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I. Require reading list for all Marines and Sailors deploying to USCENTCOM AOR.


All Ranks

Small-Unit Leaders' Guide to Counterinsurgency The Official U.S. Marine Corps Manual by U.S. Marine Corps link
Small Units Leaders’ Guide to Counterinsurgency – MCCDC (MCIP 3-33.01) (Ed. note, pardon the alternate online source, it is no longer available via FAS)

Closing Ranks – Leslie Susser, Jerusalem Post, 8 January 2007

Israel’s Lebanese War, A Preliminary Assessment – Dr. Martin van Creveld, The RUSI Journal, October 2006

Gates of Fire An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield
Gates of Fire: Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae – Setphen Pressfield

Squad Leaders, Non-Commissioned Officers / Petty Officers and Above

The Village by Bing West
The Village – Bing West

Ethics and Combat: Thoughts for Small Unit Leaders – Steven Silver, Marine Corps Gazette, November 2006

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Twenty-Eight Articles: Fundamentals of Company-level Counterinsurgency – Dr. David Kilcullen

Blood Stripes The Grunt's View of the War in Iraq by David J. Danelo
Blood Stripes – David Danelo

Marine Corps Center for Lessons Learned Website – (PKI / CAC Card Login Required)

Staff NCOs, CPOs, Company Grade Offices and Above

Winning the Peace, The Requirement for Full Spectrum Operations – MG Peter Chiarelli, Military Review, October 2006 (COIN Reader)

Tentative Manual for Countering Irregular Threats: An Updated Approach to Counterinsurgency Operations – MCWL (MCIP 3-33.02)

Learning Counterinsurgency: Observations from Soldiering in Iraq – LTG David Petraeus, Military Review, October 2006 (COIN Reader)

Seven Months in Ar Ramadi: Observations from 2nd Battalion 4th Marines - Marine Corps Center for Lessons Learned Website – (PKI / CAC Card Login Required)

A Bell for Adano by John Hersey
A Bell for Adano – John Hersey

Marine Corps Center for Lessons Learned Website – (PKI / CAC Card Login Required)

One Bullet Away by Nathaniel Fick
One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer – Nathaniel Fick

Field Grade Officers, First Sergeants and Master Sergeants, CPOs / Above

Marine Corps Operating Concepts for a Changed Security Environment – MCCDC Pamphlet dated March 2006

Tentative Manual for Countering Irregular Threats: An Updated Approach to Counterinsurgency Operations – MCWL (MCIP 3-33.02)

Winning the Peace, The Requirement for Full Spectrum Operations – MG Peter Chiarelli, Military Review, October 2006 (COIN Reader)

Counterinsurgency – US Army Field Manual 3-24 / Marine Corps Warfighting Publication 33.3.5

Multi-Service Concept for Irregular Warfare – MCCDC / USSOCOM Pamphlet dated 2006

The Army and Vietnam by Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr.
The Army in Vietnam – Andrew Krepenivich

Achilles In Vietnam Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character by Jonathan Shay
Achilles in Vietnam – Jonathan Shay

The Crusades Through Arab Eyes by Amin Maalouf
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes – Amin Maalouf

Small Wars Manual The Official U.S. Marine Corps Field Manual, 1940 Revision by U.S. Marine U.S. Marine Corps
The Small Wars Manual – FMFRP 12-15

Counterinsurgency Warfare Theory and Practice (PSI Classics of the Counterinsurgency Era) by David Galula
Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice – David Galula

Combat Stress Marine Corps Reference Publication 6-11C by U.S. Marine Corps
Combat Stress – Marine Corps Reference Publication 6-11C

Colonels and General Officers

Thoughts on Operational Art – Marine Corps Warfighting Lab, October 2006

The Utility of Force The Art of War in the Modern World by Rupert Smith
The Utility of Force – General Rupert Smith

The Crisis of Islam Holy War and Unholy Terror by Bernard Lewis
The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror – Bernard Lewis

Tentative Manual for Countering Irregular Threats An Updated Approach to Counterinsurgency Operations by U.S Marine Corps
Tentative Manual for Countering Irregular Threats: An Updated Approach to Counterinsurgency Operations – MCWL (MCIP 3-33.02)

The U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual by (United States) Department of the Army
Counterinsurgency – US Army Field Manual 3-24 / Marine Corps Warfighting Publication 33.3.5

Knowing the Enemy: Can Social Scientists Redefine the "War on Terror" – George Packer, The New Yorker Magazine dated 18 December 2006

