Currently on the reading pile

Wow you're just getting around to "Breaking the Phalanx?" Have to say, it was a great read and very revolutionary - in 1997. Ten years later, I think the opinion will be "yeah that was a good idea, shame that the Army didn't move quicker" but it's already been largely done with the current Brigade Combat Team structure. Good example of out-of-the-box thinking though. I haven't read the second MacGregor book, I thought I had heard it was more of the same. Word is that McGregor was very upset that he wasn't lauded as a visionary and all his ideas weren't immediately implemented. No question he was on track, but the Army does change about as fast as a glacier.

"Breaking the Phalanx"

This is an interesting books. It suggests a different organization of US Army forces by dropping divisions and brigades and using instead Combat Groups which are plugable into a different style Joint larger command. It resembles the BCT (slightly) that was adopted but with less upper layers.

"Douglas A. Macgregor's Transformation Under Fire: Revolutionizing How America Fights"

Excellent book I like his stuff. He is all about radically changing the HR systems for the Army. It cost him career most likely.

"Leaderless Jihad"

I finished this recently and meant to bog it but haven't. It covers the idea of radical decentralization of cells and the complete isolation of self-sufficient tactical cells from PR/Strategic cells.

Bruce Hoffman savages Sageman's book in Foreign Affairs:

http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20080501fareviewessay87310/bruce-hoffman/the-myth-of-grass-roots-terrorism.html

Adrian, Thanks for point out Hoffman's review of Sagemen. I really need to get to my FA issues more quickly...

Jason, yup, sometimes I'm a little slow on the uptake... but then, I read Handel's Masters of War two years before you ;)

Purpleslog, looking forward to your post on Sageman.