usmc reading list by grade
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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