Advising Foreign Forces: Tactics, Techniques and Procedures - Center for Army Lessons Learned Special Edition No. 06-01 dated January 2006 (requires AKO account)


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II. Recommended Reading for Marines and Sailors Deploying to Specific Regions of USCENTCOM’s AOR

Afghanistan


Corporals and Below

Jihad The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia by Ahmed Rashid
Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia – Ahmed Rashid

Taliban Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia by Ahmed Rashid
Taliban – Ahmed Rashid

Imperial Grunts by Robert D. Kaplan
Imperial Grunts – Robert Kaplan

Sergeants and Above and Company Grade Officers

Reaping the Whirlwind The Taliban Movement in Afghanistan by Michael Griffin
Reaping the Whirlwind: Afghanistan, Al Qa'ida and the Holy War – Michael Griffin

Afghan Guerrilla Warfare In the Words of the Mujahideen Fighters by Ali Ahmad Jalali
Afghan Guerilla Warfare: In the Words of the Mujahideen Fighters – Ali Ahmad Jalali and Lester Grau

Imperial Grunts by Robert D. Kaplan
Imperial Grunts – Robert Kaplan

Tactics of the Crescent Moon Militant Muslim Combat Methods by H. John Poole
Tactics of the Crescent Moon – H. John Poole and Ray Smith

Afghanistan Cave Complexes 1979-2004 "Mountain strongholds of the Mujahideen, Taliban & Al Qaeda" (Fortress) by Mir Bahmanyar
Afghanistan’s Cave Complexes 1979 – 2004 – Mir Bahmanyar

Soldier Sahibs The Daring Adventurers Who Tamed India's Northwest Frontier by Charles Allen
Soldier Sahibs – Charles Alan

The Village by Bing West
The Village – Bing West

What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam & Modernity in the Middle East by Bernard Lewis
What Went Wrong?: The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East – Bernard Lewis

From Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas L. Friedman
From Beirut to Jerusalem – Thomas Friedman

Bear Went over the Mountain Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan by Lester W. Grau
Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan – Lester Grau

The Other Side of The Mountain Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War by Ali Ahmad Jalali
The Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War – Ali Ahmad Jalali and Lester Grau

The Savage Wars of Peace Small Wars and the Rise of American Power by Max Boot
The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power – Max Boot

Soldiers of God With Islamic Warriors in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Robert D. Kaplan
Soldiers of God: With Islamic Warriors in Afghanistan and Pakistan – Robert Kaplan

Staff NCOs and Field Grade Officers

Afghanistan – Stephan Taylor (ed. note - unable to locate online)

The Osama bin Laden I Know An Oral History of al Qaeda's Leader by Peter L. Bergen
The Osama Bin Laden I Know: An Oral History – Peter Bergen

Charlie Wilson's War The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History by George Crile III
Charlie Wilson’s War – George Crile

Afghanistan A Military History from Alexander the Great to the Fall of the Taliban by Stephen Tanner
Afghanistan: A Military History – Stephen Tanner

Culture and Customs of Afghanistan (Culture and Customs of Asia) by Hafizullah Emadi
Culture and Customs of Afghanistan – Hafizullah Emadi

War at the Top of the World The Struggle for Afghanistan, Kashmir and Tibet, Revised Edition by Eric S. Margolis
War at the Top of the World: The Struggle for Afghanistan, Kashmir and Tibet – Eric Margolis

The Soviet-Afghan War How a Superpower Fought and Lost by Russian General Staff
The Soviet Afghan War: How a Superpower Fought and Lost – Russian General Staff

Taliban Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia by Ahmed Rashid
Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia – Ahmed Rashid

The Punishment of Virtue Walking the Frontline of the War on Terror with a Woman Who Has Made It Her Home by Sarah Chayes
The Punishment of Virtue – Sarah Chayes

Afghan Guerrilla Warfare In the Words of the Mujahideen Fighters by Ali Ahmad Jalali
Afghan Guerrilla Warfare – Ali Ahmad Jalali

The Battle for Peace A Frontline Vision of America's Power and Purpose by Tony Zinni
The Battle for Peace: A Frontline Vision of America’s Power and Purpose – General Anthony Zinni


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Djibouti / Horn of Africa

Sergeants and Company Grade Officers

What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam by John L. Esposito
What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam – John Esposito

The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong
The Battle for God – Karen Armstrong

Islamism and Its Enemies in the Horn of Africa by Alex de Waal
Islamism and its Enemies in the Horn of Africa – Alex De Waal

