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2023 Space Force Reading List

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China’s Vision of Victory

 Will this generation witness the final act for America as a superpower? Can American ingenuity, confidence, and will power outcompete the long-term strategic thinking and planning of China’s Communist Party? 

Rocket Men

By August 1968, the American space program was in danger of failing in its two most important objectives: to land a man on the Moon by President Kennedy’s end-of-decade deadline, and to triumph over the Soviets in space. With its back against the wall, NASA made an almost unimaginable leap: It would scrap its usual methodical approach and risk everything on a sudden launch, sending the first men in history to the Moon—in just four months. And it would all happen at Christmas.

Spies, Lies, and Algorithms

Spying has never been more ubiquitous―or less understood. The world is drowning in spy movies, TV shows, and novels, but universities offer more courses on rock and roll than on the CIA and there are more congressional experts on powdered milk than espionage. This crisis in intelligence education is distorting public opinion, fueling conspiracy theories, and hurting intelligence policy.

The Fifth Domain: Defending our Country, Our Companies & Ourselves in Age of Cyber Threats

There is much to fear in the dark corners of cyberspace. From well-covered stories like the Stuxnet attack which helped slow Iran’s nuclear program, to lesser-known tales like EternalBlue, the 2017 cyber battle that closed hospitals in Britain and froze shipping crates in Germany in midair, we have entered an age in which online threats carry real-world consequences.

IT BEGAN WITH A DREAM: Dr. Gladys B. West

IT BEGAN WITH A DREAM, is the story of Dr. Gladys B. West, who played an integral role in the development of the Global Positioning System (GPS) as a mathematician with Navy.

The Leader’s Bookshelf

For the last several years Adm. James Stavridis and his co-author, R. Manning Ancell, have surveyed over two hundred active and retired four-star military officers about their reading habits and favorite books, asking each for a list of titles that strongly influenced their leadership skills and provided them with special insights that helped propel them to success in spite of the many demanding challenges they faced.

The Imagination Machine: How to Spark New Ideas & Create your companies Future

We need imagination now more than ever – to find opportunities in adversity, rethink our businesses, and discover new paths to growth. Yet too many companies have lost their ability to imagine. What is this mysterious capacity? How does imagination work? And how can organizations keep it alive and harness it systematically?

The End of The World is Just the Beginning: Mappping the Collapse of Globalization

A New York Times Bestseller!
2019 was the last great year for the world economy.
For generations, everything has been getting faster, better, and cheaper. Finally, we reached the point that almost anything you could ever want could be sent to your home within days – even hours – of when you decided you wanted it.

The Gates of Europea; A History of Ukraine

As Ukraine is embroiled in an ongoing struggle with Russia to preserve its territorial integrity and political independence, celebrated historian Serhii Plokhy explains that today’s crisis is a case of history repeating itself: the Ukrainian conflict is only the latest in a long history of turmoil over Ukraine’s sovereignty.

The Prince: Searching for Xi Jinping (PODCAST)

Xi Jinping is the most powerful person in the world. At China’s 20th Communist Party congress in October he secured a third term as party chief, and may rule China for the rest of his life.


Space Force 2022 Reading List

A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War IIPurnell, Sonia
Active Defense: China’s Military Strategy Since 1949Fravel, M Taylor
Distributed Teams: The Art and Practice of Working Together While Physically ApartO’Duinn, John
Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpacexBerger, Eric
Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform IndustriesBahcall, Safi
My Remarkable Journey: A MemoirJohnson, Katherine
Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin’s Most Dangerous HackersGreenberg, Andy
Space 2.0: How Private Spaceflight, a Resurgent Nasa, and International Partners Are Creating a New Space AgePyle, Rod
The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World WarGladwell, Malcolm

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