US Army Professional Reading List
2. 
The Pursuit of Power: Technology, Armed Force, and Society since A.D. 1000 4.07 avg rating β 604 ratings
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The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000
by:
Paul Kennedy
4.14 avg rating β 6,199 ratings 
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An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)
by:
Rick Atkinson
4.29 avg rating β 22,180 ratings 14. 
The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #2)
by:
Rick Atkinson
4.36 avg rating β 15,514 ratings 15. 
The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #3)
by:
Rick Atkinson
4.48 avg rating β 10,573 ratings 16. 
The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942β1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2)
by:
Ian W. Toll
4.62 avg rating β 6,744 ratings 17. 
Death of the Wehrmacht: The German Campaigns of 1942
by:
Robert M. Citino
4.37 avg rating β 345 ratings 18. 
The German Way of War: From the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich
by:
Robert M. Citino
4.28 avg rating β 260 ratings 
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The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War 3.94 avg rating β 39,937 ratings
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Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942
by:
Ian W. Toll
4.61 avg rating β 9,761 ratings 22. 
Path to Blitzkrieg: Doctrine & Training in the German Army, 1920-39
by:
Robert M. Citino
3.90 avg rating β 50 ratings 
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Hubris: The Tragedy of War in the Twentieth Century
by:
Alistair Horne
3.98 avg rating β 671 ratings 27. 
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The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder
by:
Peter Zeihan
4.33 avg rating β 5,505 ratings 29. 
The Big Stick: The Limits of Soft Power and the Necessity of Military Force
by:
Eliot A. Cohen
3.81 avg rating β 462 ratings 30. 
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Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization
by:
Parag Khanna
3.82 avg rating β 1,078 ratings 31. 
William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country: A Life 4.32 avg rating β 1,669 ratings
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The Direction of War: Contemporary Strategy in Historical Perspective
by:
Hew Strachan
4.16 avg rating β 124 ratings 34. 
The Future, Declassified: Megatrends That Will Undo the World Unless We Take Action 3.36 avg rating β 118 ratings
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The American Way of War: A History of United States Military Strategy and Policy 3.99 avg rating β 762 ratings
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Making the Unipolar Moment: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Rise of the Post-Cold War Order
by:
Hal Brands
4.13 avg rating β 47 ratings 40. 
No One's World: The West, the Rising Rest, and the Coming Global Turn 3.64 avg rating β 152 ratings
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Out of the Mountains: The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla
by:
David Kilcullen
4.16 avg rating β 990 ratings 43. 
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The Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in the Post-Crisis World
by:
Ruchir Sharma
4.14 avg rating β 2,685 ratings 45. 
Superpower: Three Choices for America's Role in the World
by:
Ian Bremmer
3.75 avg rating β 899 ratings 46. 
Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century
by:
P.W. Singer
3.97 avg rating β 2,592 ratings 46. 
Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age
by:
Peter Paret
4.03 avg rating β 1,906 ratings 
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A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order
by:
Richard N. Haass
3.74 avg rating β 2,227 ratings 49. 
Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis
by:
Kenneth N. Waltz
3.97 avg rating β 2,056 ratings 51. 
Blood Year: The Unraveling of Western Counterterrorism
by:
David Kilcullen
4.20 avg rating β 571 ratings 52. 
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The Soldier and the State: The Theory and Politics of CivilβMilitary Relations 3.90 avg rating β 498 ratings
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Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power
by:
Robert D. Kaplan
3.96 avg rating β 2,755 ratings 57. 
The Next Great War?: The Roots of World War I and the Risk of U.S.-China Conflict 3.81 avg rating β 36 ratings
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The Unquiet Frontier: Rising Rivals, Vulnerable Allies, and the Crisis of American Power
by:
Jakub J. Grygiel
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 85 ratings 
63. 
The American Military Frontiers: The United States Army in the West, 1783-1900 (Histories of the American Frontier Series)
by:
Robert Wooster
3.56 avg rating β 27 ratings 
65. 
Blitzkrieg to Desert Storm: The Evolution of Operational Warfare
by:
Robert M. Citino
4.26 avg rating β 117 ratings 66. 
Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power 4.07 avg rating β 2,780 ratings
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Fast Tanks and Heavy Bombers: Innovation in the U.S. Army, 1917-1945
by:
David E. Johnson
3.89 avg rating β 64 ratings 
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
by:
Jared Diamond
4.04 avg rating β 445,087 ratings 
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The Wehrmacht Retreats: Fighting a Lost War, 1943
by:
Robert M. Citino
4.30 avg rating β 236 ratings 75. 
The Anatomy of Courage: The Classic WWI Study of the Psychological Effects of War 3.82 avg rating β 200 ratings
76. 
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq
by:
Thomas E. Ricks
4.09 avg rating β 7,790 ratings 77. 
The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today
by:
Thomas E. Ricks
4.11 avg rating β 3,639 ratings 
79. 
Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't
by:
Simon Sinek
4.09 avg rating β 61,156 ratings 
81. 
A Passion for Leadership: Lessons on Change and Reform from Fifty Years of Public Service
by:
Robert M. Gates
4.07 avg rating β 843 ratings 82. 
The Seventh Sense: Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks 3.69 avg rating β 1,497 ratings
83. 
Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime
by:
Eliot A. Cohen
3.98 avg rating β 992 ratings 
85. 
Thunderbolt- From the Battle of the Bulge to Vietnam and Beyond: General Creighton Abrams and The Army of His Times
by:
Lewis Sorley
4.08 avg rating β 65 ratings 
89. 
Brute Force: Allied Strategy and Tactics in the Second World War
by:
John Ellis
4.18 avg rating β 56 ratings 90. 
Civil War Command And Strategy: The Process Of Victory And Defeat
by:
Archer Jones
3.80 avg rating β 66 ratings 
93. 
How the North Won: A Military History of the Civil War
by:
Herman Hattaway
4.09 avg rating β 123 ratings 94. 
Just War Reconsidered: Strategy, Ethics, and Theory (Battles and Campaigns Series)
by:
James M. Dubik
3.92 avg rating β 59 ratings 95. 
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Reconsidering the American Way of War: US Military Practice from the Revolution to Afghanistan 3.73 avg rating β 77 ratings
98. 
Restraint: A New Foundation for U.S. Grand Strategy
by:
Barry R. Posen
3.71 avg rating β 115 ratings 99. 