Staff NCOs and Field Grade Officers

Modern History Of The Somali Revised/Fourth Edition (Eastern African Studies) by I.M. Lewis
A Modern History of the Somali – I. M. Lewis

Layers of Time A History of Ethiopia by Paul B. Henze
Layers of Time: A History of Ethiopia – Paul Henze

Famine Crimes Politics & the Disaster Relief Industry in Africa by Alex de Waal
Famine Crimes – Alex De Waal

The Horn of Africa Politics and International Relations by Peter Woodward
The Horn of Africa: Politics and International Relations – Peter Woodward

The Crisis of Islam Holy War and Unholy Terror by Bernard Lewis
The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror – Bernard Lewis


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Iraq

Sergeants and Company Grade Officers

No True Glory A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah by Bing West
No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle of Fallujah – Bing West

Imperial Grunts by Robert D. Kaplan
Imperial Grunts – Robert Kaplan

Revolt on the Tigris The Al-Sadr Uprising and the Governing of Iraq by Mark Etherington
The Revolt on the Tigris – Mark Etherington


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Greater Middle East

Corporals and Below


Hatred's Kingdom How Saudi Arabia Supports the New Global Terrorism by Dore Gold
Hatred’s Kingdom – Dore Gold

The Age of Sacred Terror Radical Islam's War Against America by Daniel Benjamin
The Age of Sacred Terror: Radical Islam’s War Against America – Daniel Benjamin

No god but God The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam by Reza Aslan
No God but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam – Reza Aslan

The Idea of Pakistan by Stephen P. Cohen
The Idea of Pakistan – Stephen Cohen

Understanding Arabs A Guide for Modern Times by Margaret K. Nydell
Understanding Arabs: A Guide for Modern Times – Margaret Nydell

The Arab Mind by Raphael Patai
The Arab Mind – Raphael Patai

The Shia Revival How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future by Vali Nasr
The Shia Revival: How Conflicts Within Islam Will Shape the Future – Vali Nasr

Modern Iran Roots and Results of Revolution, Updated Edition by Nikki R. Keddie
Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolution – Nikki Keddie

The Failure of Political Islam by Olivier Roy
Failure of Political Islam – Oliver Roy

Dying to Win The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism by Robert Pape
Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism – Robert Pope

Sergeants and Company Grade Officers

Jawbreaker The Attack on Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda A Personal Account by the CIA's Key Field Commander by Gary Berntsen
Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al Qaeda – Gary Bernsten and Ralph Pezzullo

Global Responses to Terrorism 9/11, Afghanistan and Beyond by Mary Buckley
Global Responses to Terrorism: 9/11, Afghanistan and Beyond – Mary Buckley

Staff NCOs and Field Grade Officers

All the Shah's Men An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror by Stephen Kinzer
All the Shah’s Men – Stephen Kinzer

Intelligence in War Knowledge of the Enemy from Napoleon to Al-Qaeda by John Keegan
Intelligence in War: Knowledge of the Enemy from Napolean to Al-Qaeda – John Keegan

The Savage Wars of Peace Small Wars and the Rise of American Power by Max Boot
The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power – Max Boot

Battle Ready by Tom Clancy
Battle Ready – Tom Clancy

The Shia Revival How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future by Vali Nasr
The Shia Revival: How Conflicts Within Islam Will Shape the Future – Vali Nasr

Modern Iran Roots and Results of Revolution, Updated Edition by Nikki R. Keddie
Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolution – Nikki Keddie

The Failure of Political Islam by Olivier Roy
Failure of Political Islam – Oliver Roy

Dying to Win The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism by Robert Pape
Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism – Robert Pope

A Peace to End All Peace The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East by David Fromkin
A Peace to End All Peace – David Fromkin

The Arab-Israeli Wars War and Peace in the Middle East by Chaim Herzog
The Arab Israeli Wars – Chaim Herzog

What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam & Modernity in the Middle East by Bernard Lewis
What Went Wrong?: The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East – Bernard Lewis

Easter Offensive The Last American Advisors, Vietnam, 1972 (Leatherneck Classic) by Gerald H. Turley
The Easter Offensive – Colonel G. H. Turley

The Crisis of Islam Holy War and Unholy Terror by Bernard Lewis
The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror – Bernard Lewis

MARCENT Coordination Elements

MCWP 0-1.1 Componency (Required Reading for all MCE Assigned Personnel – MCWP 3-40.8

USMARCENT Theater Campaign Plan – MARCENT G-5 (not on NIPRNET)


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