The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World18 reviews Rupert Smith Knopf, 2007 One Major Recommendation + The importance of utility: understanding force in the modern world + Incredible Observations on History of War - Muddled Prescriptions for the Future + Brilliant             The 33 Strategies of War50 reviews Robert Greene Viking Adult, 2006 Excellent Book, Author! + An Excellent Primer for Daily Warfare + Very entretaining - if you love history or great stories... + Excellent Strategy Book             Interventions (City Lights Open Media)20 reviews Noam Chomsky City Lights Publishers, 2007 NO MORE: NPR,CNN,FOX,TIMES,GLOBE ANYMORE AND MY DAYS ARE HAPPIER: READ MORE, ESPECIALLY CHOMSKY,CARTER,CORRIE,WALT,MEARSHEIMER,. + Interventions by Noam Chomsky + Excellent Chomsky + Clear-headed analysis (and what's with Jonathan Rauch?) + Very informative, as ever             First In: An Insider's Account of How the CIA Spearheaded the War on Terror in Afghanistan39 reviews Gary Schroen Presidio Press, 2007 A very informative view of CIA in Afganistan + WORD OF MOUTH IS BEST + A Personal Account from the Bleeding Edge + very well written + Introduction to the War in Afganistan             War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier44 reviews Smedley D. Butler Feral House, 2003 Wake up America!! + Prescient + ANOTHER RARE GEM, IN THE PEOPLE'S INTEREST + War is a Racket, General Smedley Butler + Powerful and Sad             American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America168 reviews Chris Hedges Free Press, 2007 really good book + Fantastic Book! + Well worth the read---but with an open mind.. + American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on Democracy             Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam50 reviews John A. Nagl University Of Chicago Press, 2005 Theory From One Who Gets It + Amazing To use a term that many in the military are fond of, Nagl "gets it." His understanding of counterinsurgency operations is both broad and deep, and his writing is smooth enough for the lay reader to comprehend without any difficulty. Nagl's departure from the US Army will be a loss for this ...             The Greatest Generation475 reviews Tom Brokaw Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2001 An inspirational portrait of America`s finest people...... + Generation- World War II + Generation like no other + every american should read             Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions That Changed the World, 1940-194120 reviews Ian Kershaw Penguin Press HC, The, 2007 When the world hung in the balance + Great book and well written + Very interesting viewpoint on WW II history + The reasons why + Fatefull Choices             The Price of Liberty: Paying for America's Wars8 reviews Robert D. Hormats Times Books, 2007 A highly recommended addition to American History shelves, and a sharp warning against the obstacles facing America's future. + Seven Chapters of Historical Insight... + Good Book + 4% of GDP             Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw173 reviews Mark Bowden Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002 Another Bowden Thriller + Not a bad crime story + Great read about lucifer aka Pablo Escobar + Know your history             Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy98 reviews Noam Chomsky Holt Paperbacks, 2007 The virus of popular democracy was once again destroyed. + Thought-provoking + Who tells the truth? Noam Chomsky writes about the first 9/11 which took place on Tuesday September 11th 1973 in Chile when the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende was overthrown by the military forces of Augusto Pinochet. The coup had full backing of he US government and an estimated 3200 people ...             The Truth War: Fighting for Certainty in an Age of Deception51 reviews John MacArthur Thomas Nelson, 2007 ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE! + Finally a balanced view + A Good Book, Backed by Scripture + The importance of fighting for Truth + Great book on discernment             Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror43 reviews Robert Young Pelton Crown, 2006 More than just PSC or PMC + Anybody got a $500,000 bullet ? + Good Book on the dangers and ethics of Personal Security + RAGINGLY RABID! + A genuinely fascinating book!             The Fifty-Year Wound: How America's Cold War Victory Has Shaped Our World14 reviews Derek Leebaert Back Bay Books, 2003 Exhilirating and Exasperating + Sweeps out 60 years of cobwebs... + A Critical Review I bought the paperback version of this book because it had blurbs on it from both the Washington Times (conservative) and Washington Monthly (liberal). I thought a book on the Cold War appealing to both sides of the political spectrum might have something to offer. It does. This is a book well ...             Waging Peace: The Art of War for the Antiwar Movement7 reviews Scott Ritter Nation Books, 2007 The peace movement needs help - Here it is + No fan of Hierarchy, but Ritter has a point! + A Pop in the Eye for the PW Pigs + "America will become a nation of war, for war, and defined by war, and as such a nation that will ultimately be consumed by war"             Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph53 reviews T.E. Lawrence Anchor, 1991 A Unique Masterpiece + $4 extra avoids abridgement + Worth reading, but in some parts you may need Lawrence's perseverance + Seven Pillars of Wisdom + As Confronting As It Is Poetic And Beautiful             A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962 (New York Review Books Classics)44 reviews Alistair Horne NYRB Classics, 2006 Positively 6 stars + Masterpiece + Excellent, but... + A Slightly Slow, yet Very Good Analysis. + You want a better understanding of what's going on in Iraq?             The Prize : The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power140 reviews Daniel Yergin Free Press, 1993 Great book, still relevent even today + A must-read for everybody + Oil and the World + Definitive work on oil exploration and exploitation             See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism208 reviews Robert Baer Three Rivers Press, 2003 The truth can be ugly + An Eye Opener.... + The Road To Self Defeat + cry for justice + We have to start listening to people again