave me a new hardback edition on Christmas...as well as Tolkien's Unfinished Tales. So I retreat to Fantasy Land to get my head on straight.
 
Reading 1916: One Hundred Years of Irish Independence. Its about the beginnings of the IRA, Michael Collins, the Easter Uprising, Bloody Sunday, and up to the recent Troubles in Ireland. It's interesting so far.
 
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Theodore Roosevelt--A Life by Nathan Miller.

Like all politicians, TR was a complicated man, and although a Republican, was certainly not a small-government conservative Republican. Some things he did I like, some things, no so much, but he definitely lived life on his own terms.
 
Saw a trailer for Annihilation and decided to check the source material, so on book two of the southern reach trilogy. Not too bad so far. Pretty quick listen.
 
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