Many military commands publish recommended reading lists, but due to the ephemeral nature of the web these lists can sometimes be lost. This site attempts to capture them for posterity. Here's an overview of all the military reading lists that are available. Enjoy!

Recent reading

1. On Oct 28 colleen (USA) read A Vietnam Experience: Ten Years of Relection by James B. Stockdale
2. On Oct 24 J DePriest (USAF) read On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society by Dave Grossman
3. On Oct 08 colleen (USA) read The Anatomy of Courage: The Classic WWI Study of the Psychological Effects of War by Lord Moran
4. On Oct 03 colleen (USA) read Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard H. Thaler
5. On Oct 03 colleen (USA) read Assault From the Sea. Essays On The History Of Amphibious Warfare. by Lieutenant Colonial Merrill L., USMC (Retired). Barlett
6. On Sep 29 mpalmer read Morality and War: Can War be Just in the Twenty-first Century? by David Fisher
7. On Sep 29 mpalmer read Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
8. On Sep 29 mpalmer read The Junior Officers' Reading Club: Killing Time and Fighting Wars by Patrick Hennessey
9. On Sep 29 mpalmer read The Edge: Is the Military Dominance of the West Coming to an End? by Mark Urban
10. On Sep 29 mpalmer read High Command: British Military Leadership in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars by Christopher Elliott
11. On Sep 29 mpalmer read The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
12. On Sep 29 mpalmer read The Art Of War by Sun Tzu
13. On Sep 29 mpalmer read War Diaries, 1939-1945: Field Marshall Lord Alanbrooke by Alan Brooke Viscount Alanbrooke
14. On Sep 29 mpalmer read Clausewitz: A Very Short Introduction by Michael Howard
15. On Sep 19 colleen (USA) read Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq by Michael R. Gordon
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