By Mark Bowden
Already a classic of war reporting and now reissued as a Grove Press paperback, Black Hawk Down is Mark Bowden’s brilliant account of the longest sustained firefight involving American troops since the Vietnam War.

by Jonathan Reed Winkler
“A must read for understanding the decisiveness of the information domain in warfare….Winkler’s book is an excellent examination of how the British exploited and dominated worldwide strategic communications before and during the early years of World War One. The United States, realizing the value of that advantage and the danger it posed to its own national security, successfully worked to gain and maintain control over its communication networks through the war and its immediate aftermath. At a time when strategic communications are more global and diffused, it is essential we understand the history of how we righted the balance of control over our strategic communication networks once before and why we will need to do so again if called upon.” - Wolf Melbourne

by Jonathan D T Ward
An insightful and in depth look at the background, driving forces and details of China’s Grand Strategy to “achieve supremacy among all nations by 2049.” Dr. Ward is scholar who has lived and traveled throughout China, and by reviewing China’s leaders and communist party open writings, he puts a spotlight on the threat and dangers beyond just the military dimension. 

by Sherman Kent 
Published in 1966, Kent’s book is still a classic on the art and craft of intelligence analysis and the critical task of supporting decision makers. As Kent describes it, there is no phase of the intelligence business which is more important than the proper relationship between intelligence itself and the people who use its product. Oddly enough, this relationship, which one would expect to establish itself automatically, does not do this. It is established as a result of a great deal of persistent conscious effort and is likely to disappear when the effort is relaxed. Read his 16-page description of current intelligence. 

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