dugnforthunt has read:

The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror by Bernard Lewis

The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently...and Why by Richard E. Nisbett

Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak and commented:

High school

Elements of Style by William; White, E. B. Strunk

Obama's Wars by Bob Woodward

The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today by Thomas E. Ricks

On China by Henry Kissinger and commented:

I only spent three weeks in China, but this book was very insightful.

Counterinsurgency by David Kilcullen and commented:

Read this before heading to Afghanistan in 2010.

George F. Kennan: An American Life by John Lewis Gaddis and commented:

One of the most eagerly awaited biographies ever, and well worth the wait.

The Twilight War: The Secret History of America's Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran by David Crist

Making the Corps by Thomas E. Ricks and commented:

Outstanding book, couldn't put it down.

Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War by Robert Coram and commented:

Very interesting.

7 Deadly Scenarios: A Military Futurist Explores War in the 21st Century by Andrew Krepinevich

The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology by Ray Kurzweil

Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War by P. W. Singer and commented:

Best of its kind since Red Storm Rising.

The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers by Paul Kennedy

The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate by Robert D. Kaplan and commented:

Fascinating book.

A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962 by Alistair Horne

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis

Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches: The Riddles of Culture by Marvin Harris

Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher and commented:

Read 2000.

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict between America and Al-Qaeda by Peter L. Bergen

The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage by Cliff Stoll and commented:

very cool story. Read this in 2007.

A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East by David Fromkin and commented:

Great book/Read 2002

Intelligence in War: The value--and limitations--of what the military can learn about the enemy by John Keegan

All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror by Stephen Kinzer

The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future by Vali Nasr

Charlie Wilson's War by George Crile

From Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas L. Friedman and commented:

2000

Imperial Grunts: The American Military on the Ground by Robert D. Kaplan

A History of Hungary by Peter Sugar and commented:

Dec 1999-Read this before I studied abroad in Budapest

Asia's Cauldron: The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific by Robert D. Kaplan

Eagle Against the Sun: The American War With Japan by Ronald Spector and commented:

Great book on WW2

Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq by Michael R. Gordon

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

The Savage Wars Of Peace: Small Wars And The Rise Of American Power by Max Boot

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson

What Went Wrong?: The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East by Bernard Lewis

Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia by Ahmed Rashid

The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One by David Kilcullen

Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam by John A. Nagl and commented:

2006

Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice by David Galula

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

The Killer Angels: A Novel by Michael Shaara and commented:

1994

Red Badge Of Courage: An Episode Of The American Civil War by Stephen Crane and commented:

1992

Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

The Fourth Star: Four Generals and the Epic Struggle for the Future of the United States Army by Greg Jaffe

The Mask of Command by John Keegan

Cold Warrior: James Jesus Angleton - Cia's Master Spy Hunter by Tom Mangold

Cloak and Gown: Scholars in the Secret War, 1939-1961 by Robin Winks and commented:

1998

The Code Book: The Evolution of Secrecy from Mary, Queen of Scots to Quantum Cryptography by Simon Singh and commented:

1999

The Deceivers: Allied Military Deception in the Second World War by Thaddeus Holt and commented:

2006

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller and commented:

My favorite book

Diplomacy by Henry Kissinger and commented:

1998

A History of Warfare by John Keegan

A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam by Neil Sheehan and commented:

1998

The Soldier and the State: The Theory and Politics of Civil-Military Relations by Samuel P. Huntington and commented:

2002

The Strategy of Conflict by Thomas C. Schelling and commented:

2004

Out of the Mountains: The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla by David Kilcullen and commented:

Fascinating book.

Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power by Robert D. Kaplan

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt

Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian

The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes and commented:

1996

Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century by P. W. Singer

Face of Battle by John Keegan and commented:

2002

Red Star over the Pacific: China's Rise and the Challenge to U.S. Maritime Strategy by Toshi Yoshihara and commented:

2015

The Road to Character by David Brooks

Principles of Maritime Strategy by Julian S. Corbett

Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age by Peter Paret and commented:

S&W 2014-Naval Command and Staff College

The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by Alfred Thayer Mahan and commented:

2003

Masters of War: Classical Strategic Thought by Michael Handel and commented:

S&W Naval Command and Staff

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The Rise And Fall of British Naval Mastery by Paul M. Kennedy and commented:

2016

The Cold War: A New History by John Lewis Gaddis and commented:

2003

A World Transformed by George H W Bush and commented:

1999

The Second World War, Volume 1: The Gathering Storm by Winston S. Churchill

Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World by Margaret MacMillan and commented:

Snatching future war from the jaws of peace.

The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman and commented:

1995

The Struggle for Mastery in Europe: 1848-1918 by Alan J. P. Taylor and commented:

2004-American University

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer and commented:

1996

All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque and commented:

1992

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carre and commented:

2000-Budapest

The Ugly American by William J. Lederer and commented:

1996

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky and commented:

Read 1997.

The Stranger by Albert Camus and commented:

Read 1997

King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild and commented:

Fascinating history.

Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll and commented:

Read 2002.

The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia by Peter Hopkirk and commented:

Read 2003-7 years later deployed there.

The Art Of War by Sun Tzu and commented:

Read 1998-Junior in College/SIS/UOP

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky