The initial Combined Arms Center reading list included the following books:

Insurgency and Terrorism: From Revolution to Apocalypse; 2nd Ed., Revised in the 'The Short List' section.

Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice in the 'The Short List' section.

Last Reflections on a War: Bernard B. Fall's Last Comments on Vietnam in the 'The Short List' section.

The War for Muslim Minds: Islam and the West in the 'The Short List' section.

A History of Iraq in the 'The Short List' section.

The Village in the 'The Short List' section.

War In The Shadows: The Guerrilla in History in the 'Additional Resources' section.

Small Wars Their Principles and Practice in the 'Additional Resources' section.

Inside Al Qaeda: Global Network of Terror in the 'Additional Resources' section.

The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 21st Century in the 'Additional Resources' section.

Low intensity operations; subversion, insurgency, peace-keeping in the 'Additional Resources' section.

The Army and Vietnam in the 'Additional Resources' section.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph in the 'Additional Resources' section.

The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror in the 'Additional Resources' section.

The Philippine War, 1899-1902 in the 'Additional Resources' section.

Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam in the 'Additional Resources' section.