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In Episode 63, host Tim Bettis interviews General Stanley McChrystal, USA (Ret.) on risk, learning from history, and the importance of language skills. General McChrystal is an Army Ranger who led Joint Special Operations Command and Commanded the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and United States Forces - Afghanistan before his retirement in 2010. He is the Founder of the McChrystal Group and is a senior fellow at Yale's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. Check out his newest book - Risk: A User's Guide. (https://www.mcchrystalgroup.com/library/risk-a-users-guide/)
As always, head to DODReads.com (//www.dodreads.com) for more resources, free books, and interviews with military authors.
The views presented in this episode are those of the participants and do not reflect the views of the Department of Defense or its components.
25 Oct 2021
General George W. Casey, Jr., USA (Ret.)
In Episode 62, host Bryan Wittmeyer interviews retired U.S. Army General George Casey, the 36th U.S. Army Chief of Staff and the commander of the Multi-National Force-Iraq from 2004 to 2007. The two discuss General Casey's philosophy on leadership and the skills leaders need today to succeed in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environment.
Book Recommendations:
The Revolution Trilogy, Rick Atkinson
The Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson
The Mitch Rapp Saga (fiction), Vince Flynn
The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914, David McCullough
Interested in an interview with a particular leader? Have a question you’d like to hear answered? Contact us @DODReads or podcast@dodreads.com (mailto:podcast@dodreads.com).
Finally, head to DODReads.com for more resources, free books, and interviews with military authors.
The views presented in this episode are those of the participants and do not reflect the views of the Department of Defense or its components.
11 Oct 2021
Richard Kidd IV, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Environment and Energy Resilience
In Episode 60, Julie Stabile interviews Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Environment and Energy Resilience, Richard Kidd. They discuss how to develop climate literacy, the role of junior leaders in the response to climate change, and how to manage a diverse portfolio. The DOD’s Climate Adaptation Plan discussed was released on October 7, 2021 and is linked below.
Recommendations
The Stranger by Albert Camus
Operation Barbarbossa and Germany’s Defeat in the East by David Stahel
Dream Catchers by Philip Jenkins
The Overstory by Richard Powers
DOD Climate Adaptation Plan (https://media.defense.gov/2021/Oct/07/2002869699/-1/-1/0/DEPARTMENT-OF-DEFENSE-CLIMATE-ADAPTATION-PLAN-2.PDF)
Summary for Policy Makers from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGI_SPM.pdf)
All Hell Breaking Loose by Michael Klare
Under the Sky We Make by Kimberly Nicholas
Drawdown by Paul Hawken
Scatter, Adapt, and Remember by Annalee Newitz
This Republic of Suffering by Drew Gilpin Faust
The Rise and Fall of Great Powers by Paul Kennedy
Interested in an interview with a particular leader? Have a question you’d like to hear answered? Contact us @DODReads or podcast@dodreads.com (mailto:podcast@dodreads.com).
Finally, head to DODReads for more resources, free books, and interviews with military authors.
The views presented in this episode are those of the participants and do not reflect the views of the Department of Defense or its components.
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