Managing for the future organizationl behavior & processes

x-teams how to build teams that lead, innovate, and succeed by Ancona (Deborah Gladstein)

All in the education of General David Petraeus by Broadwell, Paula

Table of Contents: “…Ground truth -- Results, boy -- True believers -- Screaming eagles -- Anaconda -- Clear, hold and build -- Lines of operation -- Washington and back -- High stakes -- Transition -- Drawdown -- Mask of command -- Still all in -- Appendix A: Counterinsurgency guidance letter -- Appendix B: COMISAF's COIN contracting guidance -- Appendix C: Anaconda strategy -- Appendix D: Engine of change.…”

Surge my journey with General David Petraeus and the remaking of the Iraq War by Mansoor, Peter R.

Table of Contents: “…Maps -- Prologue Baghdad, February 11, 2007 -- A war almost lost -- Designing the surge -- Fardh Al-Qanoon -- Tower 57 -- The awakening -- Turning the tide -- Testimony -- Power politics -- Charge of the knights -- The surge in retrospect -- Appendix 1: Report to Congress on the situation in Iraq -- Appendix 2: Multi-national force -- Iraq commander's counterinsurgency guidance -- Appendix 3: Anaconda strategy versus Al-Qaeda in Iraq -- Appendix 4: Security incidents in Iraq…”

A terrible glory Custer and the Little Bighorn-- the last great battle of the American West by Donovan, James 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: a good day to die -- The divine injunction -- "The boy general of the golden lock" -- Patriots -- Outside the states -- Belknap's Anaconda -- "Submitt to Uncl Sam or kill the 7 hors" -- "The hide and seek for Sitting Bull" -- The fruits of insubordination -- The Seventh rides out -- The trail to the greasy grass -- On the jump -- The charge -- "The savior of the Seventh" -- Soldiers falling -- The hill -- "Death was all around us" -- The rescue -- "All the world has gone" -- The lost captain -- For the honor of the regiment -- Ghosts dancing…”

High performance structures and materials II