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    USMC Reading List by Grade

    Recruit

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

    Im Staying with My Boys by J. Proser and J. Cutter

    The United States Marines: A History by E. Simmons

    Private / Private First Class

    1984 by G. Orwell

    A Message to Garcia by E. Hubbard

    Blink by M. Gladwell

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

    No True Glory by B. West

    Rifleman Dodd by C. Forester

    The Gift of Valor by M. Phillips

    Lance Corporal

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

    My Men are My Heroes by N. Helms

    Starship Troopers by R. Heinlein

    The 360 Degree Leader by J. Maxwell

    The Afghan Campaign by S. Pressfield

    The Ugly American by E. Burdick and W. Lederer

    We Were One by P. ODonnell

    Corporal

    Afghanistan by S. Tanner

    All Quiet on the Western Front by E. Remarque

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    Chosen Soldier by D. Couch

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

    Flag of Our Fathers by J. Bradley

    Ghost Soldiers by H. Sides

    Marines in the Garden of Eden by R. Lowry

    Noble Warrior by J. Livingston, C. Heaton and A. Lewis

    Once a Marine by N. Popaditch and M. Steere

    The Defense of Duffers Drift by E. Swinton

    Sergeant

    A Soldiers Load and the Mobility of a Nation by S.L.A. Marshall

    American Soldiers by P. Kindsvatter

    Common Sense Training by A. Collins

    Counterinsurgency Warfare by D. Galula

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

    From the Horses Mouth by Major T. McKeldin

    Storm of Steel by E. Junger

    The Killer Angels by M. Shaara

    The Village by B. West

    Tip of the Spear by G. Michaels

    With the Old Breed by E. Sledge

    StaffSergeant

    A Bell for Adano by J. Hersey

    American Spartans by J. Warren

    Attacks by E. Rommel

    Battle Cry by L. Uris

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

    McCoys Marines by J. Koopman

    On Killing by D. Grossman

    Soldiers of God by R. Kaplan

    The Arab Mind by R. Patai

    The Defense of Hill 781 by J. McDonough

    The Face of Battle by J. Keegan

    The Last Stand of Fox Company by B. Drury and T. Clavin

    The Speed of Trust by S. Covey

    Gunnery Sergeant

    Afghan Guerilla Warfare by A. Jalali and L. Grau

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

    Islands of the Damned by R. Burgin and B. Marvel

    Killing Ground on Okinawa by J. Hallas

    On Combat by D. Grossman and L. Christensen

    Ride the Thunder by R. Botkin

    The Mission, the Men, and Me by P. Blaber

    The Savage Wars of Peace by M. Boot

    Tiger Force: A True Story of Men and War by M. Sallah and M. Weiss

    Victory at High Tide by R. Heinl

    We Were Soldiers Once and Young by H. Moore and J. Galloway

    Master Sergeant / First Sergeant

    Courageous Follower by I. Chaleff

    Fields of Battle by J. Keegan

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

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    Forgotten Warriors by T. Hammes

    Ghost Wars by S. Coll

    Seven Deadly Scenarios by A. Krepinevich

    Technology and War by M. Van Creveld

    The Accidental Guerilla by D. Kilcullen

    The Guns of August by B. Tuchman

    The Lexus and the Olive Tree by T. Friedman

    The Passion of Command by B. McCoy

    The Sling and the Stone by T. Hammes

    Master Gunnery Sergeant / SergeantMajor

    A Peace to End All Peace by D. Fromkin

    Achilles in Vietnam by J. Shay

    At the Waters Edge: Defending Against the Modern Amphibious Assault by T. Gatchel

    Crisis Leadership by G. Klann

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

    No Bended Knee by M. Twining

    On War by C. Von Clausewitz

    The Coldest Winter by D. Halberstam

    The Crisis of Islam by B. Lewis

    The General by C. Forester

    The Mask of Command by J. Keegan

    Officer Candidate / Midshipman

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

    My Men are My Heroes by N. Helms

    On Infantry by J. English

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    The Armed Forces Officer, DoD 2006

    The United States Marines: A History by E. Simmons

    2nd

    Lieutenant / Warrant Officer / Chief Warrant Officer 2

    A Tactical Ethic by D. Couch

    Blink by M. Gladwell

    Counterinsurgency Warfare by D. Galula

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

    Leadership: The Warriors Art by C. Kolenda, W. Ulmer Jr., and B. McCaffrey

    Soldiers of God by R. Kaplan

    Storm Landings by J. Alexander

    The Art of War by S. Tzu

    The Mission, the Men, and Me by P. Blaber

    The Savage Wars of Peace by M. Boot

    The Speed of Trust by Stephen M. Covey

    The Village by B. West

    1st Lieutenant / Chief Warrant Officer 3 (the first seven books should be read in order as they trace

    the evolution of warfare from the first to the fourth generation)

    The Enlightened Soldier by C. White

    Seeds of Disaster by R. Doughty

    Stormtrooper Tactics by B. Gudmundsson

    Command or Control by M. Samuels

    The Breaking Point by R. Doughty

    Fighting Power by M. Van Creveld

    Transformation of War by M. Van Creveld

    Attacks by E. Rommel

    Battle Leadership by A. Von Schell

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

    The Last Stand of Fox Company by B. Drury and T. Clavin

    The Peloponnesian War by D. Kagan

    Captain / Chief Warrant Officer 4

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

    Lions of Iwo Jima by F. Haynes

    Lost Victories by E. VonManstein

    Passion of Command by B. McCoy

    Sources of Power by G. Klein

    Starship Troopers by R. Heinlein

    The Arab Mind by R. Patai

    The Defense of Hill 781 by J. McDonough

    The General by C. Forrester

    The Mask of Command by J. Keegan

    The Tipping Point by M. Gladwell

    Victory at High Tide by R. Heinl

    We Were Soldiers Once and Young by H. Moore and J. Galloway

    Major / Chief Warrant Officer

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

    In the Gray Area by S. Folsom

    Masters of War by M. Handel

    Once an Eagle by A. Myrer

    Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by D. Goodwin

    The Crucible of War by F. Anderson

    The Guns of August by B. Tuchman

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    The Landmark Thucydides by R. Strassler

    The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull and the Battle of Little Bighorn by N. Philbrick

    The Lexus and the Olive Tree by T. Friedman

    This Kind of War by T. Fehrenbach

    Tiger Force: A True Story of Men and War by M. Sallah and M. Weiss

    Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tarawa by J. Alexander

    Wired for War by P. Singer

    57Lieutenant Colonel

    A Bell for Adano by J. Hersey

    A Peace to End All Peace by D. Fromkin

    At the Waters Edge: Defending Against the Modern Amphibious Assault by T. Gatchel

    Brute: The Life of Victor Krulak by R. Coram

    Carnage and Culture by V. Hanson

    Defeat into Victory by W. Slim

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

    Forgotten Warriors by T. Hammes

    Seven Deadly Scenarios by A. Krepinevich

    The Accidental Guerilla by D. Kilcullen

    The Blitzkrieg Legend by K. Frieser

    The Bottom Billion by P. Collier

    Colonel to General*

    Another Bloody Century by C. Gray

    Decoding Clausewitz by J. Sumida

    Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Lies that

    Led to Vietnam by H. McMaster

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    Diplomacy by H. Kissinger

    Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World by R. Rajan

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

    How Wars End by G. Rose

    Poorer Richards America by T. Blair

    Supreme Command: Soldier, Statesman and Leadership in Wartime by E. Cohen

    The Coldest Winter by D. Halberstam

    The Crisis of Islam by B. Lewis

    Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief by J. McPherson