MARINE CORPS PROFESSIONAL READING LIST

Current, topical titles provided by Marine Corps University at each Executive Off-Site.

PRIVATE TO LANCE CORPORAL

• First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps by LtGen Krulak
• MCDP 1 Warfighting
• A Message to Garcia by E. Hubbard
• Rifleman Dodd by C.S. Forester
• The Soldier’s Load by S.L.A. Marshall
• The Ugly American by W. Burdick
• Enders Game by O.S. Card

CORPORAL

• First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps by LtGen Krulak
• MCWP 6-11 Leading Marines
• Battle Leadership by A. Von Schell
• Flags of Our Fathers by J. Bradley Gates of Fire by S. Pressfield
• Imperial Grunts by R. D. Kaplan
• Small Unit Leaders Guide to Counterinsurgency

SERGEANT

• First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps by LtGen Krulak
• MCDP 1-3 Tactics The Art of War by Sun Tzu
• Tip of the Spear by G.J. Michaels Attacks! By E. Rommel
• With the Old Breed by E.B. Sledge
• The Village by B. West

STAFF SERGEANT

• First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps by LtGen Krulak
• MCDP 1-2 Campaigning
• This Kind of War by T.R. Fehrenbach
• Band of Brothers by S.E. Ambrose
• The Face of Battle by J. Keegan
• A Bell for Adano by J. Hersey
• Utmost Savagery by J. Alexander

GUNNERY SERGEANT

• First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps by LtGen Krulak
• MCDP 5 Planning
• The Savage Wars of Peace by M. Boot
• We Were Soldiers by H. Moore
• On Combat by D. Grossman
• Breakout by M. Russ
• Victory at High Tide by R.D. Heinl

MASTER SERGEANT ..| FIRST SERGEANT

• First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps by LtGen Krulak
• MCDP 1-1 Strategy
• Reminiscences of a Marine by J.A. Lejeune
• Fields of Battle by J. Keegan
• Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Lawrence
• On Killing by D. Grossman
• Battle Cry of Freedom by J.M. McPherson

MASTER GUNNERY SERGEANT ..| SERGEANT MAJOR

• First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps by LtGen Krulak
• The General by C.S. Forester
• No Bended Knee by M.B. Twining
• Achilles in Vietnam by J. Shay
• The Mask of Command by J. Keegan
• The Arab Mind by R. Patai

OFFICER CANDIDATE ..| MIDSHIPMAN

• First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps by LtGen Krulak
• MCDP 1 Warfighting
• The Armed Forces Officer, DoD 2006
• A Message to Garcia by E. Hubbard
• Rifleman Dodd by C.S. Forester
• The Soldier’s Load by S.L.A. Marshall
• Enders Game by O.S. Card

2ND LIEUTENANT ..| WARRANT OFFICER

• First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps by LtGen Krulak
• MCWP 6-11 Leading Marines
• Fields of Fire by J. Webb
• The Art of War by Sun Tzu
• The Anatomy of Courage by L. Moran
• On Infantry by J.A. English
• Small Unit Leaders Guide to Counterinsurgency
• The Soldier’s Load by S.L.A. Marshall

1ST LIEUTENANT ..| CHEIF WARRANT OFFICER 2

• First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps by LtGen Krulak
• The Bridge at Dong Ha by J.G. Miller
• The Face of Battle by J. Keegan
• Reminiscences of a Marine by J.A. Lejeune
• Counterinsurgency Warfare by D. Galula
• Battle Cry of Freedom by J.M. McPherson

CAPTAIN ..| CHEIF WARRANT OFFICER 3

• First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps by LtGen Krulak
• For the Common Defense by A.R. Millet
• The Mask of Command by J. Keegan
• Savage Wars of Peace by M. Boot
• On Combat by D. Grossman
• The Arab Mind by R. Patai

MAJOR ..| CHEIF WARRANT OFFICER 4

• First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps by LtGen Krulak
• Once an Eagle by A. Myrer
• The Guns of August by B.W. Tuchman
• History of Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
• The Lexus and the Olive Tree by T.L. Friedman
• Grant Takes Command by B. Catton

LIEUTENANT COLONEL ..| CHEIF WARRANT OFFICER 5

• First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps by LtGen Krulak
• Masters of War by M. Handel
• Supplying War by M. Van Creveld
• Carnage and Culture by V. Hanson
• Defeat into Victory by W. Slim
• Triumph Forsaken by M. Moyar

COLONEL TO GENERAL

• First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps by LtGen Krulak
• Dereliction of Duty by H.R. McMaster
• Supreme Command by E.A. Cohen
• Diplomacy by H. Kissinger
• Feeding Mars by J.A. Lynn
• The Crisis of Islam by B. Lewis