What is scary to me is that Michael Scheuer[0] is not mentioned at all [1], judging from my first obvious search for his groundbreaking Imperial Hubris.
Now, I know he does not count as military professional, but as a 20+ year counter-terrorism and counter-intel officer who lays out clearly our policy is fucking us and how we will inevitably lose the so-called GWoT.
He wrote it anonymously, at the time. So if you like Snowden, you will love him. I would hope a reading list about the most important combat operation of the 21st century for USG armed forces would read harsh criticism in an attempt to win something so important.
The site only contains various military reading lists, so apparently Scheur's book hasn't been represented on any of those - at least not the ones that I've managed to collect, that is.
But the "Defense Academy of the UK" list has a book by David Owen (The Hubris Syndrome: Bush, Blair & the Intoxication of Power) that sounds like it's in the same ballpark.
Now, I know he does not count as military professional, but as a 20+ year counter-terrorism and counter-intel officer who lays out clearly our policy is fucking us and how we will inevitably lose the so-called GWoT.
He wrote it anonymously, at the time. So if you like Snowden, you will love him. I would hope a reading list about the most important combat operation of the 21st century for USG armed forces would read harsh criticism in an attempt to win something so important.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Scheuer
[1] http://militaryprofessionalreadinglists.com/search?keywords=...