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March 2025 Recommendation
Title: The Kill Chain
Author: Christian Brose
Book Description:
The Kill Chain examines how rapid technological advances are revolutionizing modern warfare. Brose centers his analysis on the “kill chain,” the critical period from target detection to attack execution, now drastically shortened by innovations in artificial intelligence, drones, cyber warfare, and automation. He argues that traditional, linear command-and-control systems are increasingly inadequate, asserting that maintaining a technological edge alone is insufficient without fast decision-making and agile leadership. A core theme is the paramount importance of speed. Modern adversaries exploit compressed decision cycles, pushing military forces to adopt decentralized, networked command structures that effectively blend human judgment with machine efficiency. However,…
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| Month | Year | Title/Author |
|---|---|---|
| October | 2024 | Washington’s Marines by Jason Q. Bohm |
| September | 2024 | The Kill Chain by Christian Brose |
| 3 | 3 | The Challenge of Command: Reading for Military Excellence by Roger H Nye |
| 4 | 4 | The Art of War by Sun Tzu |
| 5 | 5 | The Second World War by John Keegan |
| 6 | 6 | The War Journal of Major Damon "Rocky" Gause by Major Damon Gause |
| 7 | 7 | Small Unit Leadership: A Commonsense Approach by Dandridge M. Malone |
| 8 | 8 | The Three Meter Zone by James D. Pendry |
| 9 | 9 | The Threatening Storm by Kenneth Pllack |
| 10 | 10 | Battle Cry of Freedom by James M McPherson |
| 11 | 11 | Lincoln on Leadership by Donald T Phillips |
| 12 | 12 | Battles of the Revolutionary War, 1775-1781 by W J Wood |
| 13 | 13 | Company Commander by Charles Brown MacDonald |
| 14 | 14 | The Face of Battle by John Keegan |
| 15 | 15 | A Message to Garcia by E Hubbard |
| 16 | 16 | Band of Brothers by Stephen E Ambrose |
| 17 | New to List | The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara |
| 18 | 18 | Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision Makers by Richard E neustadt |
| 19 | 19 | A History of Warfare by John Keegan |
| 20 | 20 | The Syrian Rebellion by Fouad Ajami |