The initial General Eric Shinseki reading list included the following books:
The History of the Peloponnesian War in the 'Senior Leaders Above Brigade' section.
On Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War in the 'Senior Leaders Above Brigade' section.
An American Profession of Arms: The Army Officer Corps, 1784-1861 (Modern War Studies) in the 'Senior Leaders Above Brigade' section.
Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age in the 'Senior Leaders Above Brigade' section.
Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision-Makers in the 'Senior Leaders Above Brigade' section.
Military Innovation in the Interwar Period in the 'Senior Leaders Above Brigade' section.
Diplomacy in the 'Senior Leaders Above Brigade' section.
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers in the 'Senior Leaders Above Brigade' section.
War in European History in the 'Senior Leaders Above Brigade' section.
Command Decisions in the 'Senior Leaders Above Brigade' section.
On War in the 'Senior Leaders Above Brigade' section.
The American Way of War: A History of United States Military Strategy and Policy in the 'Field Grade Officers, CW4-CW5, And Senior NCOs' section.
Supplying War: Logistics from Wallenstein to Patton in the 'Field Grade Officers, CW4-CW5, And Senior NCOs' section.
Summons of the Trumpet: U.S.-Vietnam in Perspective in the 'Field Grade Officers, CW4-CW5, And Senior NCOs' section.
Challenge of Command (West Point Military History Series) in the 'Field Grade Officers, CW4-CW5, And Senior NCOs' section.
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era in the 'Field Grade Officers, CW4-CW5, And Senior NCOs' section.
Three Battles: Arnaville, Altuzzo, and Schmidt (United States Army in World War II) in the 'Field Grade Officers, CW4-CW5, And Senior NCOs' section.
The Art of War by Baron De Jomini - Special Edition in the 'Field Grade Officers, CW4-CW5, And Senior NCOs' section.
An Army for Empire: The United States Army in the Spanish-American War (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series) in the 'Field Grade Officers, CW4-CW5, And Senior NCOs' section.
East of Chosin: Entrapment and Breakout in Korea, 1950 in the 'Field Grade Officers, CW4-CW5, And Senior NCOs' section.
Buffalo Soldiers (The Black Sabre Chronicles) in the 'Company Grade Officers, WO1-CW3, And Company Cadre NCOs' section.
George C. Marshall: Soldier-Statesman of the American Century in the 'Company Grade Officers, WO1-CW3, And Company Cadre NCOs' section.
Certain Victory: The U.S. Army in the Gulf War (The History of War) in the 'Company Grade Officers, WO1-CW3, And Company Cadre NCOs' section.
For the Common Defense in the 'Company Grade Officers, WO1-CW3, And Company Cadre NCOs' section.
Men Against Fire: The Problem of Battle Command in the 'Company Grade Officers, WO1-CW3, And Company Cadre NCOs' section.
Company Commander: The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War II in the 'Company Grade Officers, WO1-CW3, And Company Cadre NCOs' section.
Embattled Courage: The Experience of Combat in the American Civil War in the 'Company Grade Officers, WO1-CW3, And Company Cadre NCOs' section.
The Soldier and the State: The Theory and Politics of Civil-Military Relations in the 'Company Grade Officers, WO1-CW3, And Company Cadre NCOs' section.
The War to End All Wars: The American Military Experience in World War I in the 'Company Grade Officers, WO1-CW3, And Company Cadre NCOs' section.
Citizen Soldiers: The U. S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany in the 'Company Grade Officers, WO1-CW3, And Company Cadre NCOs' section.
The Killer Angels: A Novel in the 'Cadets, Soldiers And Junior NCOs' section.
Once An Eagle in the 'Cadets, Soldiers And Junior NCOs' section.
We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang - the Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam in the 'Cadets, Soldiers And Junior NCOs' section.
Face of Battle in the 'Cadets, Soldiers And Junior NCOs' section.
America's First Battles, 1776-1965 in the 'Cadets, Soldiers And Junior NCOs' section.
This Kind of War: The Classic Korean War History - Fiftieth Anniversary Edition in the 'Cadets, Soldiers And Junior NCOs' section.
The Greatest Generation Speaks: Letters and Reflections in the 'Cadets, Soldiers And Junior NCOs' section.
The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966 in the 'Cadets, Soldiers And Junior NCOs' section.
Band of Brothers : E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest in the 'Cadets, Soldiers And Junior NCOs' section.