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U.S. Constitution
PDF version of the U.S. Constitution
Sustaining the Transformation
PDF version of MCRP 6-11D Sustaining the Transformation

First to Fight by Victor H. Krulak
ISBN: 9781557504647
Publication Date: 1999-02-22

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Entry Level: Enlisted

Battle Cry by Leon Uris
ISBN: 9780060751869
Publication Date: 2005-06-28
Corps Values by Zell Miller
ISBN: 9781563523878
Publication Date: 1997-06-25
Joker One by Donovan Campbell
Call Number: 956.7044 CAMPBELL
ISBN: 9780812979565
Publication Date: 2010-01-12
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The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
ISBN: 9780486264653
Publication Date: 1990-07-01
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Entry Level: Officer

Battle Cry by Leon Uris
ISBN: 9780060751869
Publication Date: 2005-06-28
Corps Values by Zell Miller
ISBN: 9781563523878
Publication Date: 1997-06-25
I'm Staying with My Boys by Jim Proser
Call Number: 940.545 PROSER
ISBN: 9780312611446
Publication Date: 2010-02-02
Joker One by Donovan Campbell
Call Number: 956.7044 CAMPBELL
ISBN: 9780812979565
Publication Date: 2010-01-12
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My Men Are My Heroes by Nathaniel R. Helms
ISBN: 9781612511368
Publication Date: 2012-11-15
The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
Call Number: F SHAARA
ISBN: 0345348109
Publication Date: 1987-08-12
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Primary Level: Enlisted

Chesty by Jon T. Hoffman
ISBN: 9780375760440
Publication Date: 2002-08-13
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Call Number: F CAR
ISBN: 9780812550702
Publication Date: 1994-07-15
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Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
ISBN: 9780553383683
Publication Date: 2005-09-27
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My Men Are My Heroes by Nathaniel R. Helms
ISBN: 9781612511368
Publication Date: 2012-11-15
Rifleman Dodd by C. S. Forester
ISBN: 9781163134320
Publication Date: 2010-09-01
The Last Stand of Fox Company by Bob Drury
Call Number: 951.904 DRURY
ISBN: 9780802144515
Publication Date: 2009-11-03
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The Marines of Montford Point by Melton A. McLaurin
Call Number: 359.96 MCLAURIN
ISBN: 9780807861769
Publication Date: 2009-09-01

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Primary Level: Officer

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Call Number: F REM
ISBN: 9780449213940
Publication Date: 1987-03-12
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The Art of War by Sun-Tzu
Call Number: 355.02 SUNZI
ISBN: 9781566192972
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Battle Leadership by Adolf Von Schell
ISBN: 9781626541481
Publication Date: 2015-06-17
Chesty by Jon T. Hoffman
ISBN: 9780375760440
Publication Date: 2002-08-13
The Defence of Duffer's Drift by Ernest Dunlop Swinton
ISBN: 9781492223535
Publication Date: 2013-08-22
The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer
ISBN: 9781574882865
Publication Date: 2001-10-01
Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
ISBN: 9780553383683
Publication Date: 2005-09-27
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The Last Stand of Fox Company by Bob Drury
Call Number: 951.904 DRURY
ISBN: 9780802144515
Publication Date: 2009-11-03
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The Marines of Montford Point by Melton A. McLaurin
Call Number: 359.96 MCLAURIN
ISBN: 9780807861769
Publication Date: 2009-09-01
What It Is Like to Go to War by Karl Marlantes
Call Number: 959.704 MAR
ISBN: 9780802145925
Publication Date: 2012-09-11
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With the Old Breed by E. B. Sledge
Call Number: 940.54 SLEDGE
ISBN: 9780891419068
Publication Date: 2007-05-01
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Career Level: Enlisted

