{"id":1635,"date":"2004-09-02T09:23:58","date_gmt":"2004-09-02T13:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=1635"},"modified":"2010-07-10T18:38:18","modified_gmt":"2010-07-10T22:38:18","slug":"the-generals-book-shelf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=1635","title":{"rendered":"The General’s Book Shelf"},"content":{"rendered":"

An article about the evolving recommended reading lists for people in the military<\/a>. There are different levels of reading lists – books for cadets, books for “senior leaders”, and a couple of sub-sets in between.<\/p>\n

I am proud to say I have read a couple of the books included. Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations<\/i>, I’ve read all of John Keegan’s books, and I’ve read Stephen Ambrose.<\/p>\n

This year, chief of staff General Peter Schoomaker put out a list for senior members of the military (but go check out the article to see the recommendations for all levels) – This is an abbreviated version of that list (full version included in the article I linked to):<\/p>\n

2004 List
\nIssued by Gen. Peter Schoomaker<\/b><\/p>\n

“Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision Makers,” by Richard E. Neustadt and Ernest R. May<\/p>\n

“The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order,” by Samuel P. Huntington<\/p>\n

“The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization,” by Thomas Friedman<\/p>\n

“War in European History,” by Michael Howard<\/p>\n

“The Making of Strategy: Rulers, States, and War,” edited by Williamson Murray, MacGregor Knox, and Alvin Bernstein<\/p>\n

“Makers of Modern Strategy: From Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age,” edited by Peter Paret<\/p>\n

“The Peloponnesian War,” by Donald Kagan<\/p>\n

“Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam,”by H. R. McMaster<\/p>\n

“Victory on the Potomac,” by James R. Locher III<\/p>\n

“The Dynamics of Military Revolution, 1300-2050,” edited by MacGregor Knox and Williamson Murray<\/p>\n

“The Challenge of Change: Military Institutions and New Realities, 1918-1941,” edited by Harold R. Winton and David R. Mets<\/p>\n

“Transformation Under Fire: Revolutionizing How America Fights,” by Douglas A. Macgregor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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