The initial Judge Advocate General's Corp reading list included the following books:

Rocks & Shoals: Naval Discipline in the Age of Fighting Sail (Bluejacket Books) in the 'Military Justice' section.

Military Justice Is to Justice As Military Music Is to Music. in the 'Military Justice' section.

The Court-Martial of Lieutenant Henry Flipper (Southwestern Studies) in the 'Military Justice' section.

Medina in the 'Military Justice' section.

Military Justice in America: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1775-1980 in the 'Military Justice' section.

The Execution of Private Slovik in the 'Military Justice' section.

Swords and Scales: The Development of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (Kennikat Press national university publications. Series in American studies) in the 'Military Justice' section.

Evolving Military Justice in the 'Military Justice' section.

Great court-martial cases in the 'Military Justice' section.

Vietnam Stories: A Judge's Memoir in the 'Military Justice' section.

McElhaney's Trial Notebook, Fourth Edition in the 'Administrative, Civil (including Litigation), Constitutional, Contract, and Environmental Law' section.

Fundamentals of Trial Techniques (Canadian Edition) in the 'Administrative, Civil (including Litigation), Constitutional, Contract, and Environmental Law' section.

A Civil Action in the 'Administrative, Civil (including Litigation), Constitutional, Contract, and Environmental Law' section.

America's Constitution: A Biography in the 'Administrative, Civil (including Litigation), Constitutional, Contract, and Environmental Law' section.

The Manual of the Law of Armed Conflict in the 'International Law and Law of Armed Combat' section.

The Anatomy of the Nuremberg Trials: A Personal Memoir in the 'International Law and Law of Armed Combat' section.

Son Thang: An American War Crime in the 'International Law and Law of Armed Combat' section.

The Scourge of the Swastika: A History of Nazi War Crimes During World War II in the 'International Law and Law of Armed Combat' section.

GENEVA CONVENTION, Commentary (Four Volume Set): For the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field - The Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 in the 'International Law and Law of Armed Combat' section.

America in Vietnam in the 'International Law and Law of Armed Combat' section.

The Knights of Bushido: A Short History of Japanese War Crimes in the 'International Law and Law of Armed Combat' section.

The Peers Inquiry of the Massacre at My Lai (Vietnam War Research Collections) in the 'International Law and Law of Armed Combat' section.

Casualties of War in the 'International Law and Law of Armed Combat' section.

Justice at Dachau: The Trials of an American Prosecutor in the 'International Law and Law of Armed Combat' section.

The law of war, a documentary history in the 'International Law and Law of Armed Combat' section.

Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror in the 'International Law and Law of Armed Combat' section.

Military Law and Precedents in the 'General Military Legal History' section.

Marines and Military Law in Vietnam: Trial by Fire in the 'General Military Legal History' section.

First 50 Years: U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General's Department (jag) in the 'General Military Legal History' section.

The Army Lawyer: A History of the Judge Advocate General's Corps, 1775-1995 in the 'General Military Legal History' section.

Judge Advocates in Vietnam: Army Lawyers in Southeast Asia, 1959-1975 in the 'General Military Legal History' section.

Judge Advocates in Combat: Army Lawyers in Military Operations from Vietnam to Haiti in the 'General Military Legal History' section.