The 2007 Chief of Staff reading list provides Airmen of all ranks a guide to further their education and expertise. Professional reading continues to be vital as Airmen maintain the Air Force initiative today and prepare for the future. This year's list contains 14 books divided into three categories: leadership, strategic context and military heritage.
Master of Airpower: General Carl A. Spaatz - David R. Mets Book Review I Could Never Be So Lucky Again: An Autobiography of General James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle Gen. Doolittle with Carrol V. Glines Book Review 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 Book Review Chennault: Giving Wings to the Tiger - Martha Byrd Book Review Bury Us Upside Down - Rich Newman and Don Shepperd Book Review Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War against Nazi Germany - Donald L. Miller Book Review
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 Book Review Leading Change - John P. Kotter Book Review
Our Nation and World
From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting the Middle East - Bernard Lewis Book Review Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2000 Years - Bernard Lewis Book Review A History of the Arab Peoples - Albert Hourani Book Review The Dream Palace of the Arabs - Fouad Ajami The Foreigner's Gift - Fouad Ajami Book Review
Our Military Heritage
America: The Last Best Hope Vol I, From an Age of Discovery to a World at War - William J. Bennett Book Review America: The Last Best Hope Vol II, From a World at War to the Triumph of Freedom - William J. Bennett Book Review The Philippine War 1899-1902 - Brian McAllister Linn Book Review The Last Days of Innocence: America At War 1917-1918 - Meirion and Susie Harries Book Review The Air War: 1939-1945 - Richard J. Overy Book Review Victory on the Potomac: The Goldwater-Nichols Act Unifies the Pentagon - James R. Locher III Book Review
General Ronald Fogleman created the CSAF Professional Reading Program in 1996 to develop a common frame of reference among Air Force members - officers, enlisted, and civilians - to help each of us become better, more effective advocates of air and space power. General Michael Ryan and now General John Jumper have wholeheartedly embraced and continued the Professional Reading Program.