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values, taking care of people, organizational learning, leading change—and many other topics that cut across all
organizations, public and private. Of special note to NJSACOP members and stakeholders are the articles by Thomas
Kolditz (“In Extremis Leadership”) Brian Tribus (“Making Personal Connections with Your People”), both now former
West Point faculty members and old friends of the NJSACOP, who each have presented at NJSACOP programs on
these very topics.
Additional recommended books:
LEADERSHIP
The Warrior’s Art
By Christopher Kolenda
FIVE-STAR LEADERSHIP
The Art and Strategy of Creating Leaders at Every Level
By Patrick Townsend and Joan Gerbhardt
THE CHALLENGE OF COMMAND
By Roger Nye
GRANT
By Jean Edward Smith
THE VICTORS
Eisenhower and His Boys: The Men of World War II
By Stephen E. Ambrose
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Russell, Jill R., “With Rifle and Bibliography: General Mattis on Professional Reading” Strife Blog, King’s College London, July 5, 2013,
http://www.strifeblog.org/2013/05/07/with-rifle-and-bibliography-general-mattis-on-professional-reading/
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The U.S. Army Chief Of Staff’s Professional Reading List, United State Army Center of Military History, CMH Pub 105–5–1
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