Episode · Conversations with Tyler · 2021-10-20
Books mentioned on Stanley McChrystal on the Military, Leadership, and Risk
Stan McChrystal has spent a long career considering questions of risk, leadership, and the role of America's military, having risen through the Army's ranks ultimately to take command of all US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, a force representing 150,000 troops from 45 countries.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Centurions
Discussed“they also leveraged some very good literature on it books like the centurions and others so we read some novel historical novels”
Where to get it
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The Naked and the Dead
The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer is a sprawling, gritty World War II novel that draws on the author's own combat experiences in the Pacific theater to examine the psychological toll of war and military hierarchy.
Discussed“so norman mailer naked in the dead was a huge bestseller in its day now people live in brooklyn they read jonathan franson”
Where to get it
