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Since I like to pass on the best of what I read, here a few recommendations:

An article that literally changed the course of history by making a celebrated general resign.  Beyond that claim to fame lies an article that solidly deconstructs the dynamics of our current COIN (counter insurgency) strategy in Afghanistan.

If you watched the Germany England match a few days ago, you were probably impressed by the German squad.  Either that or you're blind.  Did you know that 11 of their players could have chosen to play for other countries?  This article explains how changes in Germany's citizenship requirements have affected the squad they're fielding this year.  (If your initials are AJR and you took a class on this last semester, I hope you like this one).

Finally, a more general recommendation for the the Social Q's column in the New York Times.  As it describes itself "Social Q's offers lighthearted advice about awkward social situations".  It's brief, to the point, and hilarious (most of the time).  This week's column answered questions on weddings, weddings, and weddings, but I swear that's not the norm.