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CMC's Choice
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CMC's Choice
A World in Disarray
by
Richard Haass
Call Number:
327.73 HAA
ISBN: 9780399562365
Publication Date: 2017-01-10
Also available as:
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
First to Fight
by
Victor H. Krulak
ISBN: 9781557504647
Publication Date: 1999-02-22
Legacy
by
James Kerr
ISBN: 9781472103536
Publication Date: 2013-12-17
Moneyball
by
Michael Lewis
Call Number: 796.357 LEWIS
ISBN: 9780393324815
Publication Date: 2004-03-17
Alternate E-Audiobook
MCDP-1: Warfighting
MCRP 6-10A (6-11D): Sustaining the Transformation
MCWP 6-10 (6-11): Leading Marines
Table of Contents
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
Gates of Fire
by
Steven Pressfield
ISBN: 9780553383683
Publication Date: 2005-09-27
Also available as:
E-book - RB Digital
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
Starship Troopers
by
Robert A. Heinlein
Call Number:
SF HEINLEIN
ISBN: 9780441783588
Publication Date: 1987-05-15
Also available as:
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
E-Audiobook - Overdrive
The Red Badge of Courage
by
Stephen Crane
ISBN: 9780486264653
Publication Date: 1990-07-01
Also available as:
PDF
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
E-Audiobook - Overdrive
E-book - RB Digital
Table of Contents
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
Gates of Fire
by
Steven Pressfield
ISBN: 9780553383683
Publication Date: 2005-09-27
Also available as:
E-book - RB Digital
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
I'm Staying with My Boys
by
Jim Proser
Call Number:
940.545 PROSER
ISBN: 9780312611446
Publication Date: 2010-02-02
My Men Are My Heroes
by
Nathaniel R. Helms
ISBN: 9781612511368
Publication Date: 2012-11-15
Starship Troopers
by
Robert A. Heinlein
Call Number:
SF HEINLEIN
ISBN: 9780441783588
Publication Date: 1987-05-15
Also available as:
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
E-Audiobook - Overdrive
The Killer Angels
by
Michael Shaara
Call Number:
F SHAARA
ISBN: 0345348109
Publication Date: 1987-08-12
Also available as:
E-book - RB Digital
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
E-Audiobook - Overdrive
Table of Contents
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
Also available as:
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
E- Audiobook - Overdrive
E-book - Overdrive
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
Also available as:
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
The Marines of Montford Point
by
Melton A. McLaurin
Call Number:
359.96 MCLAURIN
ISBN: 9780807861769
Publication Date: 2009-09-01
On Call in Hell
by
Richard Jadick; Thomas Hayden; Cdr. Richard Jadick
ISBN: 9780451223081
Publication Date: 2008-03-04
Also available as:
E-Audiobook - Overdrive
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
Ready Player One
by
Ernest Cline
Call Number:
F CLI
ISBN: 9780307887443
Publication Date: 2012-06-05
Also available as:
E-book - Overdrive
The Warrior Ethos
by
Steven Pressfield; Shawn Coyne (Editor)
ISBN: 9781936891009
Publication Date: 2011-03-15
Table of Contents
Primary Level Officer
All Quiet on the Western Front
by
Erich Maria Remarque
Call Number:
F REM
ISBN: 9780449213940
Publication Date: 1987-03-12
Also available as:
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
Chesty
by
Jon T. Hoffman
ISBN: 9780375760440
Publication Date: 2002-08-13
The Last Stand of Fox Company
by
Bob Drury
Call Number:
951.904 DRURY
ISBN: 9780802144515
Publication Date: 2009-11-03
Also available as:
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
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
Also available as:
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
With the Old Breed
by
E. B. Sledge
Call Number:
940.54 SLEDGE
ISBN: 9780891419068
Publication Date: 2007-05-01
Also available as:
E-book - RB Digital
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
Fields of Fire
by
James Webb
ISBN: 9780553583854
Publication Date: 2001-08-28
Also available as:
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
At the Water's Edge
by
Theodore L. Gatchel
ISBN: 9781591143222
Publication Date: 2013-07-31
The Defense of Hill 781
by
James R. McDonough
ISBN: 9780891414759
Publication Date: 1993-06-01
Ready Player One
by
Ernest Cline
Call Number:
F CLI
ISBN: 9780307887443
Publication Date: 2012-06-05
Also available as:
E-book - Overdrive
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Career Level Enlisted
Battle Leadership
by
Adolf Von Schell
ISBN: 9781626541481
Publication Date: 2015-06-17
Ghost Fleet
by
P. W. Singer; August Cole
ISBN: 9780544705050
Publication Date: 2016-05-24
Also available as:
E-book - RB Digital
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
Left of Bang
by
Patrick Van Horne; Jason Riley; Steven Pressfield (Introduction by); Shawn Coyne (Editor)
