U.S. Army Armor School Reading List

(source) Recommended reading for professional development. [Tom's note: there are a few other selections on this list which I wasn't able to find in amazon; please see the 'source' link for the complete list.]

This revision was published January 2017.

Profession of arms

George Washington and the American Military Tradition

Don Higginbotham

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American Civil-Military Relations: The Soldier and the State in a New Era

Suzanne Nielsen

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Institutional development

On Armor (Military Profession)

Bruce I. Gudmundsson

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Camp Colt to Desert Storm: The History of U.S. Armored Forces

George Hofmann

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To Fight or Not to Fight?: Organizational and Doctrinal Trends in Mounted Maneuver Reconnaissance from the Interwar Years to Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Ph. D., Robert S. Cameron

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Scouts Out! The Development of Reconnaissance Units in Modern Armies

John J. McGrath

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Mobility, Shock, and Firepower: The Emergence of US Army's Armor Branch 1917-1945

Robert S. Cameron

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Supplying War: Logistics from Wallenstein to Patton

Martin van Creveld

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The Tank Debate: Armour and the Anglo-American Military Tradition

John Stone

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Back to Basics: A Study of the Second Lebanon War and Operation CAST LEAD

Lieutenant Colonel Scott C. Farquhar

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Platform development

Fast Tanks and Heavy Bombers: Innovation in the U.S. Army, 1917-1945

David E. Johnson

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King of the Killing Zone: The Story of the M-1, America's Super Tank

Orr Kelly

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The Bradley and How It Got That Way: Technology, Institutions, and the Problem of Mechanized Infantry in the United States Army

W. Blair Haworth

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From Transformation to Combat: The First Stryker Brigade at War

Center of Military History United States Army

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Combat operations

The Defense of Hill 781

James R. McDonough

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Treat 'Em Rough!: The Birth of American Armor, 1917-20

Dale E. Wilson

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Steeds of Steel: A History of American Mechanized Cavalry in World War II

Harry Yeide

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Rolling Thunder against the Rising Sun: The Combat History of U.S. Army Tank Battalions in the Pacific in WWII

Gene Eric Salecker

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Mounted Combat in Vietnam

General Donn A. Starry

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Between the Rivers: Combat Action in Iraq, 2003-2005

Jr., Thomas A. Bruscino

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In Contact!: Case Studies from the Long War (Volume I)

William G. Robertson

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Vanguard of Valor – Small Unit Actions in Afghanistan

United States Government US Army

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Vanguard of Valor Volume II: Small Unit Actions in Afghanistan

Ph. D., Anthony E. Carlson

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Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad

David Zucchino

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Breaking the Mold: Tanks in the Cities

Kendall D. Gott

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Danger's Dragoons

Colonel (Retired) William C. Haponski

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Cavalry Regiments of the U S Army

James A. Sawicki

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The Road to Safwan: The 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry in the 1991 Persian Gulf War

Stephen A. Bourque

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