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Adm William H's Reading List

The author of “Make Your Bed” and, most recently, “Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations” says “All Quiet on the Western Front” is the one book that best “captures the nature of a soldier.”

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By the Book: Adm William H (2019)

NYT By the Book column (2019-05-09).

Source: www.nytimes.com

The Martian
Andy Weir · Buy on Amazon
"It was part science fiction, part philosophy, part comedy, part suspense; and above all, it had a great ending. I love endings where the good guy wins."
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The Martian
Andy Weir · Buy on Amazon
"It was part science fiction, part philosophy, part comedy, part suspense; and above all, it had a great ending. I love endings where the good guy wins."
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain · Buy on Amazon
"I still go back and reread parts of "Huckleberry Finn.""
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The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway · 1952 · Buy on Amazon
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The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas · Buy on Amazon
Scipio Africanus: Greater Than Napoleon
B. H. Liddell Hart · Buy on Amazon
"the work that most influenced me as a special operations officer. His book told the story of how the Roman general Scipio defeated the great Carthaginian general Hannibal."
Wooden on Leadership
John Wooden · Buy on Amazon
"His first leadership lesson is "Good values attract good people." All leaders should understand that the way they behave, in public and private, will have a direct effect on the organization they lead."
Cover of All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque · Buy on Amazon
"I don't know of any book that better captures the nature of a soldier during wartime."

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