Chief of staff of Air Force announces new reading list

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WASHINGTON (AFPN) --  The chief of staff of the air force announced his new reading list.

"Developing Airmen remains one of my key priorities" said Gen. T. Michael Moseley, "Victory -- whether on the front lines of today's Long War or in the air, space and cyberspace surrounding tomorrow's foes -- will be determined in large part by the expertise of our Airmen. Lifelong education is a crucial part of being a professional warrior and professional reading enhances our warrior ethos. There is no room in our Air Force for anyone too busy to expand his or her horizons."

The 2008 CSAF reading list is divided into four areas: Our Military Heritage, Our Air Force Heritage, Our Mission, Doctrine and Profession, and Our Nation and World.

The books include:

Our Military Heritage 

-- At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor - Gordon Prange 

-- Empire by Default: The Spanish-American War and the Dawn of the American Century - Ivan Musicant 

-- Last Chance for Victory: Robert E. Lee and the Gettysburg Campaign - Scott Bowden and Bill Ward 

-- Louis Johnson and the Arming of America: The Roosevelt and Truman Years - Keith D. McFarland and David L. Roll

Our Air Force Heritage 

-- First Light - Geoffrey Wellum

-- Gods of Tin - James Salter 

-- Jimmy Stewart: Bomber Pilot - Starr Smith

Our Mission, Doctrine, and Profession 

-- John Warden and the Renaissance of American Air Power - John A. Olsen 

-- On the Edge of Earth: The Future of American Space Power - Steven Lambakis 

-- Why Air Forces Fail: The Anatomy of Defeat - Robin Higham and Stephen J. Harris

Our Nation and World 

-- The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror - Bernard Lewis

The CSAF reading list can be accessed at www.af.mil/library/csafreading and is available at Air Force libraries.

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