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PROFESSIONAL MILITARY READING LIST |
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No date was provided with this list. It was prepared from the web on October 22, 2002. The header for the list reads as follows: "As leaders of the Armed Forces progress in their development, they should expand their horizons to encompass familiarity with other Services and develop an informed perspective on joint warfare. The following readings complement and do not replace the professional reading lists developed by each service." The list is divided into sections entitled Joimt and Combined Operations, Classics on Diplomacy and Force, National Security Strategy, and National Resources Strategy.
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Joint and Combined Operations
| C. Kenneth Allard | Command, Control, and the Common Defense. 1990 |
| Thomas B. Buell | The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance. 1987 |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | Crusade in Europe. 1990 |
| Bernard F. Fall | Street Without Joy. 1972 |
| Michael I. Handel, ed. | Strategic and Operational Deception in the Second World war. 1987 |
| Max Hastings | The Korean War. 1988 |
| Robert Erwin Johnson | Guardians of the Sea: History of the U.S. Guard 1915 to Present. 1987 |
| Ephraim Kam | Surprise Attack: The Victim's Perspective. 1988 |
| John Keegan | The Face of Battle. 1983 |
| Eric Larrabee | Commander in Chief: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, His Lieutenants and Their War. 1988 |
| Kenneth N. Luongo & Thomas Wander, eds. | The Search for Security in Soace. 1989 |
| Alan Moorehead | Galipoli. 1985 |
| Sir William Slim | Defeat Into Victory. 1956 |
| Harry G. Summers, Jr. | On Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War. 1984 |
| Arthur Tedder | With Prejudice. 1966 |
| Russell F. Weigley | The American Way of War: A History of United States Military Strategy and Policy. 1977 |
Classics on Diplomacy and Force
| Carl von Clausewitz (Edited and Translated by Michael Howard and Peter Paret) | On War. 1984 |
| Giulio Douhet | The Command of the Air. 1972 |
| Niccolo Machiavelli (Translated by Peter E. Bondanella & Mark Musa) | The Prince. 1984 |
| Alfred Thayer Mahan | The Influence of Sea Power on History: 1660-1783 |
| Sun Tzu (Translated with an Introduction by Samuel B. Griffith) | The Art of War. 1963 |
National Security Strategy
| Michael Howard, ed. | The Theory and Practice of War. 1975 |
| Fred Charles Ikle | Every War Must End. 1971 |
| Richard E. Neustadt 7 Ernest R. May | Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision Makers. 1986 |
| Peter Paret, ed. | Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age. 1986 |
National Resources Strategy
| Henry E. Eccles | Logistics in the National Defense. 1981 |
| Jacques S. Gansler | Affording Defense. 1991 |
| Robert Gilpin | The Political Economy of International Relations. 1987 |
| Martin Van Creveld | Supplying War: Logistics from Wallenstein to Patton. 1977 |
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