USAF Center for Strategy and Technology, Air University, Maxwell AFB, AL / Published February 27, 2017
Metacognition
Kahneman, Daniel
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Seelig, Tina
inGenius: A Crash Course on Creativity
May, Richard and Ernest Neustadt
Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision Makers
Carr, Nicholas
The Shallows
Taleb, Nassim
The Black Swan (2d ed)
Schwartz, Peter
Inevitable Surprises
Tetlock, Philip and Dan Gardner
Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction
Schulz, Kathryn
Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error
Research
Adler, Mortimer and Charles Van Doren
How to Read a Book
Krepinevich, Andrew
7 Deadly Scenarios
McInerny, D.Q.
Being Logical
Weston, Anthony
A Rulebook for Arguments
Badke, William
Research Strategies: Finding Your Way Through the Information Fog
Booth, William et al.
The Craft of Research
Van Evera, Stephen
Guide to Methods for Students of Political Science
Mayer-Schonberger, Viktor and Kenneth Cukier
Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think
Heinrichs, Jay
Thank You For Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion
Rhodes, Richard
How to Write: Advice and Reflections
Technology
Lorber, Azriel
Misguided Weapons
Brynjolfsson, Erik and Andrew McAfee
The Second Machine Age
Domingos, Pedro
The Master Algorithm
Lipson, Hod and Melba Kurman
Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing
Anderson, Chris
Makers: The New Industrial Revolution
Docherty, Michael
Collective Disruption: How Corporations & Startups Can Co-Create Transformative New Businesses
Govindarajan, Vijay and Chris Trimble
The Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge
Evolution of Airpower
Olsen, John Andreas
Airpower Reborn
Builder, Carl
The Icarus Syndrome
Clodfelter, Mark
The Limits of Air Power (2d edition, 2006 version required)
Pape, Robert
Bombing to Win
Kozak, Warren
LeMay: The Life and Wars of General Curtis LeMay
Gavin, Francis
Nuclear Statecraft: History and Strategy in America's Atomic Age
Werrell, Kenneth
Chasing the Silver Bullet
Singer, P.W. and Allen Friedman
Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know
Tangredi, Samuel
Anti-Access Warfare: Countering A2/AD Strategies
Whittle, Richard
Predator: The Secret Origins of the Drone Revolution
Kaplan, Fred
Dark Territory
Harris, Shane
"@War: The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex"
Larsen, Jeffrey and Kerry Kartchner
On Limited Nuclear War in the 21st Century
Strategy in Politics and War
Rumelt, Richard
Good Strategy, Bad Strategy
Murray, Williamson and Richard Hart Sinnreich
Successful Strategies
Mahnken, Thomas
Competitive Strategies for the 21st Century
Krepinevich, Andrew and Barry Watts
The Last Warrior
Sheehan, Neil
A Fiery Peace in a Cold War
Coker, Christopher
The Improbable War
Kissinger, Henry
World Order
Brauer, Jurgen and Hubert Van Tuyll
Castles, Battles, and Bombs
Zeihan, Peter
The Accidental Superpower
Hoffman, David
The Dead Hand
Hammond, Grant
The Mind of War
McCrystal, Stanley
Team of Teams
Regional Studies
Mahnken, Thomas and Dan Blumenthal
Strategy in Asia
McGregor, Richard
The Party
Pillsbury, Michael
The Hundred-Year Marathon
Christensen, Thomas
The China Challenge
Friedman, George
Flashpoints
Zimmerman, William
Ruling Russia
Van Herpen, Marcel
Putin's Wars
Lewis, Bernard
The Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2,000 Years
Byman, Daniel
Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and the Global Jihadist Movement
Warrick, Joby
Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS