Lt. Gen. James Mattis Professional Reading

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Meditations
Meditations 4.28 avg rating — 320,700 ratings
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Gates of Fire
Gates of Fire 4.40 avg rating — 42,073 ratings
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One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer 4.20 avg rating — 11,560 ratings
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With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa 4.49 avg rating — 45,837 ratings
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Intelligence in War: Knowledge of the Enemy from Napoleon to Al-Qaeda
Intelligence in War: Knowledge of the Enemy from Napoleon to Al-Qaeda 3.66 avg rating — 1,819 ratings
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Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War 4.30 avg rating — 67,944 ratings
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Helmet for My Pillow
Helmet for My Pillow 4.23 avg rating — 24,385 ratings
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Imperial Grunts: On the Ground with the American Military, from Mongolia to the Philippines to Iraq and Beyond
Imperial Grunts: On the Ground with the American Military, from Mongolia to the Philippines to Iraq and Beyond 3.96 avg rating — 1,709 ratings
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Afghanistan: A Military History from Alexander the Great to the Fall of the Taliban
Afghanistan: A Military History from Alexander the Great to the Fall of the Taliban 3.91 avg rating — 1,245 ratings
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The Rommel Papers
The Rommel Papers 4.22 avg rating — 1,618 ratings
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The Art of War
The Art of War
by: Sun Tzu
3.95 avg rating — 550,578 ratings
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The Village
The Village
by: Bing West
4.22 avg rating — 1,351 ratings
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Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia 3.98 avg rating — 4,735 ratings
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The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World
The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World 3.93 avg rating — 915 ratings
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The Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan
The Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan 3.94 avg rating — 754 ratings
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Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of our Times
Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of our Times 4.01 avg rating — 9,615 ratings
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The Battle for Peace: A Frontline Vision of America's Power and Purpose
The Battle for Peace: A Frontline Vision of America's Power and Purpose 3.38 avg rating — 88 ratings
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Battle Ready
Battle Ready 3.76 avg rating — 654 ratings
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Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor
Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor 4.59 avg rating — 8,339 ratings
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The Longest Day: June 6, 1944
The Longest Day: June 6, 1944 4.34 avg rating — 25,784 ratings
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Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character
Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character 4.31 avg rating — 1,861 ratings
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Small-Unit Leaders' Guide to Counterinsurgency: The Official U.S. Marine Corps Manual
Small-Unit Leaders' Guide to Counterinsurgency: The Official U.S. Marine Corps Manual 3.63 avg rating — 27 ratings
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The Crusades Through Arab Eyes
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes 4.20 avg rating — 10,231 ratings
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The U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual
The U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual 3.82 avg rating — 610 ratings
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Small Wars Manual
Small Wars Manual 3.87 avg rating — 172 ratings
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The Savage Wars Of Peace: Small Wars And The Rise Of American Power
The Savage Wars Of Peace: Small Wars And The Rise Of American Power
by: Max Boot
4.01 avg rating — 1,829 ratings
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War at the Top of the World: The Struggle for Afghanistan, Kashjmir and Tibet
War at the Top of the World: The Struggle for Afghanistan, Kashjmir and Tibet 3.80 avg rating — 197 ratings
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What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam
What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam 3.75 avg rating — 431 ratings
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Hatred's Kingdom: How Saudi Arabia Supports the New Global Terrorism
Hatred's Kingdom: How Saudi Arabia Supports the New Global Terrorism
by: Dore Gold
3.84 avg rating — 270 ratings
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Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare from Ancient Times to the Present
Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare from Ancient Times to the Present
by: Max Boot
4.08 avg rating — 1,228 ratings
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph
Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph 3.91 avg rating — 11,816 ratings
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Kim
Kim 3.70 avg rating — 39,386 ratings
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Lord Jim
Lord Jim 3.61 avg rating — 32,456 ratings
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Grant Takes Command 1863-1865
Grant Takes Command 1863-1865 4.43 avg rating — 2,342 ratings
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The Complete Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S Grant
The Complete Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S Grant 4.13 avg rating — 9,496 ratings
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Scipio Africanus: Greater than Napoleon
Scipio Africanus: Greater than Napoleon 4.16 avg rating — 1,857 ratings
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Blood Stripes: The Grunt's View of the War in Iraq
Blood Stripes: The Grunt's View of the War in Iraq 3.94 avg rating — 140 ratings
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption 4.39 avg rating — 989,185 ratings
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Sherman: Soldier, Realist, American
Sherman: Soldier, Realist, American 4.20 avg rating — 453 ratings
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A Bell for Adano
A Bell for Adano 3.98 avg rating — 8,829 ratings
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Counterinsurgency
Counterinsurgency 4.04 avg rating — 712 ratings
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The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror
The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror 3.69 avg rating — 3,470 ratings
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Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia
Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia 3.75 avg rating — 547 ratings
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Islamism and Its Enemies in the Horn of Africa
Islamism and Its Enemies in the Horn of Africa 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings
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No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah
