Stimson Library LibGuides: Professional Military Reading Lists: Gen. James C. McConville CSA's 21st Century Reading List

Army Chief of Staff Reading List

The U.S. Army Chief of Staff’s Professional Reading List

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The Army List is compiled for leaders. The Chief of Staff of the Army (CSA) views it as a pillar for his leadership development efforts. Titles are included that will provoke critical thinking about Professional soldiering and the unique role of land power; analysis and reflection on the past and the future; and a deep understanding of the Army and the future of the profession of arms in the 21 st Century.

CSA's 21st Century Reading List

8 Seconds of Courage by Flo Groberg; Tom Sileo
Call Number: DS 371.43 G873e 2017
1776 by David McCullough
Call Number: E 208 M 1335 2005 Four print copies.
The Art of War by Sun Tzu; Michael Nylan (Translator)
Call Number: U 101 S957a 2020 Six print copies of various versions
Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose
Call Number: D 769.348 506th A496b 1992 Two print copies
Fighting Talk by Colin S. Gray
Call Number: U 19 G778f 2007
The Future Is Faster Than You Think by Peter H. Diamandis; Steven Kotler
Call Number: HC 79 T4 D537f 2020
House to House by David Bellavia; John Bruning (As told to)
Call Number: DS 79.76 B437h 2007

CSA's 21st Century Reading List

The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek
Call Number: Online - Ebsco
Publication Date: 2019
Online - 4 users
HD 57.7 S616i 2019 Two print copies
It's My Country Too by Jerri Bell (Editor); Tracy Crow (Editor); Kayla Williams (Foreword by)
Call Number: UB 418 W65 i89 2017
Leadership in Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Call Number: E 176.1 G591L 2018
LikeWar by P. W. Singer; Emerson Brooking
Call Number: Online - Proquest
Available online @ Stimson Library 1 user.
HM 742 S617L 2018. Two print cppies.
Once an Eagle by Anton Myrer
Call Number: PS 3563 Y74 o58 2013 Three print copies.
One Woman's Army by Charity Adams Earley
Call Number: D811 E12o 1996
One Soldier's Story by Bob Dole
Call Number: D769.3 10th D663o 2005

CSA's 21st Century Reading List

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein
Call Number: Online - Ebsco
Online - 3 users
BF 378 E94 E64r 2019. Five print cppies.
Ranger by Ralph Puckett; D. K. R. Crosswell; David H. Petraeus (Afterword by)
Call Number: U 53 P84 P977r 2017
Red Platoon by Clinton Romesha
Call Number: DS 371.4123 K36 R763r 2016
The Social Dilemma by Gordon Tullock; Charles K. Rowley (Editor)
Call Number: HB 195 T921s 2005
The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle
Call Number: Online - Ebsco
Online - 4 users
BF 431 C881t 2009 Two print copies.
Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junger
Call Number: HM 716 J95t 2016 Two print copies.