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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs' Professional Reading List

Professional Military Reading List

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs' Professional Reading List

This reading list has been constructed to support the renewal of our commitment to our Profession of Arms and the development of Joint Force 2020. The books selected capture the values and ethos of our military profession, promote innovative thinking to prepare for the operational realities of an uncertain future, and provide insights into the foundations of our service cultures.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs' Professional Reading List part 1

A Message to Garcia by Elbert Hubbard
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Call Number: BJ 1611 H875m 1977
Online @ Stimson Library. Ten users.
Five print copies.
Multiple formats owned by JBSA Libraries.
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The Age of the Unthinkable by Joshua Cooper Ramo
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Call Number: E 902 R175a 2009
2 print copies at Stimson Library.
Multiple formats available at MWR JBSA Libraries.
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The Art of War by Sun Tzu - Special Edition by Sun-Tzu; Lionel Giles (Translator)
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Call Number: U 101 S957a 2005
2 print copies at Stimson Library
Multiple formats held by MWR JBSA Libraries.
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The Art of War by Baron Antoine Henri de Jomini; Charles Messenger (Introduction by)
Call Number: U 102 J75a 1996
1 print copy @ Stimson Library
The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Call Number: Q 375 T143b 2010
Online @ Stimson Library. One user. One print copy.
Multiple formats at MWR JBSA Libraries.
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Boyd by Robert Coram
Call Number: UG 626.2 B69 C787b 2004

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Professional Reading List part 2

7 Deadly Scenarios by Andrew Krepinevich
Call Number: U 21.2 K92s 2010
Command of the Air by Giulio Douhet; Charles A. Gabriel (Foreword by)
Call Number: UG 630 D737c 1983
George Washington and the American Military Tradition by Donald Higginbotham
Call Number: E 312.17 H635g 1985
The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783 by Alfred Thayer Mahan
Call Number: D 27 M214i 1890
Monsoon by Robert D. Kaplan
Call Number: DS 341.3 U6 K17m 2010
2 print copies shelved on US Army Chief of Staff's Professional Reading List shelf.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Professional Reading List part 3

On War by Carl von Clausewitz
Call Number: Online - Ebsco
Publication Date: 2011
Online @ Stimson Library.
Unlimited Access.
Once an Eagle by Anton Myrer
Call Number: PS 3563 Y74 o58 2013
Publication Date: 2013
2 print copies @ Stimson Library
Principles of Maritime Strategy by Julian S. Corbett
Call Number: Online-Ebsco
Publication Date: 2004
Unlimited Access
The Soldier and the State by Samuel P. Huntington
Call Number: UA 23 H953s 1957
The Starfish and the Spider by Ori Brafman; Rod A. Beckstrom
Call Number: HD 50 B812s 2006
Start with Why by Simon Sinek
Call Number: HD 57.7 S616s 2009
George C. Marshall
Call Number: E 745 M37 S875g 1989