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Books That Every Junior Officer Should Read

"A properly schooled officer never arrives on a battlefield for the first time, even if he has never actually trod the ground, if that officer has read wisely to acquire the wisdom of those who have experienced war in times past." - Lieutenant General Paul K. Van Riper, USMC (ret)
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The Past as Prologue: The Importance of History to the Military Profession (Williamson Murray)
The Past as Prologue: The Importance of History to the Military Profession
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Williamson Murray
The Challenge of Command: Reading for Military Excellence (Roger H. Nye)
The Challenge of Command: Reading for Military Excellence
2
Roger H. Nye
A Guide to the Study and Use of Military History (John E. Jessup, Jr.)
A Guide to the Study and Use of Military History
3
John E. Jessup, Jr.
Men Against Fire: The Problem of Battle Command in Future War (S.L.A. Marshall)
Men Against Fire: The Problem of Battle Command in Future War
4
S.L.A. Marshall
The Face of Battle (John Keegan)
The Face of Battle
5
John Keegan
Company Commander (MacDonald)
Company Commander
6
MacDonald
Forward Into Battle: Fighting Tactics From Waterloo to the Vietnam (Paddy Griffith)
Forward Into Battle: Fighting Tactics From Waterloo to the Vietnam
7
Paddy Griffith
This Kind of War (T.R. Fehrenbach)
This Kind of War
8
T.R. Fehrenbach
Historical Perspectives of the Operational Art (Michael D. Krause)
Historical Perspectives of the Operational Art
9
Michael D. Krause
The Russian Way of War: Operational Art, 1904-1940 (Richard W. Harrison)
The Russian Way of War: Operational Art, 1904-1940
10
Richard W. Harrison
The Evolution of Strategy: Thinking From Antiquity to the Present (Beatrice Heuser)
The Evolution of Strategy: Thinking From Antiquity to the Present
11
Beatrice Heuser
Fighting Talk: Forty Maxims on War, Peace, and Strategy (Colin S. Gray)
Fighting Talk: Forty Maxims on War, Peace, and Strategy
12
Colin S. Gray
The Shaping of Grand Strategy: Policy, Diplomacy, and War (Williamson Murray)
The Shaping of Grand Strategy: Policy, Diplomacy, and War
13
Williamson Murray
Command in War (Martin Van Creveld)
Command in War
14
Martin Van Creveld
The Mask of Command (Keegan)
The Mask of Command
15
Keegan
Sources of Power - How People Make Decisions (Gary Klein)
Sources of Power - How People Make Decisions
16
Gary Klein
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)
Thinking, Fast and Slow
17
Daniel Kahneman
System Effects: Complexity in Political and Social Life (Robert Jervis)
System Effects: Complexity in Political and Social Life
18
Robert Jervis
The Quest for Victory: The History of the Principles of War (John I. Alger)
The Quest for Victory: The History of the Principles of War
19
John I. Alger
Science, Strategy, and War: The Strategic Theory of John Boyd (Frans P.B. Osinga)
Science, Strategy, and War: The Strategic Theory of John Boyd
20
Frans P.B. Osinga
Clausewitz and Contemporary War (Antulio J. Echevarria II)
Clausewitz and Contemporary War
21
Antulio J. Echevarria II
Another Bloody Century: Future Warfare (Colin S. Gray)
Another Bloody Century: Future Warfare
22
Colin S. Gray
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