No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah
by: Bing West
4.15 avg rating — 2,520 ratings
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The Arab Mind
The Arab Mind 3.45 avg rating — 407 ratings
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The Failure of Political Islam
The Failure of Political Islam 3.85 avg rating — 233 ratings
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The Memoirs of Field Marshal Montgomery
The Memoirs of Field Marshal Montgomery 3.88 avg rating — 216 ratings
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Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War 4.18 avg rating — 7,840 ratings
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Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 4.34 avg rating — 99,165 ratings
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Fighting Talk: Forty Maxims on War, Peace, and Strategy
Fighting Talk: Forty Maxims on War, Peace, and Strategy 4.18 avg rating — 153 ratings
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28 Articles Fundamentals of Company-level Counterinsurgency
28 Articles Fundamentals of Company-level Counterinsurgency 4.42 avg rating — 26 ratings
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A Tentative Manual for Countering Irregular Threats: An Updated Approach to Counterinsurgency
A Tentative Manual for Countering Irregular Threats: An Updated Approach to Counterinsurgency 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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The Army and Vietnam
The Army and Vietnam 3.91 avg rating — 174 ratings
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Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice
Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice 4.02 avg rating — 1,191 ratings
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Combat Stress
Combat Stress 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Reaping the Whirlwind: The Taliban Movement in Afghanistan
Reaping the Whirlwind: The Taliban Movement in Afghanistan 3.62 avg rating — 47 ratings
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Afghan Guerilla Warfare: In the Words of the Mujahideen Fighters
Afghan Guerilla Warfare: In the Words of the Mujahideen Fighters 4.02 avg rating — 493 ratings
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Tactics of the Crescent Moon: Militant Muslim Combat Methods
Tactics of the Crescent Moon: Militant Muslim Combat Methods 3.58 avg rating — 188 ratings
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Afghanistan Cave Complexes 1979–2004: Mountain strongholds of the Mujahideen, Taliban & Al Qaeda (Fortress, 26)
Afghanistan Cave Complexes 1979–2004: Mountain strongholds of the Mujahideen, Taliban & Al Qaeda (Fortress, 26) 3.34 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Soldier Sahibs : The Men Who Made the North-West Frontier
Soldier Sahibs : The Men Who Made the North-West Frontier 4.19 avg rating — 181 ratings
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What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam & Modernity in the Middle East
What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam & Modernity in the Middle East 3.54 avg rating — 3,867 ratings
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From Beirut to Jerusalem
From Beirut to Jerusalem 4.15 avg rating — 12,907 ratings
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The Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet Afghan War
The Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet Afghan War 4.02 avg rating — 493 ratings
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Soldiers of God: With Islamic Warriors in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Soldiers of God: With Islamic Warriors in Afghanistan and Pakistan 3.89 avg rating — 754 ratings
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The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda's Leader
The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda's Leader 3.80 avg rating — 331 ratings
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Culture and Customs of Afghanistan
Culture and Customs of Afghanistan 3.30 avg rating — 10 ratings
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The Soviet-Afghan War: How a Superpower Fought and Lost
The Soviet-Afghan War: How a Superpower Fought and Lost 3.75 avg rating — 201 ratings
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The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban
The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban 3.92 avg rating — 746 ratings
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The Battle for God
The Battle for God 3.95 avg rating — 6,667 ratings
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A Modern History of the Somali
A Modern History of the Somali 3.96 avg rating — 81 ratings
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Layers of Time: A History of Ethiopia
Layers of Time: A History of Ethiopia 3.73 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Famine Crimes: Politics & the Disaster Relief Industry in Africa
Famine Crimes: Politics & the Disaster Relief Industry in Africa 4.18 avg rating — 116 ratings
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The Horn of Africa: Politics and International Relations
The Horn of Africa: Politics and International Relations 3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Revolt on the Tigris: The Al-Sadr Uprising and the Governing of Iraq
Revolt on the Tigris: The Al-Sadr Uprising and the Governing of Iraq 3.39 avg rating — 18 ratings
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The Age of Sacred Terror: Radical Islam's War Against America
The Age of Sacred Terror: Radical Islam's War Against America 3.77 avg rating — 264 ratings
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The Idea of Pakistan
The Idea of Pakistan 3.90 avg rating — 418 ratings
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Understanding Arabs: A Guide for Modern Times
Understanding Arabs: A Guide for Modern Times 3.71 avg rating — 474 ratings
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The Shia Revival: How Conflicts Within Islam Will Shape the Future
The Shia Revival: How Conflicts Within Islam Will Shape the Future
by: Vali Nasr
3.88 avg rating — 2,453 ratings
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Modern Iran. Roots and Results of Revolution
Modern Iran. Roots and Results of Revolution 3.78 avg rating — 288 ratings
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Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism
Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism 3.87 avg rating — 675 ratings
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Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda: A Personal Account by the CIA's Key Field Commander
Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda: A Personal Account by the CIA's Key Field Commander 3.97 avg rating — 1,802 ratings
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Global Responses to Terrorism: 9/11, Afghanistan and Beyond
Global Responses to Terrorism: 9/11, Afghanistan and Beyond 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror 4.29 avg rating — 10,840 ratings
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A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East 4.22 avg rating — 9,543 ratings
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The Arab-Israeli Wars: War and Peace in the Middle East
The Arab-Israeli Wars: War and Peace in the Middle East 3.99 avg rating — 270 ratings
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The Easter Offensive: Vietnam, 1972
The Easter Offensive: Vietnam, 1972 4.02 avg rating — 52 ratings