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CSAF Leadership Library: January 2022Published Jan. 18, 2022
                    
                    
                    Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs
            *“I’d rather have decent answers to the right question than great answers to irrelevant questions.” – Andrew Marshall*

**Airmen,**

The story of Andrew Marshall in **The Last Warrior: Andrew Marshall and the Shaping of Modern American Defense Strategy** is aprofound account of a virtually unknown, yet brilliant strategic thinker who was enormously influential in shaping American military thought for nearly half a century. Today, Marshall’s hallmark methodology, the “Net Assessment,” remains an essential diagnostic framework for understanding strategic competition through the lenses of capabilities, challenges, and perceptions.

Last September, I wrote a **Letter to Airmen** emphasizing a culture of innovation in our Air Force. **The Mind of War: John Boyd and American Security** is as much the story of Boyd’s innovative spirit as his groundbreaking ideas on warfare. Alongside a tenacity for out-maneuvering bureaucracy, Boyd was a maverick, and had innovation baked into his DNA. Who is the “Maverick” in your squadron?

Today, a new generation of strategic thinkers and mavericks defend our nation. Dr. Meghan Grace’s **#GenZ podcast Gen Z and Leadership**reveals insights into the values and behaviors of Generation Z so that leaders at all echelons, myself included, can better relate to what defines and motivates our youngest cohort of professional Airmen.

The idea of “why” is a timeless concept that motivates across generational gaps. The critically acclaimed **Netflix docuseries Five Came Back** is a mesmerizing examination of our nation’s “why” before and during World War II through the lens of five prominent Hollywood directors. Their stories will leave you with a renewed sense of awe for the Greatest Generation.

I hope you will spend time to reflect upon these ideas and share your thoughts with your fellow Airmen.


Sincerely,**CHARLES Q. BROWN, JR.
General, U.S. Air Force
Chief of Staff**



*Editor's note: The*CSAF Leadership Library*is a fluid set of media selected by Gen. Brown that evolves as novel ideas are published, recorded, and debated. New entries will be added periodically throughout the year.*



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**Books**
   **Podcasts**
   **Documentaries****The Last Warrior: Andrew Marshall and the Shaping of Modern American Defense Strategy** 
   Andrew F Krepinevich & Barry D Watts
   **#GenZ podcast: Gen Z and Leadership**
   Dr. Meghan Grace
   **Five Came Back**
   Netflix docuseries**The Mind of War: John Boyd and American Security**
   Grant HammondCSAF 



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