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First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps by LtGen Victor H. Krulak

Im Staying with My Boys by Jim Proser & Jerry Cutter The United States Marines: A History by Edwin H. Simmons

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A Message to Garcia by Elbert Hubbard Rieman Dodd by C. S. Forester Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
1984 by George Orwell No True Glory by Bing West The Gift of Valor by Michael M. Phillips The 360 Degree Leader by John Maxwell The Afghan Campaign by Steven Presseld My Men are My Heroes by Nathaniel R. Helms * Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein The Ugly American by Eugene Burdick & William J. Lederer We Were One by Patrick K. ODonnell Afghanistan by Stephen Tanner All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Chosen Soldier by Dick Couch Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley and Ron Powers Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides Noble Warrior by James E. Livingston, Colin D. Heaton, Anne-Marie Lewis Once a Marine by Nick Popaditch & Mike Steere The Defence of Duffers Drift by Ernest Dunlop Swinton Marines in the Garden of Eden by Richard Lowry American Soldiers by Peter S. Kindsvatter Common Sense Training by Arthur S. Collins Counterinsurgency Warfare by David Galula From the Horses Mouth by Major Ted McKeldin, USMCR The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara The Soldiers Load and The Mobility of a Nation by S.L.A Marshall Storm of Steel by Ernst Jnger The Village by Bing West Tip of the Spear by G. J. Michaels With the Old Breed by E.B. Sledge

A Bell for Adano by John Hersey American Spartans by James A. Warren The Arab Mind by Raphael Patai Attacks by Erwin Rommel Battle Cry by Leon Uris The Defense of Hill 781 by James McDonough The Face of Battle by John Keegan The Last Stand of Fox Company by Bob Drury & Tom Clavin McCoys Marines by John Koopman On Killing by Dave Grossman Soldiers of God by Robert Kaplan The Speed of Trust by Stephen M.R. Covey Afghan Guerilla Warfare by Ali Jalali & Lester W. Grau Tiger Force: A True Story of Men and War by M. Sallah & M. Weiss Islands of the Damned by R. V. Burgin & William Marvel Killing Ground on Okinawa by James H. Hallas The Mission, The Men, and Me by Pete Blaber On Combat by Dave Grossman & Loren W. Christensen Ride the Thunder by Richard Botkin The Savage Wars of Peace by Max Boot Victory at High Tide by Robert D. Heinl We Were Soldiers Once and Young by Harold G. Moore & Joseph L. Galloway

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The Armed Forces Ofcer by DOD My Men Are My Heroes by Nathaniel R. Helms * United States Marines: A History by Edwin H. Simmons On Infantry by John A. English & Bruce I. Gudmundsson

GUNNERY SERGEANT

The Art of War by Sun Tzu Blink by Malcolm Gladwell Counterinsurgency Warfare by David Galula Leadership: The Warriors Art by Christopher D. Kolenda, Walter F. Ulmer Jr & Barry McCaffrey The Mission, The Men and Me by Pete Blaber The Savage Wars of Peace by Max Boot Soldiers of God by Robert D. Kaplan The Speed of Trust by Stephen M. R. Covey Storm Landings by Joseph H. Alexander A Tactical Ethic by Dick Couch The Village by Bing West First seven books to be read in sequence in order to trace evolution of war from rst to fourth generation warfare. The Enlightened Soldier by Charles Edward White The Seeds of Disaster by Robert A. Doughty * Stormtroop Tactics by Bruce I. Gudmundsson Command or Control by Martin Samuels The Breaking Point by Robert A. Doughty * Fighting Power by Martin van Creveld Transformation of War by Martin Van Creveld Attacks by Erwin Rommel Battle Leadership by Adolph Von Schell The Peloponnesian War by Donald Kagan The Last Stand of Fox Company by Bob Drury & Tom Clavin The Arab Mind by Raphael Patai The Defense of Hill 781 by James McDonough The General by C. S. Forester The Lions of Iwo Jima by Fred Haynes & James A. Warren Lost Victories by Erich von Manstein The Mask of Command by John Keegan The Passion of Command by Bryan McCoy Sources of Power by Gary Klein Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell Victory at High Tide by Robert D. Heinl We Were Soldiers Once and Young by Harold G. Moore & Joseph L. Galloway

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The Accidental Guerilla by David Kilcullen The Courageous Follower by Ira Chaleff Fields of Battle by John Keegan Forgotten Warriors by Thomas X. Hammes Ghost Wars by Steve Coll The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman The Lexus and the Olive Tree by Thomas Friedman The Passion of Command by Bryan McCoy Seven Deadly Scenarios by Andrew Krepinevich The Sling and the Stone by Thomas X. Hammes Technology and War by Martin Van Creveld

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Achilles in Vietnam by Jonathan Shay At the Waters Edge: Defending Against the Modern Amphibious Assault by Theodore Gatchel The Crisis of Islam by Bernard Lewis The Coldest Winter by David Halberstam Crisis Leadership by Gene Klann The General by C. S. Forester The Mask of Command by John Keegan No Bended Knee by Merrill B. Twining On War by Carl von Clausewitz A Peace to End All Peace by David Fromkin

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Crucible of War by Fred Anderson The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman In the Gray Area by LtCol Seth W.B. Folsom, USMC This Kind of War by T. R. Fehrenbach The Landmark Thucydides by Robert B. Strassler The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of Little Bighorn by Nathaniel Philbrick The Lexus and the Olive Tree by Thomas Friedman Masters of War by Michael I. Handel Once An Eagle by Anton Myrer Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin Tiger Force: A True Story of Men and War by M. Sallah & M. Weiss Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tarawa by Joseph H. Alexander Wired for War by P. W. Singer A Bell for Adano by John Hersey Accidental Guerilla by David Kilcullen At the Waters Edge: Defending Against the Modern Amphibious Assault by Theodore Gatchel The Blitzkrieg Legend by Karl-Heinz Frieser The Bottom Billion by Paul Collier Brute: The Life of Victor Krulak by Robert Coram Carnage and Culture by Victor Davis Hanson Defeat Into Victory by Field-Marshal Viscount Slim Forgotten Warriors by Thomas X. Hammes A Peace to End All Peace by David Fromkin Seven Deadly Scenarios by Andrew Krepinevich Another Bloody Century by Colin S. Gray The Coldest Winter by David Halberstam The Crisis of Islam by Bernard Lewis Decoding Clausewitz by Jon Tetsuro Sumida Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, The Joint chiefs of Staff and the Lies That Led to Vietnam by H.R. McMaster Diplomacy by Henry Kissinger Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World by Raghuram G. Rajan How Wars End by Gideon Rose Poorer Richards America by Tom Blair Tried By War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief by James M. McPherson Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime by Eliot A. Cohen

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