2017 - Army Chief of Staff's Professional List

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On War
On War 3.96 avg rating β€” 14,229 ratings
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The Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in the Post-Crisis World
The Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in the Post-Crisis World 4.14 avg rating β€” 2,685 ratings
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The Direction of War: Contemporary Strategy in Historical Perspective
The Direction of War: Contemporary Strategy in Historical Perspective 4.16 avg rating β€” 124 ratings
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A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order
A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order 3.74 avg rating β€” 2,227 ratings
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World Order
World Order 4.05 avg rating β€” 13,504 ratings
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Blood Year: The Unraveling of Western Counterterrorism
Blood Year: The Unraveling of Western Counterterrorism 4.20 avg rating β€” 571 ratings
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Restless Empire: China and the World Since 1750
Restless Empire: China and the World Since 1750 4.02 avg rating β€” 544 ratings
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The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914
The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 4.23 avg rating β€” 13,395 ratings
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Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetung
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetung 3.49 avg rating β€” 3,850 ratings
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Strategy
Strategy 4.21 avg rating β€” 43 ratings
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The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #2)
The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #2) 4.36 avg rating β€” 15,511 ratings
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The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #3)
The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #3) 4.48 avg rating β€” 10,569 ratings
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Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power
Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power 4.07 avg rating β€” 2,780 ratings
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The Guns of August
The Guns of August 4.18 avg rating β€” 82,598 ratings
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The Pursuit of Power
The Pursuit of Power 4.07 avg rating β€” 603 ratings
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A Savage War: A Military History of the Civil War
A Savage War: A Military History of the Civil War 4.25 avg rating β€” 343 ratings
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Hubris: The Tragedy of War in the Twentieth Century
Hubris: The Tragedy of War in the Twentieth Century 3.98 avg rating β€” 671 ratings
18.
Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age
Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age 4.03 avg rating β€” 1,906 ratings
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Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis
Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis 3.97 avg rating β€” 2,055 ratings
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Masters of War: Classical Strategic Thought
Masters of War: Classical Strategic Thought 4.11 avg rating β€” 315 ratings
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The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder
The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder 4.33 avg rating β€” 5,503 ratings
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Restraint: A New Foundation for U.S. Grand Strategy
Restraint: A New Foundation for U.S. Grand Strategy 3.71 avg rating β€” 115 ratings
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Another Bloody Century: Future Warfare
Another Bloody Century: Future Warfare 3.90 avg rating β€” 168 ratings
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Infantry Attacks
Infantry Attacks 4.20 avg rating β€” 3,435 ratings
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The Soldier and the State: The Theory and Politics of Civil–Military Relations
The Soldier and the State: The Theory and Politics of Civil–Military Relations 3.90 avg rating β€” 498 ratings
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The Big Stick: The Limits of Soft Power and the Necessity of Military Force
The Big Stick: The Limits of Soft Power and the Necessity of Military Force 3.81 avg rating β€” 462 ratings
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Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man
Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man 4.12 avg rating β€” 698 ratings
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Some Principles of Maritime Strategy
Some Principles of Maritime Strategy 3.99 avg rating β€” 338 ratings
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Concrete Hell: Urban Warfare From Stalingrad to Iraq
Concrete Hell: Urban Warfare From Stalingrad to Iraq 3.75 avg rating β€” 97 ratings
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Operation Bagration: The Destruction of Army Group Centre June-July 1944, A Photographic History
Operation Bagration: The Destruction of Army Group Centre June-July 1944, A Photographic History 3.72 avg rating β€” 25 ratings
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Strategy: A History
Strategy: A History 3.97 avg rating β€” 2,906 ratings
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Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization
Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization 3.82 avg rating β€” 1,078 ratings
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Operation Barbarossa: Nazi Germany's War in the East, 1941-1945
Operation Barbarossa: Nazi Germany's War in the East, 1941-1945 3.68 avg rating β€” 146 ratings
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The Strategy Of Indirect Approach
The Strategy Of Indirect Approach 3.79 avg rating β€” 66 ratings
