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 2 months 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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