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Warfighting First Archive
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Art of the Long View
Posted on | No Commentsby Peter Schwartz What increasingly affects all of us, whether professional planners or individuals preparing for a better future, is not the tangibles of life—bottom-line numbers, for instance —but the intangibles: our hopes and fears,... -
Shackelton’s Way
Posted on | No Commentsby Margot Morrell and Stephanie Capparel The intrepid explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton was once dubbed “the greatest leader that ever came on God’s earth, bar none,” for saving the lives of the nearly 30 men... -
Six Frigates
Posted on | No Commentsby Ian Toll Six Frigates is a well researched and insightful account of the origin of the United States Navy after the American Revolution through the War of 1812, focusing on the authorization, construction and... -
Starship Troopers
Posted on | No Commentsby Robert Heinlein This Hugo Award-winning 1959 classic by “the dean of American science fiction writers” just happens to take place in the 22nd century and involves intergalactic warfare against insectoid monsters, but it nonetheless... -
The Second World War, Volume 1
Posted on | No Commentsby Winston Churchill Winston Churchill was not only one of the towering statesmen of the 20th century (indeed, to many he remains “the Man of the Century”); he also happened to be a masterful writer... -
The Seventh Angel
Posted on | No Commentsby Jeff Edwards The heroes of this Recommended category, Warfighting First book are the crew of an Arleigh Burke destroyer and the civilian technicians operating an unmanned robot submersible to stop a rogue actor with... -
To the Shores of Tripoli
Posted on | No Commentsby A.B.C. Whipple The Barbary War, an often overlooked yet significant and prophetic event in U.S. history, was America’s first battle against an Arab despot and President Thomas Jefferson’s first major challenge to U.S. foreign... -
Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief
Posted on | No Commentsby James McPherson This Recommended category, Warfighting First book is an outstanding case study on leadership and the roots of America’s tradition of civil-military relations. Pulitzer Prize-winning author James M. McPherson provides a rare, fresh...
