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 Defense Acquisition Origins and Trends
. Rearming for the Cold War, 1945–1960 by Elliott V. Converse III
. Adapting to Flexible Response, 1960–1968 by Walter S. Poole
. Defense Acquisition Reform, 1960–2009: An Elusive Goal by J. Ronald Fox
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 Affordability and Cost
. The $5 Billion Misunderstanding: The Collapse of the Navy’s A-12 Stealth Bomber Program by James P. Stevenson
. Megaprojects and Risk: An Anatomy of Ambition by Bent Flyvbjerg, Nils Bruzelius, and Werner Rothengatter
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 Industrial Productivity and Innovation
. Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age by Michael A. Hiltzik
. The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation by Jon Gertner
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 Governmental Productivity and Innovation
. Agents of Innovation: The General Board and the Design of the Fleet That Defeated the Japanese Navy by John T. Kuehn
. Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers Who Turned the Tide in the Second World War by Paul Kennedy
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 Recommended Reading for AT&L Professionals by Career Field: Management
. Freedom’s Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II by Arthur Herman
. Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution—and How It Can Renew America by Thomas L. Friedman
. The First 90 Days in Government: Critical Success Strategies for New Public Managers at All Levels by Michael D. Watkins, Peter H. Daly, with Cate Reavis
. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... And Others Don’t by Jim Collins
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 Recommended Reading for AT&L Professionals by Career Field: Corporate
. The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization by Thomas L. Friedman
. The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business by Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.
. Colossus: How the Corporation Changed America by Jack Beatty
. The Polaris System Development: Bureaucratic and Programmatic Success in Government by Harvey M. Sapolsky
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 Recommended Reading for AT&L Professionals by Career Field: Technical
. To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design by Henry Petrosky
. The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail by Clayton M. Christensen
. Rescuing Prometheus: Four Monumental Projects That Changed the Modern World by Thomas P. Hughes
. Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century by P. W. Singer
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 Additional Online Defense ARJ Book Reviews
. Grounded: The Case for Abolishing the United States Air Force by Robert M. Farley
. Engineering the F-4 Phantom II: Parts Into Systems by Glenn E. Bugos
. The Dream Machine: The Untold History of the Notorious V-22 Osprey by Richard Whittle
. Forged in War: The Naval-Industrial Complex and American Submarine Construction, 1940–1961 by Gary E. Weir
. The American Warfare State: The Domestic Politics of Military Spending by Rebecca U. Thorpe
. Predator: The Secret Origins of the Drone Revolution by Richard Whittle
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