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	Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict by Max Brooks (Goodreads Author) (Editor), John Amble (Editor), M.L. Cavanaugh (Editor) 3.94 avg rating — 348 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Boldly Go: Leadership, Strategy, and Conflict in the 21st Century and Beyond by Jonathan Klug (Editor), Major General Mick Ryan (Foreword), Steven Leonard (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.86 avg rating — 118 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Winning Westeros: How Game of Thrones Explains Modern Military Conflict by Max Brooks (Goodreads Author) (Editor), James G. Stavridis (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), John Amble (Editor) 3.90 avg rating — 58 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why We Write: Craft Essays on Writing War by Randy Brown (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Steven Leonard (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Eric Chandler (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.49 avg rating — 41 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Power Up: Leadership, Character, and Conflict Beyond the Superhero Multiverse by Steven Leonard (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jonathan Klug (Editor), Kelsey Cipolla (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Steven Leonard rated a book really liked it Learning for Life: How Continuous Education Will Keep Us Competitive in the Global Knowledge Economy by Jason Wingard	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
#Lifelong #learning is a passion cooked into me at an early age. Too often, we see people achieve a state of what I like to call "cognitive ossification," where learning stops and a weird kind of intellectual malaise sets in. How we overcome that, ho ...more
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Steven Leonard rated a book really liked it Custer's Last Stand: The Unfinished Manuscript by Norman Maclean	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Steven Leonard rated a book it was amazing Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Steven Leonard rated a book it was amazing The Power of Intuition: How to Use Your Gut Feelings to Make Better Decisions at Work by Gary Klein	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Since I was a student at the U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS), during which we read his landmark book, 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙋𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧, I've been an avid reader of Gary Klein and have weaved his work into just about every subject I teach. Publis ...more
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Steven Leonard rated a book it was amazing The Airborne Mafia: The Paratroopers Who Shaped America's Cold War Army by Robert F. Williams (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
It took me some time to finally get around to reading Robert Williams's book, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙞𝙧𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙛𝙞𝙖, and it did not disappoint. I spent a good part of my career in and around the #airborne community, and I still consider those years some of the most imp ...more
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Steven Leonard rated a book really liked it Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Steven Leonard rated a book really liked it Lincoln's White House: The People's House in Wartime by James B. Conroy	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
James B. Conroy’s 2017 book, 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘯’𝘴 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦’𝘴 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, reimagines Lincoln’s presidency through the vibrant and often chaotic life of the Executive Mansion during the Civil War. Conroy’s narrative is a richly textured and d ...more
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Steven Leonard rated a book it was amazing Presilience: How to Navigate Risk, Embrace Opportunity, and Build Resilience by Dr. Gavriel Schneider	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
When we were writing the 2008 edition of FM 3-0, I slipped in sentence intended to recast how we view risk from an operational perspective: "Risk is a potent catalyst that fuels opportunity." Too often, we see risk as something to avoid rather than s ...more
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Steven Leonard rated a book it was amazing Marvel Masterworks: The Man-Thing Vol. 1 by Steve Gerber	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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