1. On Feb 21 2017 cynic2 read The Interrogators: Inside the Secret War Against al Qaeda by Chris Mackey and commented:

    A truely fascinating personal account from the personnel on the ground where organizational flaws, policies, quick fixes and the enemy meet.

  2. On Feb 21 2017 cynic2 read Intelligence in War: The value--and limitations--of what the military can learn about the enemy by John Keegan
  3. On Feb 21 2017 cynic2 read Psychology of Intelligence Analysis by Richards J. Heuer Jr.
  4. On Feb 21 2017 cynic2 read Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking by M. Neil Browne and commented:

    It is a good starting guide but generally points to the obvious of reading comprehension everybody should have learned in highschool.

  5. On Feb 08 2017 bookreader (USCG) read The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  6. On Feb 08 2017 bookreader (USCG) read 1776 by David McCullough
  7. On Feb 08 2017 Tom Copeland (USCG) read The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast by Douglas Brinkley and commented:

    Nice to see kudos for the USCG!

  8. On Feb 07 2017 bookreader (USCG) read Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield
  9. On Feb 06 2017 kcholbert (USAF) read Dear Leader: My Escape from North Korea by Jang Jin-sung
  10. On Feb 03 2017 bookreader (USCG) read Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden
  11. On Feb 03 2017 bookreader (USCG) read The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
  12. On Feb 03 2017 bookreader (USCG) read A Message to Garcia by Elbert Hubbard
  13. On Jan 30 2017 Tom Copeland (USCG) read In the Land of Magic Soldiers: A Story of White and Black in West Africa by Daniel Bergner and commented:

    A brutal book and a rough read. My Dad spent two years in Sierre Leone with the Peace Corps back in the 60s so I grew up seeing pictures from the Bo district. If he were still alive I think he would have been interested and saddened by this one.

  14. On Jan 21 2017 Tom Copeland (USCG) read Sahara Unveiled: A Journey Across the Desert by William Langewiesche and commented:

    A poetic book about a difficult area. Seems like it was painful for him to write the part where he gets used to help smuggle some weapons.

  15. On Jan 18 2017 Tom Copeland (USCG) read Brave New War: The Next Stage of Terrorism and the End of Globalization by John Robb and commented:

    Some bold predictions about the end of nation state-level conflict. I think he foresaw some of the terrorist attacks we've seen in the past 5-6 years, although perhaps he would have predicted even larger ones.