The Dichotomy of Leadership
The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win, by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
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Military Book Reviews
DODReads hosts military book reviews on topics of interest to a professional military audience. We generally focus on subjects such as leadership, philosophy, history, biography, military conflict, and personal development. As a rule of thumb, if you think the book would be a good fit on a Military Reading List it would be a good fit here.
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That Will Never Work
That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea by Marc Randolph (September 2019,
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Strategy: Context and Adaptation from Archidamus to Airpower
Strategy: Context and Adaptation from Archidamus to Airpower by James Wood Forsyth Jr, Mark Owen Yeisley, and Richard J. Bailey
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TOPGUN’s Top 10
TOPGUN’s Top 10: Leadership Lessons from the Cockpit, by Guy M. Snodgrass (Center Street, September 2020, 192 pages) Building leadership skills
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Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
Creativity, Inc: Overcoming theUnseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration, by Ed Catmull with Amy Wallace (Random
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The Art of Command
The Art of Command: Military Leadership from George Washington to Colin Powell, edited by Harry S. Laver and Jeffrey J.
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Understanding Normandy
Rommel, you magnificent bastard, I read your book.” George C. Scott utters those words in a scene from the 1970
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Solid Steps Through Shifting Sand
Lessons for life from Col. Mike Rauhut, US Army (Ret.) with his father Horst Rauhut Colonel Michael Rauhut (Ret.) is
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The Accidental Superpower Book Review
By Capt Ryan A. Blakeney “The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder” by
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Extreme Ownership
Extreme Ownership; How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win, Jocko Willink and Leif Babin (Macmillan, 2018 revised version, 320 pages)
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24/7: The First Person You Must Lead is YOU
The real-life experiences and leadership stories portrayed in “24/7: The First Person You Must Lead is YOU” by Brigadier General (Ret.) Rebecca Halstead is filled with humor, candor, and insights that capture one’s attention.
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Book Review – T-Minus AI
Book review by: CDR Bari J. Jones “T-Minus AI” by Michael Kanaan was fascinating, eye-opening, well-researched, and articulately written. This
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Book Review – Survivor’s Obligation
Name of book: Survivor’s ObligationAuthors: Joel “Thor” Neeb & Chris “Elroy” StricklinLink: https://militaryfamilybooks.com After following the stories of both Chris
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My Fellow Soldiers
Andrew Carroll tells General John Pershing’s story perhaps in the best way it should be told and as the general himself might have approved
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A Brief Guide To Maritime Strategy
Professor James Holmes set out to write a compact introduction to the Maritime Strategy that could easily be read by junior officers and policymakers in their spare time.
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