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DMZ is always a good--and touching--read, but oddly enough this was my least favorite trade. Perhaps I need to read the whole series again to get a grip on context once more, or perhaps I just need to reread _Friendly Fire_, but it was a mostly plotless interlude that, to my mind, went on way too l ... (continue)

There's a lot of interesting Sci-fi written for the Young Adult crowd these days. While the themes could have been dealt with in a deeper way, I think, and deserved a longer book, So Yesterday makes its point--that marketing has a powerful hold over our lives, and we should be cautious around those ... (continue)

I cannot recommend this book highly enough. I believe every American should read it (and everyone, from any country, traveling outside their homeland, for that matter). It influenced my time in China greatly, and will influence my career even more.

Everyone, and I do mean everyone, should read this book. It is a frightening view of a future that might not be all that far off. It is well written and just a little close to home.

John Nagl shows his brilliance in this book, written years before our current counter-insurgency crises. He builds a model and sticks to it, examining what makes military cultures both successful and adaptive. Useful for anyone looking at operating in a conflict-heavy bureaucracy, military or othe ... (continue)