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Commanding General’s Top 15
“If you only have time to read 15 books this year, read these”
Top 15
1. Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll, 2004.
2. The Multiple Identities of the Middle East by Bernard Lewis, 2001.
3. What Went Wrong: Western Impact and Middle East Response by Bernard Lewis, 2002.
4. A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and Creation of the Modern Middle East by David Fromkin, 2001.
5. From Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas Friedman, 1990.
6. Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World after September 11 by Thomas L. Friedman, 2002.
7. The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror by Bernard Lewis, 2004.
8. Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. Lawrence, 1991.
9.Understanding Terror Networks by Marc Sageman, 2005.
10. Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam by John A. Nagl, 2002.
11. Insurgency and Terrorism: Inside Modern Revolutionary Warfare by Bard O’Neill, 1990.
12. The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence by Ray Kurzweil, 2000.
13. In Athena’s Camp: Preparing for Conflict in the Information Age by John Arquilla, 1997.
14. Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization by Thomas Friedman, 2000.
15. The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 21st Century by Thomas X. Hammes, 2006.
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CG's reading list
Oct-Dec, 2008
The Albanians: A Modern History
by Miranda Vickers, 1999.
Balkans Ghosts: A Journey through History
by Robert Kaplan, 1993.
Balkan Tragedy: Chaos and Dissolution after the Cold War
by Susan L. Woodward, 1995.
The Balkans since 1453
by L.S. Stavrianos and Traian Stoianovich, 2000.
Between Serb and Albanian: A History of Kosovo
by Miranda Vickers, 1998.
Bosnia: A Short History
by Noel Malcom, 1994.
The Bosnian Muslims: Denial of a Nation
by Francine Friedman, 1994.
The Bridge on the Drina
by Ivo Andric, 1977.
The Code of Leke Dukagjini The Kanuni, 1989.
Croatia: A Nation Forged in War
by Marcus Tanner, 1998.
Eastward to Tartary: Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East and the Caucasus
by Robert D. Kaplan, 2001.
The Fall of Yugoslavia: The Third Balkan War
by Misha Glenny, 1993.
Hearts Grown Brutal: Sagas of Sarajevo
by Roger Cohen, 1998
Impossible Country: A Journey Through the Last Days of Yugoslavia
by Brian Hall, 1994.
Kosovo: A Short History
by Noel Malcolm, 2000.
Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War
by Peter Maass, 1996.
Seasons in Hell: Understanding Bosnia's War
by Ed Vulliamy, 1994.
The Serbs: The Guardians of the Gate
by R.G.D. Laffan, 1990.
The Serbs: History, Myth, and the Destruction of Yugoslavia
by Tim Judah, 1998.
Why Bosnia? Writings on the Balkan War
by Rabia Ali, 2002.
Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation
by Laura Silber and Allan Little, 1996
China
China: A New History (2nd edition)
by John King Fairbank and Merle Goldman, 2006.
The Chinese Army Today: Tradition and Transformation for the 21st Century
by Dennis J. Blasko, 2006.
Chinese Business Etiquette
by Scott D. Seligman, 1999.
Chinese Foreign Policy in Transition
by Guoli Liu (editor), 2004.
Interpreting China's Military Power: Doctrine Makes Readiness
by Ka Po Ng and Frank Cass, 2004.
Megatrends Asia
by John Naisbett, 1996.
A Military History of China
by David A. Graff and Robin Higham, 2002.
New Directions in the Study of China's Foreign Policy
by Robert S. Ross and Alastair Iain Johnston, 2006.
The Search for Modern China
by Jonathan D. Spence, 1999.
Sources of Chinese Tradition (2nd edition)
by William Theodore DeBary and Richard Lufrano, 2001.
Africa
Africa: A Biography of the Continent
by John Reeder, 1999.
Africa in Chaos: A Comparative History
by George B.N. Ayittey, 1999.
Africans: The History of a Continent
by John Iliffe, 1995.
The Battle of Adwa: Reflections on Ethiopia's Historic Victory Against European Colonialism
by Getachew Metaferia, 2005.
Culture and Customs in Kenya
by Neal Sobania, 2003.
Culture and Customs of Somalia
by Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi, 2001.
Darfur: A Short History of a Long War
by Julie Flint and Alex de Waal, 2008.
I Didn't Do It For You: How the World Betrayed a Small African Nation (Eritrea)
by Michela Wrong, 2005.
Inside Sudan: Political Islam, Conflict and Catastrophe
by Donald Petterson, 2003.
Layers of Time: A History of Ethiopia
by Paul B. Henze, 2004.
Me Agains My Brother: At War in Somalia, Sudan and Rwanda
by Scott Peterson, 2000.
A Modern History of Tanganyika
by John Iliffe, 1994.
Revolution in Zanzibar: An American's Cold War Tale
by Donald Petterson, 2004.
The Shackled Continent: Power, Corruption, and African Lives
by Robert Guest. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books, 2004.
State, Conflict, and Democracy in Africa
by Richard A. Joseph, 1999.
Surrender or Starve: Travels in Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia and Eritrea
by Robert D. Kaplan, 2003.
Swahili Origins: Swahili Culture and the Shungwaya Phenomenon
by James Der Vere Allen, 1993.
War of Visions: Conflicts of Identities in the Sudan
by Francis Mading Deng, 1995.