The Punishment of Virtue: Walking the Frontline of the War on Terror with a Woman Who Has Made it Her Home	Recommended. First hand account of the post 2001 Afghanistan as it tries to find its footing.
	How to Make Money in Stocks: A Winning System in Good Times and Bad, Fourth Edition	Required. Read every year or two and keep handy.
	Don Quixote	The father of all novels. Very long - will have to finish in '09.
	Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq	Recommended. Understand the invasion of Iraq. The best review I have seen.
	Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Secret Exploration of Tibet (Kodansha Globe)	Recommended as all Hopkirk is. Think Buddhists are peaceful? Ha!
	Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning	Recommended. Facts to beat Leftists with.
	The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 (Vintage)	Recommended. Know where this war came from.
	The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 21st Century	Required. Professional library material.
	Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asia	Recommended as all Hopkirk is. Essential for understanding Central Asia and its place in history.
	John Adams	Recommended. As good as it is heavy.
	Last Flag Down	Recommended. Civil War non-fiction with a Navy twist. Epic story of the last Confederate raider.
	Moment of Truth in Iraq: How a New 'Greatest Generation' of American Soldiers is Turning Defeat and Disaster into Victory and Hope	Recommended. You will know why the surge worked and why we have victory.
	Setting the East Ablaze: Lenins Dream of an Empire in Asia	Recommended as all Hopkirk is. Think Jihad is new. Confused about the 'stans?
	Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone (Vintage)	Recommended. See Iraq in the tough stage from the POV of the MSM.
	Empire of Lies	Recommended. Right-y fiction thriller.
	War in European History	Solid. Nice way to round out your military history, focused on Europe.