Haft of the Spear: Library

If you ever wondered why I have a fixation on think tanks, why I can’t wait to sit in an office filled with books, with my corduroy jacket with the suede elbow patches and calabash pipe*, reading, researching and writing insightful papers that will change the world, its largely because despite all the time I worked as an analyst, ostensibly at a level where I should have had the time to invest in deep research and produce thoughtful analysis, there was never any time to do any such thing.

Judge Richard Posner's Uncertain Shield: The U.S. Intelligence System in the Throes of Reform is quite possibly one of the most readable, well-informed, and clear-headed attempts to address the issues surrounding intelligence reform.

Written by a former (superior) colleague of mine who is now helping lead the charge into cyberspace dominance, Strategic Warfare in Cyberspace is both a dissertation and a projection of a potential future where dominance in the virtual world may come to mean more than dominance in meat-space ever will. If you know the history of "air power" you can skip through most of the first third and get right to work on the balance.