1. On May 14 2016 Tom Copeland (USCG) read Cold Warrior: James Jesus Angleton - Cia's Master Spy Hunter by Tom Mangold and commented:

    Makes a strong case for Angleton having set US counterintelligence efforts back due to his paranoia.

  2. On May 13 2016 Tom Copeland (USCG) read Spy Book: The Encyclopedia of Espionage by Norman Palmer and commented:

    Really interesting. The litany of service members who approached the Soviets to sell secrets is pretty depressing!

  3. On May 12 2016 colleen (USA) read Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War by P. W. Singer
  4. On May 12 2016 colleen (USA) read Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood by Donovan Campbell
  5. On May 11 2016 Tom Copeland (USCG) read At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA by George Tenet and commented:

    A good one! You can tell that Tenet really cared about the people working for him. Some of the intelligence "inside baseball" organizational stuff is a little dry. One of the stories is about after he resigned - President Bush called his teenage son to say that his father had done a good job. That jives with other stories I've heard about President Bush as well; another thoughtful leader.

  6. On May 06 2016 kcholbert (USAF) read Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World by General Stanley McChrystal
  7. On May 06 2016 kcholbert (USAF) read The Little Book of Economics: How the Economy Works in the Real World by Greg Ip
  8. On May 05 2016 Tom Copeland (USCG) read Spymaster: My Thirty-two Years in Intelligence and Espionage Against the West by Oleg Kalugin and commented:

    A fascinating description of a long KGB career. This is the first book I've read that speaks kindly of Kim Philby, although I guess that makes sense. Amazing that Kalugin survived all the intrigues!

  9. On May 05 2016 kcholbert (USAF) read The Command of the Air by Giulio Douhet
  10. On May 02 2016 kcholbert (USAF) read Redeployment by Phil Klay
  11. On May 02 2016 kcholbert (USAF) read Chesty: The Story of Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller, USMC by Jon T. Hoffman
  12. On May 02 2016 kcholbert (USAF) read What It Is Like To Go To War by Karl Marlantes
  13. On May 02 2016 kcholbert (USAF) read Keep from All Thoughtful Men: How U.S. Economists Won World War II by Jim Lacey
  14. On May 01 2016 kcholbert (USAF) read Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World by Michael Lewis
  15. On Apr 27 2016 Tom Copeland (USCG) read The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag by Chol-hwan Kang and commented:

    A quick but painful read. Comments about capitalism (i.e., the black market) cropping up in various circumstances were interesting.