The Defence of Duffer's Drift by Ernest Dunlop Swinton
ISBN: 9781492223535
Publication Date: 2013-08-22
The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer
ISBN: 9781574882865
Publication Date: 2001-10-01
The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
Call Number: F SHAARA
ISBN: 0345348109
Publication Date: 1987-08-12
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Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Call Number: 302 GLADWELL
ISBN: 9780316017923
Publication Date: 2008-11-18
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Quartered Safe Out Here by George MacDonald Fraser
ISBN: 9781629142036
Publication Date: 2014-08-05
Resilience by Eric Greitens
ISBN: 9780544705265
Publication Date: 2016-05-03
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Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger; Michael Hofmann (Translator, Introduction by)
Call Number: 940.482 JÜNGER
ISBN: 9780142437902
Publication Date: 2004-05-04
With the Old Breed by E. B. Sledge
Call Number: 940.54 SLEDGE
ISBN: 9780891419068
Publication Date: 2007-05-01
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Career Level: Officer

Infantry in Battle
PDF version of Infantry in Battle: FMFRP 12-2

Black Hearts by Jim Frederick
Call Number: 956.7044 FREDERICK
ISBN: 9780307450760
Publication Date: 2011-02-01
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Curious by Ian Leslie
ISBN: 9780465097623
Publication Date: 2015-12-01
Infantry Attacks by Erwin Rommel
Call Number: 940.4 ROM
ISBN: 9781626543201
Publication Date: 2015-12-11
Into the Tiger's Jaw by Frank E. Peterson
ISBN: 9781612511900
Publication Date: 2012-07-30
On Killing by Dave Grossman
Call Number: 355.001 GROSSMAN
ISBN: 9780316040938
Publication Date: 2009-06-22
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Sources of Power by Gary A. Klein
Call Number: 658.403 KLEIN
ISBN: 0262112272
Publication Date: 1998-01-16
War Made New by Max Boot
ISBN: 9781592403158
Publication Date: 2007-08-16
Quartered Safe Out Here by George MacDonald Fraser
ISBN: 9781629142036
Publication Date: 2014-08-05
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Call Number: 302 GLADWELL
ISBN: 9780316017923
Publication Date: 2008-11-18
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We Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. Moore; Joseph L. Galloway
Call Number: 959.704 MOORE
ISBN: 0060975768
Publication Date: 2002-04-16

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Intermediate Level: Enlisted

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Call Number: F REM
ISBN: 9780449213940
Publication Date: 1987-03-12
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American Spartans by James Warren; James A. Warren
ISBN: 9780684872841
Publication Date: 2005-11-15
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Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder
ISBN: 9780465031474
Publication Date: 2012-10-02
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Fields of Fire by James Webb
ISBN: 9780553583854
Publication Date: 2001-08-28
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Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley; Ron Powers
Call Number: 940.54 BRADLEY
ISBN: 0553111337
Publication Date: 2000-05-02
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Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie
Call Number: 940.548 LECKIE
ISBN: 9780553593310
Publication Date: 2010-02-02
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Leading Change by John P. Kotter
Call Number: 658.406 KOTTER
ISBN: 0875847471
Publication Date: 1996-09-01
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On Killing by Dave Grossman
Call Number: 355.001 GROSSMAN
ISBN: 9780316040938
Publication Date: 2009-06-22
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The Changing Face of War by Martin Van Creveld
Call Number: 355.409 VAN CREVELD
ISBN: 9780891419020
Publication Date: 2008-01-29
This Kind of War by T. R. Fehrenbach
Call Number: 951.9 FEH
ISBN: 9781574883343
Publication Date: 2001-03-01
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Intermediate Level: Officer

Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPherson
Call Number: 973.73 MCPHERSON
ISBN: 9780195168952
Publication Date: 2003-12-11
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Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
Call Number: 153.4 GLADWELL
ISBN: 9780316172325
Publication Date: 2005-01-11
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Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder
ISBN: 9780465031474
Publication Date: 2012-10-02
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Boyd by Robert Coram
ISBN: 9780316796880
Publication Date: 2004-05-10
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Brute by Robert Coram
ISBN: 9780316067430
Publication Date: 2011-11-01
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Carnage and Culture by Victor Davis Hanson
ISBN: 9780385720380
Publication Date: 2002-08-27
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Command Culture by Jörg Muth
ISBN: 9781574415339
Publication Date: 2013-04-07
Defeat into Victory by William Slim
Call Number: 940.54 SLIM
ISBN: 9780815410225
Publication Date: 2000-02-09
Forgotten Warriors by T. X. Hammes
ISBN: 9780700618927
Publication Date: 2010-09-01
Just and Unjust Wars by Michael Walzer
Call Number: 355.02 WALZER
ISBN: 9780465052714
Publication Date: 2015-08-11
Military Innovation in the Interwar Period by Allan R. Millett (Contribution by, Editor); Williamson R. Murray (Contribution by, Editor)
ISBN: 9780521637602
Publication Date: 1998-08-13
Ripples of Battle by Victor Davis Hanson
ISBN: 9780385721943
Publication Date: 2004-10-12
Team of Teams by Stanley McChrystal
Call Number: 658.402 MCCHRYSTAL
ISBN: 9781591847489
Publication Date: 2015-05-12
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The Utility of Force by Rupert Smith
ISBN: 9780307278111
Publication Date: 2008-02-12
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The Warriors by J. Glenn Gray
ISBN: 9780803270763
Publication Date: 1998-10-01
This Kind of War by T. R. Fehrenbach
Call Number: 951.9 FEH
ISBN: 9781574883343
Publication Date: 2001-03-01
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Senior Level: Enlisted

Achilles in Vietnam by Jonathan Shay
Call Number: 616.85 SHAY
ISBN: 9780684813219
Publication Date: 1995-10-01
Assignment: Pentagon by Perry M. Smith; Daniel M. Gerstein
ISBN: 9781597970969
Publication Date: 2007-06-01
Command Culture by Jörg Muth
ISBN: 9781574415339
Publication Date: 2013-04-07
The Face of Battle by John Keegan
Call Number: 355.48 KEEGAN
ISBN: 9780140048971
Publication Date: 1983-01-27
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Forgotten Warriors by T. X. Hammes
ISBN: 9780700618927
Publication Date: 2010-09-01
Just and Unjust Wars by Michael Walzer
Call Number: 355.02 WALZER
ISBN: 9780465052714
Publication Date: 2015-08-11
No Bended Knee by Merrill B. Twining
ISBN: 9780891418269
Publication Date: 2004-03-30
Team of Teams by Stanley McChrystal
Call Number: 658.402 MCCHRYSTAL
ISBN: 9781591847489
Publication Date: 2015-05-12
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Senior Level: Officer

The Federalist Papers
A PDF version of the Federalist Papers available through the EBSCOhost database.

Another Bloody Century by Colin S. Gray
ISBN: 9780304367344
Publication Date: 2006-10-05
Assignment: Pentagon by Perry M. Smith; Daniel M. Gerstein
ISBN: 9781597970969
Publication Date: 2007-06-01
Dereliction of Duty by H. R. McMaster
Call Number: 959.7043 MCMASTER
ISBN: 9780060929084
Publication Date: 1998-05-08
Diplomacy by Henry Kissinger
Call Number: 327.73 KIS
ISBN: 067165991X
Publication Date: 1994-04-18
Every War Must End by Fred Charles Iklé
ISBN: 9780231136679
Publication Date: 2005-01-26
The Landmark Thucydides by Robert B. Strassler (Editor)
Call Number: 938.05 THUCYDIDES
ISBN: 9780684827902
Publication Date: 1998-09-10
The Little Book of Economics by Greg Ip
ISBN: 9781118391570
Publication Date: 2013-01-14
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The Soldier and the State by Samuel P. Huntington
ISBN: 9780674817364
Publication Date: 1981-09-15
Strategy by Lawrence Freedman
ISBN: 9780190229238
Publication Date: 2015-09-01
Supreme Command by Eliot A. Cohen
Call Number: 322.5 COHEN
ISBN: 1400034043
Publication Date: 2003-09-09
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Call Number: B LIN
ISBN: 9780684824901
Publication Date: 2005-10-25
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Treasury's War by Juan Zarate
Call Number: 363.325 ZARATE
ISBN: 9781610394642
Publication Date: 2015-03-03
The War That Ended Peace by Margaret MacMillan
ISBN: 9780812980660
Publication Date: 2014-07-29
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