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The 2008 Chief of Staff reading list provides Airmen of all ranks a guide to further their education and expertise. The 2008 professional reading list enhances warrior ethos, and is divided into four areas: Our Military Heritage, Our Air Force Heritage, Our Mission, Doctrine and Profession, and Our Nation and World.

Our Air Force Heritage

First Light - Geoffrey Wellum

Gods of Tin - James Salter

Jimmy Stewart: Bomber Pilot - Starr Smith

Our Mission, Doctrine and Profession

John Warden and the Renaissance of American Air Power - John A. Olsen

On the Edge of Earth: The Future of American Space Power - Steven Lambakis

Why Air Forces Fail: The Anatomy of Defeat - Robin Higham and Stephen J. Harris

Our Nation and World

The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror - Bernard Lewis
Forgotten Continent: The Battle for Latin America's Soul - Michael Reid

Our Military Heritage

At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor - Gordon Prange

Empire by Default: The Spanish-American War and the Dawn of the American Century - Ivan Musicant

Last Chance for Victory: Robert E. Lee and the Gettysburg Campaign - Scott Bowden and Bill Ward

Louis Johnson and the Arming of America: The Roosevelt and Truman Years - Keith D. McFarland and David L. Roll

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Background

General Ronald Fogleman created the CSAF Professional Reading Program in 1996 to develop a common frame of reference among Air Force members -- officers, enlisted, and civilians -- to help each of us become better, more effective advocates of air and space power. Each CSAF since then has enhanced and continued the Professional Reading Program.

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