US Air Force Reading List (as of 2006)

 

Our Air Force Heritage

Master of Airpower: General Carl A. Spaatz - David R. Mets

I Could Never Be So Lucky Again: An Autobiography of General James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle Gen. Doolittle with Carrol V. Glines

Beyond Horizons: A Half Century of Air Force Space Leadership - David N. Spires

Courage and Air Warfare: The Allied Aircrew Experience in the Second World War - Mark K. Wells

Chennault: Giving Wings to the Tiger - Martha Byrd

Bury Us Upside Down - Rich Newman and Don Shepperd

Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War against Nazi Germany - Donald L. Miller

Our Mission, Doctrine and Profession

Learning Large Lessons: The Evolving Roles of Ground Power and Air Power in the Post-Cold War Era - David E. Johnson (RAND)

 

10 Propositions Regarding Air Power - Phillip S. Meilinger

 

Sir John Fisher's Naval Revolution - Nicholas A. Lambert

 

Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation - James P. Womack and David T. Jones

 

Leading Change - John P. Kotter

 

Our Nation and World

From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting the Middle East – Bernard Lewis

 

Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2000 Years – Bernard Lewis

 

A History of the Arab Peoples – Albert Hourani

 

The Dream Palace of the Arabs – Fouad Ajami

 

The Foreigner's Gift – Fouad Ajami

 

Our Military Heritage

America: The Last Best Hope Vol I, From an Age of Discovery to a World at War - William J. Bennett

 

America: The Last Best Hope Vol II, From a World at War to the Triumph of Freedom - William J. Bennett

 

The Philippine War 1899-1902 - Brian McAllister Linn

 

The Last Days of Innocence: America At War 1917-1918 - Meirion and Susie Harries

 

The Air War: 1939-1945 - Richard J. Overy

 

Victory on the Potomac: The Goldwater-Nichols Act Unifies the Pentagon - James R. Locher III

 

CSAF Reading List - 2006

 

Our Military History

A History of the American People – Paul Johnson

 

Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era – James M. McPherson

 

1776 – David McCullough

 

General George Washington: A Military Life – Edward G. Lengel

 

The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict Between Iran and America – Ken Pollack

 

Victory at Yorktown: The Campaign that Won the Revolution – Richard M. Ketchum

 

Air Force Pioneers

 

A Question of Loyalty: Gen Billy Mitchell and the Court-Martial that Gripped the Nation – Douglas Waller

 

Billy Mitchell: Crusader for Air Power – Alfred F. Hurley

 

Eddie Rickenbacker: An American Hero in the Twentieth Century – W. David Lewis

 

The First Heroes: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raid, America's First World War II Victory – Craig Nelson

 

Our Air Force Heritage

 

Air Force Roles and Missions: a History – Warren A. Trest

 

Airpower Against Terror: America’s Conduct of Operation Enduring Freedom – Benjamin Lambeth (RAND)

 

Air Power: The Men, Machines, and Ideas that Revolutionized War, From Kitty Hawk to Gulf War II – Stephen Budiansky

 

The Influence of Air Power upon History – Walter J. Boyn

 

Locating Air Force Base Sites: History’s Legacy – Edited by Frederick J. Shaw

 

Winged Defense: The Development and Possibilities of Modern Air Power Economic and Military – William Mitchell