The initial U. S. Strategic Command reading list included the following books:

The Great American Gamble: Deterrence Theory and Practice from the Cold War to the Twenty-First Century

The Nuclear Express: A Political History of the Bomb and Its Proliferation

The Making of the Atomic Bomb

Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb

The Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the Space Age

Astropolitik: Classical Geopolitics in the Space Age (Strategy and History)

Space Wars: The First Six Hours of World War III, A War Game Scenario

Inside Cyber Warfare: Mapping the Cyber Underworld

Fatal System Error: The Hunt for the New Crime Lords Who are Bringing Down the Internet

How the Internet Works (8th Edition)

Biohazard

Information Operations: Warfare and the Hard Reality of Soft Power (Issues in Twenty-First Century Warfare)

Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Future of International Nonproliferation Policy (Studies in Security and International Affairs)

Contemporary Nuclear Debates: Missile Defenses, Arms Control, and Arms Races in the Twenty-First Century

The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia (Kodansha Globe)

Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey

The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916

Gallipoli

Galloping Ghost: The Extraordinary Life of Submarine Captain Eugene Fluckey

Submarine Admiral: FROM BATTLEWAGONS TO BALLISTIC MISSILES

LeMay: The Life and Wars of General Curtis LeMay

A Fiery Peace in a Cold War: Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon

Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

Younger Next Year: Live Strong, Fit, and Sexy - Until You're 80 and Beyond

Younger Next Year for Women: Live Strong, Fit, and Sexy - Until You're 80 and Beyond

Islam: A Short History (Modern Library Chronicles)