ISBN: 9781936891306
Publication Date: 2014-06-13
On Killing
by
Dave Grossman
Call Number:
355.001 GROSSMAN
ISBN: 9780316040938
Publication Date: 2009-06-22
Also available as:
E-Audiobook - Overdrive
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
Outliers
by
Malcolm Gladwell
Call Number:
302 GLADWELL
ISBN: 9780316017923
Publication Date: 2008-11-18
Also available as:
E-book - RB Digital
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
E-Audiobook - Overdrive
Resilience
by
Eric Greitens
ISBN: 9780544705265
Publication Date: 2016-05-03
Also available as:
E-Audiobook - Overdrive
The Defence of Duffer's Drift
by
Ernest Dunlop Swinton
ISBN: 9781492223535
Publication Date: 2013-08-22
The Killer Angels
by
Michael Shaara
Call Number:
F SHAARA
ISBN: 0345348109
Publication Date: 1987-08-12
Also available as:
E-book - RB Digital
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
E-Audiobook - Overdrive
The Revenge of Geography
by
Robert D. Kaplan
Call Number:
320.12 KAP
ISBN: 9780812982220
Publication Date: 2013-09-10
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
With the Old Breed
by
E. B. Sledge
Call Number:
940.54 SLEDGE
ISBN: 9780891419068
Publication Date: 2007-05-01
Also available as:
E-book - RB Digital
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
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Career Level Officer
Attacks
by
Erwin Rommel
ISBN: 0960273603
Publication Date: 1979-06-01
Black Hearts
by
Jim Frederick
Call Number:
956.7044 FREDERICK
ISBN: 9780307450760
Publication Date: 2011-02-01
Also available as:
E-book - RB Digital
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
Curious
by
Ian Leslie
ISBN: 9780465097623
Publication Date: 2015-12-01
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
Also available as:
E-Audiobook - Overdrive
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
War Made New
by
Max Boot
ISBN: 9781592403158
Publication Date: 2007-08-16
Forgotten Warriors
by
T. X. Hammes
ISBN: 9780700618927
Publication Date: 2010-09-01
Maneuver Warfare Handbook
by
William S. Lind
ISBN: 9780865318625
Publication Date: 1985-08-06
The Starfish and the Spider
by
Ori Brafman
ISBN: 9781591841838
Publication Date: 2008-07-29
Also available as:
E-Audiobook - Overdrive
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
The Revenge of Geography
by
Robert D. Kaplan
Call Number:
320.12 KAP
ISBN: 9780812982220
Publication Date: 2013-09-10
Assault from the Sea
by
Merrill L. Bartlett
ISBN: 9780870210761
Publication Date: 1985-09-10
Out of the Mountains
by
David Kilcullen
ISBN: 9780190230968
Publication Date: 2015-07-01
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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
Also available as:
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
American Spartans
by
James Warren; James A. Warren
ISBN: 9780684872841
Publication Date: 2005-11-15
Also available as:
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
Fields of Fire
by
James Webb
ISBN: 9780553583854
Publication Date: 2001-08-28
Also available as:
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
Leading Change
by
John P. Kotter
Call Number:
658.406 KOTTER
ISBN: 0875847471
Publication Date: 1996-09-01
Also available as:
E-Audiobook - Overdrive
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
Leading Up
by
Michael Useem
ISBN: 9781400047000
Publication Date: 2003-03-25
My Men Are My Heroes
by
Nathaniel R. Helms
ISBN: 9781612511368
Publication Date: 2012-11-15
On Killing
by
Dave Grossman
Call Number:
355.001 GROSSMAN
ISBN: 9780316040938
Publication Date: 2009-06-22
Also available as:
E-Audiobook - Overdrive
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
Once an Eagle
by
Anton Myrer
Call Number: F MYRER
ISBN: 0060196963
Publication Date: 2000-05-16
Also available as:
E-book - Overdrive
E-Audiobook - Overdrive
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
The Changing Face of War
by
Martin Van Creveld
Call Number:
355.409 VAN CREVELD
ISBN: 9780891419020
Publication Date: 2008-01-29
The Innovators
by
Walter Isaacson
Call Number:
004.092 ISAACSON
ISBN: 9781476708706
Publication Date: 2015-10-06
Also available as:
E-Audiobook - Overdrive
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
Thinking, Fast and Slow
by
Daniel Kahneman
Call Number:
153.42 KAH
ISBN: 9780374275631
Publication Date: 2011-10-25
Also available as:
E-Audiobook - Overdrive
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
This Kind of War
by
T. R. Fehrenbach
Call Number:
951.9 FEH
ISBN: 9781574883343
Publication Date: 2001-03-01
Also available as:
E-book - RB Digital
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
Table of Contents
Intermediate Level Officer
After the Prophet
by
Lesley Hazleton
ISBN: 9780385523943
Publication Date: 2010-09-07
Blink
by
Malcolm Gladwell
Call Number:
153.4 GLADWELL
ISBN: 9780316172325
Publication Date: 2005-01-11
Also available as:
E-book - RB Digital
