USAHEC: The Officer Profession: Professional Reading

The Leader's Bookshelf

The Leader's Bookshelf by James Stavridis
Call Number: Root - UB210 .S7 2017
Publication Date: 2017-03-15
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2017.

War Books from the Modern War Institute (MWI) at West Point
"Editor’s note: Each week, we ask a practitioner, scholar, or observer of war to list the top five books that have influenced the way they think about war, strategy, and military history."

"The 2017 War on the Rocks Holiday Reading List"
War on the Rocks Staff
War on the Rocks (November 24, 2017).
“General James 'Mad Dog' Mattis Email About Being 'Too Busy To Read' Is A Must-Read”
Geoffrey Ingersoll
Business Insider, May 9, 2013.
“Military History: A Selected Bibliography”
Williamson Murray
Marine Corps Gazette 101, no. 12 (December 2017): 50-53.
“An Old Idea for New Books: Refreshing the Commandant’s Professional Reading List”
A. M. Del Gaudio
Marine Corps Gazette 100, no. 6 (June 2016): 67-69.
“The Professional Edge: The Importance of Professional Reading”
James N. Mattis
Marine Corps Gazette 101, no. 12 (December 2017): 49.
"Strategic Outpost’s Third Annual Summer Vacation Reading List"
David Barno and Nora Bensahel, "War on the Rocks" (July 17, 2018).
"SUMMER READING SPECIAL: The World From the Beach With Carlos Lozada"
"The World Next Week" from the Council on Foreign Relations, streaming audio, 46:48.

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