Joint Forces Staff College Commandant's Professional Reading List

(source) The JFSC Commandant's Professional Reading List contains recommended books by the Commandant on Joint and Multinational Operations.

This list was revised over 1 year ago.

Lessons from the Past

Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence

John Ferling

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Chasing Ghosts: Unconventional Warfare in American History

John J. Tierney Jr.

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D-Day: The Battle for Normandy

Antony Beevor

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The Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan (10th Anniversary Edition)

Lester W. Grau

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Dangerous Nation: America's Foreign Policy from Its Earliest Days to the Dawn of the Twentieth Century (Vintage)

Robert Kagan

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Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam

John A. Nagl

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A Question of Command: Counterinsurgency from the Civil War to Iraq (Yale Library of Military History)

Mark Moyar

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Victory On The Potomac: The Goldwater-Nichols Act Unifies The Pentagon

James R., III Locher

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Current Issues

Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice

David Galula

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The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One

David Kilcullen

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Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan

Doug Stanton

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Tell Me How This Ends: General David Petraeus and the Search for a Way Out of Iraq

Linda Robinson

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Three Cups of Tea

Greg Mortenson

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Who Are We?: The Challenges to America's National Identity

Samuel P. Huntington

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Into the 21st Century

Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam

H. R. Mcmaster

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7 Deadly Scenarios: A Military Futurist Explores War in the 21st Century

Andrew Krepinevich

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The New Counterinsurgency Era: Transforming the U.S. Military for Modern Wars

David H. Ucko

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Swords and Ploughshares: Building Peace in the 21st Century

Paddy Ashdown

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Terror and Consent: The Wars for the Twenty-first Century

Philip Bobbitt

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Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century

P. W. Singer

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Leadership and Command

The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008

Thomas E. Ricks

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The Fourth Star: Four Generals and the Epic Struggle for the Future of the United States Army

Greg Jaffe

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