E-Audiobook - Overdrive
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
Cobra II
by
Michael R. Gordon; Bernard E. Trainor
ISBN: 9780375422621
Publication Date: 2006-03-14
Also available as:
E-Audiobook
Command Culture
by
Jörg Muth
ISBN: 9781574415339
Publication Date: 2013-04-07
Countdown to Zero Day
by
Kim Zetter
Call Number:
355.4 ZETTER
ISBN: 9780770436193
Publication Date: 2015-09-01
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
Monsoon
by
Robert D. Kaplan
Call Number:
327.73 KAPLAN
ISBN: 0812979206
Publication Date: 2011-09-13
Also available as:
E-book - RB Digital
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
Storming the City
by
Alec Wahlman
ISBN: 9781574416190
Publication Date: 2015-10-01
Team of Teams
by
Stanley McChrystal
Call Number:
658.402 MCCHRYSTAL
ISBN: 9781591847489
Publication Date: 2015-05-12
Also available as:
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
The Blitzkrieg Legend
by
Karl-Heinz Frieser
ISBN: 9781591142959
Publication Date: 2013-01-15
The Innovators
by
Walter Isaacson
Call Number:
004.092 ISAACSON
ISBN: 9781476708706
Publication Date: 2015-10-06
Also available as:
E-Audiobook - Overdrive
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
The Mind of War
by
Grant T. Hammond
ISBN: 9781588341785
Publication Date: 2004-08-17
The Singularity Is Near
by
Ray Kurzweil
Call Number:
153.98 KURZWEIL
ISBN: 0143037889
Publication Date: 2006-09-26
The Utility of Force
by
Rupert Smith
ISBN: 9780307278111
Publication Date: 2008-02-12
Also available as:
E-book - RB Digital
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
Also available as:
E-book - RB Digital
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
Table of Contents
Senior Level Enlisted
Achilles in Vietnam
by
Jonathan Shay
Call Number:
616.85 SHAY
ISBN: 9780684813219
Publication Date: 1995-10-01
Command Culture
by
Jörg Muth
ISBN: 9781574415339
Publication Date: 2013-04-07
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
On Combat
by
Dave Grossman
Call Number:
355.0019 GROSSMAN
ISBN: 9780964920545
Publication Date: 2008-09-01
Also available as:
Audiobook - CD 355.0019 GROSSMAN
Start with Why
by
Simon Sinek
Call Number:
658.4092 SINEK
ISBN: 9781591846444
Publication Date: 2011-12-27
Also available as:
E-Audiobook -Overdrive
Team of Teams
by
Stanley McChrystal
Call Number:
658.402 MCCHRYSTAL
ISBN: 9781591847489
Publication Date: 2015-05-12
Also available as:
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
The Face of Battle
by
John Keegan
Call Number:
355.48 KEEGAN
ISBN: 9780140048971
Publication Date: 1983-01-27
Also available as:
E-book - RB Digital
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
Playaway -
PLA 355.48 KEEGAN
The Guns of August
by
Barbara W. Tuchman
Call Number:
PLA 940.3 TUCHMAN
ISBN: 9780345476098
Publication Date: 2004-08-03
Also available as:
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
E-book - Overdrive
E-Audiobook - Overdrive
The Inevitable
by
Kevin Kelly
Call Number:
303.483 KEL
ISBN: 9780143110378
Publication Date: 2017-06-06
Also available as:
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
The Innovator's Dilemma
by
Clayton M. Christensen
Call Number:
658.406 CHR
ISBN: 9780062060242
Publication Date: 2011-10-04
The Singularity Is Near
by
Ray Kurzweil
Call Number:
153.98 KURZWEIL
ISBN: 0143037889
Publication Date: 2006-09-26
Table of Contents
Senior Level Officer
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
Stilwell and the American Experience in China
by
Barbara W. Tuchman
Call Number:
951.04 TUCHMAN
ISBN: 9780812986204
Publication Date: 2017-01-24
Also available as:
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
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
Also available as:
E-book - RB Digital
E-Audiobook - Overdrive
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
The Federalist Papers
by
Alexander Hamilton; James Madison; John Jay
ISBN: 9780486496368
Publication Date: 2014-08-20
Also available as:
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
The Guns of August
by
Barbara W. Tuchman
Call Number:
PLA 940.3 TUCHMAN
ISBN: 9780345476098
Publication Date: 2004-08-03
Also available as:
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
E-book - Overdrive
E-Audiobook - Overdrive
The Inevitable
by
Kevin Kelly
Call Number:
303.483 KEL
ISBN: 9780143110378
Publication Date: 2017-06-06
Also available as:
E-Audiobook - RB Digital
The Innovator's Dilemma
by
Clayton M. Christensen
Call Number:
658.406 CHR
ISBN: 9780062060242
Publication Date: 2011-10-04
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
Also available as:
E-book - RB Digital
E-Audiobook - Overdrive
The Soldier and the State
by
Samuel P. Huntington
ISBN: 9780674817364
Publication Date: 1981-09-15
Treasury's War
by
Juan Zarate
Call Number:
363.325 ZARATE
ISBN: 9781610394642
Publication Date: 2015-03-03
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