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The Strategy of Conflict
The Strategy of Conflict 4.01 avg rating β€” 913 ratings
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The Future, Declassified: Megatrends That Will Undo the World Unless We Take Action
The Future, Declassified: Megatrends That Will Undo the World Unless We Take Action 3.36 avg rating β€” 118 ratings
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War Comes to Long An: Revolutionary Conflict in a Vietnamese Province
War Comes to Long An: Revolutionary Conflict in a Vietnamese Province 3.69 avg rating β€” 62 ratings
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The Future of Land Warfare (Geopolitics in the 21st Century)
The Future of Land Warfare (Geopolitics in the 21st Century) 3.55 avg rating β€” 74 ratings
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Infantry in Battle
Infantry in Battle it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
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Just War Reconsidered: Strategy, Ethics, and Theory (Battles and Campaigns Series)
Just War Reconsidered: Strategy, Ethics, and Theory (Battles and Campaigns Series) 3.92 avg rating β€” 59 ratings
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War in the Modern World since 1815
War in the Modern World since 1815 3.30 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
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The Future of Power
The Future of Power 3.79 avg rating β€” 1,167 ratings
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The Aeneid
The Aeneid
by: Virgil
3.87 avg rating β€” 139,138 ratings
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Great Powers and Geopolitical Change
Great Powers and Geopolitical Change 3.47 avg rating β€” 38 ratings
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Gates of Fire
Gates of Fire 4.40 avg rating β€” 42,073 ratings
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Making the Unipolar Moment: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Rise of the Post-Cold War Order
Making the Unipolar Moment: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Rise of the Post-Cold War Order 4.13 avg rating β€” 47 ratings
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The Illiad and The Odyssey
The Illiad and The Odyssey
by: Homer
4.07 avg rating β€” 82,150 ratings
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No One's World: The West, the Rising Rest, and the Coming Global Turn
No One's World: The West, the Rising Rest, and the Coming Global Turn 3.64 avg rating β€” 151 ratings
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Reconsidering the American Way of War: US Military Practice from the Revolution to Afghanistan
Reconsidering the American Way of War: US Military Practice from the Revolution to Afghanistan 3.73 avg rating β€” 77 ratings
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Matterhorn
Matterhorn 4.27 avg rating β€” 46,463 ratings
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Out of the Mountains: The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla
Out of the Mountains: The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla 4.16 avg rating β€” 990 ratings
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Politics Among Nations
Politics Among Nations 4.09 avg rating β€” 1,106 ratings
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The Post-American World
The Post-American World 3.86 avg rating β€” 12,810 ratings
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The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000 4.14 avg rating β€” 6,198 ratings
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Strategic Vision: America and the Crisis of Global Power
Strategic Vision: America and the Crisis of Global Power 3.79 avg rating β€” 1,210 ratings
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Superpower: Three Choices for America's Role in the World
Superpower: Three Choices for America's Role in the World 3.75 avg rating β€” 899 ratings
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The Tragedy of Great Power Politics
The Tragedy of Great Power Politics 4.06 avg rating β€” 3,582 ratings
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Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century
Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century 3.97 avg rating β€” 2,592 ratings
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The World America Made
The World America Made 3.76 avg rating β€” 1,053 ratings
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Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin 4.39 avg rating β€” 18,860 ratings
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Flashpoints: The Emerging Crisis in Europe
Flashpoints: The Emerging Crisis in Europe 3.94 avg rating β€” 2,126 ratings
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Hirohito's War: The Pacific War, 1941-1945
Hirohito's War: The Pacific War, 1941-1945 4.29 avg rating β€” 163 ratings
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Milestones
Milestones 3.93 avg rating β€” 5,707 ratings
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Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power
Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power 3.96 avg rating β€” 2,755 ratings
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The Next Great War?: The Roots of World War I and the Risk of U.S.-China Conflict
The Next Great War?: The Roots of World War I and the Risk of U.S.-China Conflict 3.81 avg rating β€” 36 ratings
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The Unquiet Frontier: Rising Rivals, Vulnerable Allies, and the Crisis of American Power
The Unquiet Frontier: Rising Rivals, Vulnerable Allies, and the Crisis of American Power really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 85 ratings
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War in European History
War in European History 3.96 avg rating β€” 614 ratings
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1776
1776 4.10 avg rating β€” 243,337 ratings
