one of my favorite things I've learned from is his Land and Expand Strategy for Reading: studying narrative accounts first, and then getting into more nitty-gritty analyses.
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Here are a few recommended Land/Expand strategies from Ced:
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Here's another way to look at it, with a 2x2: Land / Expand x Easy / Hard.
For example, here's a possible L/E Strategy for Boyd/Maneuver Warfare:
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That would shake out to a reading path like this:
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Would love to know more about how you and get to this point.
Like, should I look for mentions of this book/author in other work? Or the author's biography? Or ask a friend who's read it? Or solicit suggestions in online forums?
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ALL OF THE ABOVE! 🎉
(More seriously — keep some sort of note or Goodreads shelf for each topic you’re interested in investigating — and magically you’ll start seeing books to add to it.)