Summer 2025 Reading Recommendations!
Summer is a great time to catch up on your reading! Vacations can provide some time to do the book reading that most Americans (as we’ll see below), want to do (but may not...
Tagged: national security reading list
An excerpt of ADM Jim Stavridis’ must-read book: “The Admiral’s Bookshelf”
In the process of putting together my summer reading recommendations, I realized there is a truly must-read book that hasn’t appeared on any of my prior lists: retired Admiral Jim Stavridis’ new volume, The...
Some suggestions to kick off your 2024 reading plan!
Now that we are more or less settled into the new year, permit me to offer some suggestions to kick off your 2024 reading plan. I hope to have full reviews for several of...
Your summer 2023 reading recommendations are here!
Are you assembling your reading list for the summer? I am, so I thought perhaps you’d be interested in some ideas. If you are new to the national security arena, may I invite you...
Some summer reading recommendations (especially for those interested in national security!)
Have you settled on your summer reading list? If not, today’s post may be helpful. Lawfire® readers may recall the previous reading lists: in 2018 we had Summer reading (and listening!) and two years...
Tom Ricks on his new book, “First Principles: What America’s Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country”
Wondering what to do with that gift card you received on the 25th? I very highly recommend you use it to get a copy of Tom Ricks’ new book, First Principles: What America’s Founders...
Your 2020 summer reading and listening list! (And it’s curated for those who may be new to the national security enterprise!)
Thinking about your summer (or, perhaps, your “lockdown”) reading and listening plans? Consider this stark warning from legendary Marine general and former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis: “[T]here’s no substitute for constant study to...
Summer reading (and listening!)
If you are interested in national security, but don’t have much of a background, how can you close the gap? Reading (and listening) is a great way to do so, especially as the summer...
