{"id":33742,"date":"2023-12-07T10:25:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T10:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/12\/07\/what-books-are-us-army-congressmen-reading\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:59:09","slug":"what-books-are-us-army-congressmen-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/fedlife\/2023\/12\/07\/what-books-are-us-army-congressmen-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"What books are US Army, congressmen reading?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va., a member of the House Armed Services Committee, said he is reading \u201cVectors: Heroes, Villains, & Heartbreak on the Bridge of the U.S. Navy<\/a>.\u201d The book, by former acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly, offers insight into \u201cidiosyncrasies that happened within the Pentagon and within the service branch,\u201d Wittman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Doug Bush, assistant secretary of the U.S. Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, said he is reading \u201cHow Ike Led: The Principles Behind Eisenhower\u2019s Biggest Decisions<\/a>\u201d by Susan Eisenhower. The granddaughter of the former president doesn\u2019t just write about his decision-making process, but why he took certain actions in office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., chairman of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, said he is reading Rush Dosie\u2019s \u201cThe Long Game: China\u2019s Grand Strategy to Displace American Order<\/a>.\u201d It examines what China wants, whether Beijing can achieve its goals, and how the U.S. could respond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He had also recently reread \u201cThis Kind of War: The Classic Korean War History<\/a>,\u201d written by T.R. Fehrenbachfor and touted as an account of the conflict written from the perspective of those who fought it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gabe Camarillo, undersecretary of the U.S. Army, said he is reading \u201cWhy We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams<\/a>,\u201d by Matthew Walker. The New York Times called it \u201ca book on a mission,\u201d adding that \u201cWalker is in love with sleep and wants us to fall in love with sleep, too. And it is urgent.\u201d Camarillo also said he is reading \u201cShowtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s,\u201d by Jeff Pearlman. Real-life characters include basketball players Earvin \u201cMagic\u201d Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; basketball coach Pat Riley; and team owner Jerry Buss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n