Director of Intelligence Reading List

(source) The Director of Intelligence Reading List provides Marines of all ranks and Marine Civilian Intelligence personnel a guide to further their education and expertise.

This revision was published January 2016.

Privates and Private First Class

Book cover for The Great Game: The Myths and Reality of Espionage

Book cover for Psychology of Intelligence Analysis

Lance Corporals

Book cover for Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking

Book cover for The Secrets of Inchon: The Untold Story of the Most Daring Covert Mission of the Korean War

Corporals

Book cover for How to Lie with Statistics

Book cover for How to Lie with Maps

Sergeants

Book cover for Forecasting Terrorism: Indicators and Proven Analytic Techniques

Book cover for Intelligence in War: The value--and limitations--of what the military can learn about the enemy

Book cover for The Interrogators: Inside the Secret War Against al Qaeda

Staff Sergeants

Book cover for Intelligence Analysis: A Target-Centric Approach

Book cover for Anticipating Surprise: Analysis for Strategic Warning

Book cover for Force Recon Command: 3d Forcerecon Company In Vietnam, 1969-70

Gunnery Sergeants

Book cover for Intelligence and Military Operations

Book cover for Military Geography: For Professionals and the Public

Book cover for Intelligence Analysis: How to Think in Complex Environments

Master Sergeants/First Sergeants

Book cover for G-2: Intelligence for Patton

Book cover for Surprise Attack: The Victim's Perspective

Book cover for The Tet Offensive: Intelligence Failure in War

Book cover for Who the Hell Are We Fighting?: The Story of Sam Adams and the Vietnam Intelligence Wars

Master Gunnery Sergeants/Sergeant Majors

Book cover for The Secret War for the Union: The Untold Story of Military Intelligence in the Civil War

Book cover for Deciphering the Rising Sun: Navy and Marine Corps Codebreakers, Translators, and Interpreters in the Pacific War

Book cover for Analyzing Intelligence: Origins, Obstacles, and Innovations

2nd Lieutenants and Warrant Officers

Book cover for The Great Game: The Myths and Reality of Espionage

Book cover for Force Recon Command: 3d Forcerecon Company In Vietnam, 1969-70

Book cover for The Secrets of Inchon: The Untold Story of the Most Daring Covert Mission of the Korean War

Book cover for Psychology of Intelligence Analysis

Book cover for Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking

Book cover for How to Lie with Maps

1st Lieutenants and Chief Warrant Officers 2

Book cover for Intelligence and Military Operations

Book cover for Intelligence in War: The value--and limitations--of what the military can learn about the enemy

Book cover for Military Geography: For Professionals and the Public

Book cover for Anticipating Surprise: Analysis for Strategic Warning

Book cover for Forecasting Terrorism: Indicators and Proven Analytic Techniques

Captains and Chief Warrant Officers 3

Book cover for Intelligence Analysis: How to Think in Complex Environments

Book cover for Intelligence Analysis: A Target-Centric Approach

Book cover for The Interrogators: Inside the Secret War Against al Qaeda

Book cover for The Secret War for the Union: The Untold Story of Military Intelligence in the Civil War

Majors and Chief Warrant Officers 4

Book cover for Informal Logic: A Pragmatic Approach

Book cover for The Craft of Intelligence: America's Legendary Spy Master on the Fundamentals of Intelligence Gathering for a Free World

Book cover for Surprise Attack: The Victim's Perspective

Book cover for Historians' Fallacies : Toward a Logic of Historical Thought

Book cover for Uncovering Ways of War: U.S. Intelligence and Foreign Military Innovation, 1918-1941

Book cover for Who the Hell Are We Fighting?: The Story of Sam Adams and the Vietnam Intelligence Wars

Lieutenant Colonels and Chief Warrant Officers 5

Book cover for G-2: Intelligence for Patton

Book cover for Deciphering the Rising Sun: Navy and Marine Corps Codebreakers, Translators, and Interpreters in the Pacific War

Book cover for Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision-Makers

Book cover for Cheating and Deception

Book cover for Analyzing Intelligence: Origins, Obstacles, and Innovations

Colonels and General Officers

Book cover for Preventing Surprise Attacks: Intelligence Reform in the Wake of 9/11

Book cover for The Tet Offensive: Intelligence Failure in War

Book cover for Strategic Denial and Deception: The Twenty-First Century Challenge

Book cover for The WMD Mirage: Iraq's Decade of Deception and America's False Premise for War

Book cover for Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror

Book cover for Intelligence Wars: Lessons from Baghdad

IA1

Book cover for The Great Game: The Myths and Reality of Espionage

Book cover for Psychology of Intelligence Analysis

Book cover for Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking

Book cover for How to Lie with Statistics

Book cover for How to Lie with Maps

IA2

Book cover for Intelligence and Military Operations

Book cover for Intelligence in War: The value--and limitations--of what the military can learn about the enemy

Book cover for Military Geography: For Professionals and the Public

Book cover for Anticipating Surprise: Analysis for Strategic Warning

Book cover for Forecasting Terrorism: Indicators and Proven Analytic Techniques

Book cover for Intelligence Analysis: How to Think in Complex Environments

Book cover for Intelligence Analysis: A Target-Centric Approach

IA3

Book cover for The Interrogators: Inside the Secret War Against al Qaeda

Book cover for The Secret War for the Union: The Untold Story of Military Intelligence in the Civil War

Book cover for Informal Logic: A Pragmatic Approach

Book cover for The Craft of Intelligence: America's Legendary Spy Master on the Fundamentals of Intelligence Gathering for a Free World

Book cover for Surprise Attack: The Victim's Perspective

Book cover for Historians' Fallacies : Toward a Logic of Historical Thought

Book cover for Who the Hell Are We Fighting?: The Story of Sam Adams and the Vietnam Intelligence Wars

IA4

Book cover for Deciphering the Rising Sun: Navy and Marine Corps Codebreakers, Translators, and Interpreters in the Pacific War

Book cover for Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision-Makers

Book cover for Cheating and Deception

Book cover for Analyzing Intelligence: Origins, Obstacles, and Innovations

IA5, DISL and SES

Book cover for Preventing Surprise Attacks: Intelligence Reform in the Wake of 9/11

Book cover for The Tet Offensive: Intelligence Failure in War

Book cover for Strategic Denial and Deception: The Twenty-First Century Challenge

Book cover for The WMD Mirage: Iraq's Decade of Deception and America's False Premise for War

Book cover for Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror

Book cover for Intelligence Wars: Lessons from Baghdad