Admiral McRaven’s Reading List -- Ryan Evans, War On The Rocks
America’s top operator, Admiral William H. McRaven – the Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) – has released his reading list for next year. Its intent, he says, “is to motivate members of the SOF [Special Operations Forces] community to grow professionally and personally. The USSOCOM Reading List represents important works for all SOFofficers, enlisted and civilians as well as those supporting the USSOCOM mission.”
The list is divided into books on strategy, leadership, military science, and intelligence and security affairs. Here it is:
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My Comment: I can understand why he is reading Victor Hanson's book "Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power" .... but reading Thomas Friedman's "The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century" .... puhleaseeee. My recommendation .... any of Niall Ferguson's books.
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