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I. Require reading list for all Marines and Sailors deploying to USCENTCOM AOR.
All Ranks
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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: Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae – Setphen Pressfield
Squad Leaders, Non-Commissioned Officers / Petty Officers and Above
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 – 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 – John Hersey
Marine Corps Center for Lessons Learned Website – (PKI / CAC Card Login Required)
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 in Vietnam – Andrew Krepenivich
Achilles in Vietnam – Jonathan Shay
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes – Amin Maalouf
The Small Wars Manual – FMFRP 12-15
Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice – David Galula
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 – General Rupert Smith
The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror – Bernard Lewis
Tentative Manual for Countering Irregular Threats: An Updated Approach to Counterinsurgency Operations – MCWL (MCIP 3-33.02)
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)
All Ranks

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: Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae – Setphen Pressfield
Squad Leaders, Non-Commissioned Officers / Petty Officers and Above

The Village – Bing West
Ethics and Combat: Thoughts for Small Unit Leaders – Steven Silver, Marine Corps Gazette, November 2006
link
Twenty-Eight Articles: Fundamentals of Company-level Counterinsurgency – Dr. David Kilcullen

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

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 in Vietnam – Andrew Krepenivich

Achilles in Vietnam – Jonathan Shay

The Crusades Through Arab Eyes – Amin Maalouf

The Small Wars Manual – FMFRP 12-15

Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice – David Galula

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 – General Rupert Smith

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

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

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)
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 – Ahmed Rashid
Taliban – Ahmed Rashid
Imperial Grunts – Robert Kaplan
Sergeants and Above and Company Grade Officers
Reaping the Whirlwind: Afghanistan, Al Qa'ida and the Holy War – Michael Griffin
Afghan Guerilla Warfare: In the Words of the Mujahideen Fighters – Ali Ahmad Jalali and Lester Grau
Imperial Grunts – Robert Kaplan
Tactics of the Crescent Moon – H. John Poole and Ray Smith
Afghanistan’s Cave Complexes 1979 – 2004 – Mir Bahmanyar
Soldier Sahibs – Charles Alan
The Village – Bing West
What Went Wrong?: The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East – Bernard Lewis
From Beirut to Jerusalem – Thomas Friedman
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 – Ali Ahmad Jalali and Lester Grau
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 – 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 – Peter Bergen
Charlie Wilson’s War – George Crile
Afghanistan: A Military History – Stephen Tanner
Culture and Customs of Afghanistan – Hafizullah Emadi
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 – Russian General Staff
Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia – Ahmed Rashid
The Punishment of Virtue – Sarah Chayes
Afghan Guerrilla Warfare – Ali Ahmad Jalali
The Battle for Peace: A Frontline Vision of America’s Power and Purpose – General Anthony Zinni
Afghanistan
Corporals and Below

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

Taliban – Ahmed Rashid

Imperial Grunts – Robert Kaplan
Sergeants and Above and Company Grade Officers

Reaping the Whirlwind: Afghanistan, Al Qa'ida and the Holy War – Michael Griffin

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

Imperial Grunts – Robert Kaplan

Tactics of the Crescent Moon – H. John Poole and Ray Smith

Afghanistan’s Cave Complexes 1979 – 2004 – Mir Bahmanyar

Soldier Sahibs – Charles Alan

The Village – Bing West

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

From Beirut to Jerusalem – Thomas Friedman

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 – Ali Ahmad Jalali and Lester Grau

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 – 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 – Peter Bergen

Charlie Wilson’s War – George Crile

Afghanistan: A Military History – Stephen Tanner

Culture and Customs of Afghanistan – Hafizullah Emadi

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 – Russian General Staff

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

The Punishment of Virtue – Sarah Chayes

Afghan Guerrilla Warfare – Ali Ahmad Jalali

The Battle for Peace: A Frontline Vision of America’s Power and Purpose – General Anthony Zinni
Djibouti / Horn of Africa
Sergeants and Company Grade Officers
What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam – John Esposito
The Battle for God – Karen Armstrong
Islamism and its Enemies in the Horn of Africa – Alex De Waal
Staff NCOs and Field Grade Officers
A Modern History of the Somali – I. M. Lewis
Layers of Time: A History of Ethiopia – Paul Henze
Famine Crimes – Alex De Waal
The Horn of Africa: Politics and International Relations – Peter Woodward
The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror – Bernard Lewis
Sergeants and Company Grade Officers

What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam – John Esposito

The Battle for God – Karen Armstrong

Islamism and its Enemies in the Horn of Africa – Alex De Waal
Staff NCOs and Field Grade Officers

A Modern History of the Somali – I. M. Lewis

Layers of Time: A History of Ethiopia – Paul Henze

Famine Crimes – Alex De Waal

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

The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror – Bernard Lewis
Iraq
Sergeants and Company Grade Officers
No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle of Fallujah – Bing West
Imperial Grunts – Robert Kaplan
The Revolt on the Tigris – Mark Etherington
Sergeants and Company Grade Officers

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

Imperial Grunts – Robert Kaplan

The Revolt on the Tigris – Mark Etherington
Greater Middle East
Corporals and Below
Hatred’s Kingdom – Dore Gold
The Age of Sacred Terror: Radical Islam’s War Against America – Daniel Benjamin
No God but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam – Reza Aslan
The Idea of Pakistan – Stephen Cohen
Understanding Arabs: A Guide for Modern Times – Margaret Nydell
The Arab Mind – Raphael Patai
The Shia Revival: How Conflicts Within Islam Will Shape the Future – Vali Nasr
Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolution – Nikki Keddie
Failure of Political Islam – Oliver Roy
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 – Gary Bernsten and Ralph Pezzullo
Global Responses to Terrorism: 9/11, Afghanistan and Beyond – Mary Buckley
Staff NCOs and Field Grade Officers
All the Shah’s Men – Stephen Kinzer
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 – Max Boot
Battle Ready – Tom Clancy
The Shia Revival: How Conflicts Within Islam Will Shape the Future – Vali Nasr
Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolution – Nikki Keddie
Failure of Political Islam – Oliver Roy
Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism – Robert Pope
A Peace to End All Peace – David Fromkin
The Arab Israeli Wars – Chaim Herzog
What Went Wrong?: The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East – Bernard Lewis
The Easter Offensive – Colonel G. H. Turley
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)
Corporals and Below

Hatred’s Kingdom – Dore Gold

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

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

The Idea of Pakistan – Stephen Cohen

Understanding Arabs: A Guide for Modern Times – Margaret Nydell

The Arab Mind – Raphael Patai

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

Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolution – Nikki Keddie

Failure of Political Islam – Oliver Roy

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 – Gary Bernsten and Ralph Pezzullo

Global Responses to Terrorism: 9/11, Afghanistan and Beyond – Mary Buckley
Staff NCOs and Field Grade Officers

All the Shah’s Men – Stephen Kinzer

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 – Max Boot

Battle Ready – Tom Clancy

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

Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolution – Nikki Keddie

Failure of Political Islam – Oliver Roy

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

A Peace to End All Peace – David Fromkin

The Arab Israeli Wars – Chaim Herzog

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

The Easter Offensive – Colonel G. H. Turley

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)
Books mentioned in this topic
The Village (other topics)Hatred's Kingdom: How Saudi Arabia Supports the New Global Terrorism (other topics)
Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda: A Personal Account by the CIA's Key Field Commander (other topics)
The Idea of Pakistan (other topics)
The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror (other topics)
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