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The American Military Frontiers: The United States Army in the West, 1783-1900 (Histories of the American Frontier Series)
The American Military Frontiers: The United States Army in the West, 1783-1900 (Histories of the American Frontier Series) 3.56 avg rating β€” 27 ratings
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America's First Battles, 1776-1965
America's First Battles, 1776-1965 3.84 avg rating β€” 117 ratings
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An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)
An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1) 4.29 avg rating β€” 22,176 ratings
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Blitzkrieg to Desert Storm: The Evolution of Operational Warfare
Blitzkrieg to Desert Storm: The Evolution of Operational Warfare 4.26 avg rating β€” 117 ratings
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Combat Ready?: The Eighth U.S. Army on the Eve of the Korean War (Volume 129) (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series)
Combat Ready?: The Eighth U.S. Army on the Eve of the Korean War (Volume 129) (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series) 3.81 avg rating β€” 37 ratings
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The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2)
The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2) 4.62 avg rating β€” 6,742 ratings
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Death of the Wehrmacht: The German Campaigns of 1942
Death of the Wehrmacht: The German Campaigns of 1942 4.37 avg rating β€” 345 ratings
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Fast Tanks and Heavy Bombers: Innovation in the U.S. Army, 1917-1945
Fast Tanks and Heavy Bombers: Innovation in the U.S. Army, 1917-1945 3.89 avg rating β€” 64 ratings
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The First World War
The First World War 3.85 avg rating β€” 2,619 ratings
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The German Way of War: From the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich
The German Way of War: From the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich 4.28 avg rating β€” 260 ratings
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 4.04 avg rating β€” 445,030 ratings
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History of Rome
History of Rome 3.93 avg rating β€” 550 ratings
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Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945
Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945 4.35 avg rating β€” 10,719 ratings
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The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War
The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War 3.94 avg rating β€” 39,936 ratings
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Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941–1942
Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941–1942 4.61 avg rating β€” 9,757 ratings
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Path to Blitzkrieg: Doctrine & Training in the German Army, 1920-39
Path to Blitzkrieg: Doctrine & Training in the German Army, 1920-39 3.90 avg rating β€” 50 ratings
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The Regulars: The American Army, 1898-1941
The Regulars: The American Army, 1898-1941 3.97 avg rating β€” 71 ratings
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Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision-Makers
Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision-Makers 3.77 avg rating β€” 655 ratings
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This Kind of War: A Study in Unpreparedness
This Kind of War: A Study in Unpreparedness 4.17 avg rating β€” 4,188 ratings
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The Wehrmacht Retreats: Fighting a Lost War, 1943
The Wehrmacht Retreats: Fighting a Lost War, 1943 4.30 avg rating β€” 236 ratings
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American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant
American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant 4.22 avg rating β€” 5,939 ratings
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The Anatomy of Courage: The Classic WWI Study of the Psychological Effects of War
The Anatomy of Courage: The Classic WWI Study of the Psychological Effects of War 3.82 avg rating β€” 200 ratings
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Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq 4.09 avg rating β€” 7,790 ratings
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The Generalship of Ulysses S. Grant
The Generalship of Ulysses S. Grant 4.29 avg rating β€” 86 ratings
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George C. Marshall: Education of a General: 1880-1939
George C. Marshall: Education of a General: 1880-1939 4.29 avg rating β€” 99 ratings
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George C. Marshall: Organizer of Victory: 1943-1945
George C. Marshall: Organizer of Victory: 1943-1945 4.28 avg rating β€” 64 ratings
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George C. Marshall: Ordeal and Hope: 1939-1942
George C. Marshall: Ordeal and Hope: 1939-1942 4.44 avg rating β€” 70 ratings
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George C. Marshall: Statesman: 1945-1959
George C. Marshall: Statesman: 1945-1959 4.30 avg rating β€” 61 ratings
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Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't
Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't 4.09 avg rating β€” 61,140 ratings
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Memoirs and Selected Letters
Memoirs and Selected Letters 4.09 avg rating β€” 3,256 ratings
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A Message to Garcia
A Message to Garcia 3.76 avg rating β€” 3,575 ratings
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A Passion for Leadership: Lessons on Change and Reform from Fifty Years of Public Service
A Passion for Leadership: Lessons on Change and Reform from Fifty Years of Public Service 4.07 avg rating β€” 843 ratings
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