TIME TO DEVELOP AN AFROCENTRIC MILITARY READING LIST!

**Dukuzumurenyi** · 04-28-2012, 02:02 PM

TIME TO DEVELOP AN AFROCENTRIC MILITARY READING LIST!

Marine Corps Reading List

The titles listed below are required to be read by all Marines while serving in
the grade shown. These titles are specifically focused on war fighting.
Leaders are expected to have read all books of those grades junior to the
grades they currently hold, and to engage their juniors and peers in frequent
discussion of these titles. The goal is to achieve excellence in war fighting
based on competence and comradeship.

I. Required Reading by Grade

a. Private to Lance Corporal

i. A Message to Garcia
ii. Rifleman Dodd
by C.S. Forster
iii. The Killer Angels
by Michael Shaara
iv. The Soldier’s Load
by S.L.A. Marshall
v. The Defense of Duffer’s Drift
by E.D. Swinton
vi. Black Hawk Down
by Mark Bowden
vii. Constitution of the United States

b. Corporal to Sergeant

i. The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane
ii. Battle Leadership
by Adolph Von Schell
iii. With the Old Breed at Pelelieu and Okinawa
by E.B. Sledge
iv. The Bridge at Dong Ha
by John Miller
v. Gates of Fire
by Steven Pressfield
vi. The United States Marines: A History
by BGen E.H. Simmons
vii. The Last Full Measure
by Jeff Shaara
viii. Flags of Our Fathers
by James Bradley
ix. Fields of Fire
by James Webb
x. Tip of the Spear
by Sgt G. J. Michaels
c. Staff Sergeant of Marines

i. The Art of War
by Sun Tzu (Griffith translation is recommended)
ii. The Forgotten Soldier
by Guy Sajer
iii. Pegasus Bridge
by Stephen Ambrose
iv. We Were Soldiers Once and Young
by Moore and Galloway
v. Phase Line Green-The Battle for Hue 1968
by Nicholas Warr
vi. The Village
by Francis West
vii. This Kind of War
by T.R. Fehrenbach
viii. The Arab Mind
by R. Patai
ix. Attacks!
By Erwin Rommel
d. Gunnery Sergeant

i. Semper Fidelis: The History of the U.S. Marine Corps
by Allan Millet
ii. Navajo Weapon
by Sally McClain
iii. Citizen Soldiers
by Stephen Ambrose
iv. Breakout
by Martin Russ
v. My American Journey
by Colin Powell
vi. Unaccustomed Fear
by Roger Willock
vii. Savage Wars Peace
by Max Boot
viii. Command in War
by Martin Van Creveld
e. Master Sergeant and First Sergeant

i. Bayonet Forward!
By Joshua Chamberlain
ii. Seven Pillars of Wisdom
by T.E. Lawrence
iii. Defeat into Victory
by William Slim
iv. Band of Brothers
by Stephen Ambrose
v. Strong Men Armed
by Robert Leckie
vi. The Mask of Command
by John Keegan
vii. War in the Shadows
by R. B. Asprey
viii. The Face of Battle
by John Keegan
f. Master Gunnery Sergeant to Sergeant Major

i. First to Fight
by Victor Krulak
ii. Fortune Favors the Brave
by Bruce Myers
iii. Reminiscences of a Marine
by John A. Lejeune
iv. No Bended Knee
by Merill Twining
g. Warrant Officer

i. Small Wars Manual
ii. Leading Marines MCWP 6-11
iii. Victory at High Tide
by Robert Haint
iv. The Armed Forces Officer
by S.L.A. Marshall
v. The Quiet American
by Graham Greene
h. Officer Candidate, Cadet, Midshipman

i. Beat to Quarters
by C.S. Forester
ii. A Message to Garcia
iii. The United States Marines: A History
by BGen E. H. Simmons
iv. MCDP-1 Warfighting
v. Chesty
by Jon Hoffman
i. Second Lieutenant

i. Rifleman Dodd
by C.S Forester
ii. On Infantry
by John English & Bruce Gudmundsson
iii. This Kind of War
by T. R. Fehrenback
iv. Cleared Hot
by Bob Stoffey
v. Fields of Fire
by James Web
vi. Chancellorsville
by Stephen W. Sears
vii. The Easter Offensive
by G. H. Turley
viii. The Face of Battle
by John Keegan
ix. The Arab Mind
by R. Patai
j. First Lieutenant and Chief Warrant Officer 2

i. The Ugly American
by Lederer and Burdick
ii. Reminiscences of a Marine
by John a Lejeune
iii. A People Numerous and Armed
by John Shy
iv. All for the Union
by Elisha Hunt Rhodes
v. The Storm of Steel
by Ernst Junger
vi. Once an Eagle
by Anton Myrer
vii. Company Commander
by Charles B. MacDonald
viii. The Forgotten Soldier
by Guy Sajer
ix. Utmost Savagery
by Joseph Alexander

x. Attacks! By Erwin Rommel
k. Captain and Chief Warrant Officer 3

i. The Art of War
by Sun Tzu (Griffith translation is best)
ii. Fields of Battle
by John Keegan
iii. Goodbye Darkness
by William Manchester
iv. From Beirut to Jerusalem
by Thomas Friedman
v. Unaccustomed to Fear
by Roger Willcock
vi. Command in War
by Martin Van Creveld
vii. Eagle Against the Sun
by Ronald Specter
viii. Stonewall in the Valley
by Robert G. Tanner
ix. Savage Wars of Peace
by Max Boot
x. Infantry in Battle compiled
by George C. Marshall
xi. Field Artillery and Firepower
by J.B.A Bailey
xii. Terrorism Today
by Christopher Harmon
l. Major and Chief Warrant Officer 4

i. Grant Takes Command
by Bruce Catton
ii. The General
by C.S. Forester
iii. On War
by Karl von Clausewitz (Howard ad Paret)
iv. European Armies
by Hew Strachan
v. The Guns of August
by Barbara Tuchman
vi. The Mask of Command
by John Keegan
vii. A Bright Shining Lie
by Neil Sheehan
viii. Crucible of War
by Fred Anderson
ix. Strategy
by B. H. Liddell Hart
x. The Glorious Cause
by Robert Middlekauff
xi. For the Common Defense
by Millet and Maslowski
xii. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
by James M.
McPherson
xiii. The History of the Peloponnesian War
by Thucydides (“The
Landmark” version by Strasser recommended)

m. Lieutenant Colonel and Chief Warrant Officer 5

i. A Revolutionary People at War
by Charles Royster
ii. Defeat into Victory
by William Slim
iii. Patton: A Genius for War
by Carlo D’Este
iv. The Army and Viet Nam
by Andrew F. Krepinevich
v. Seven Pillars of Wisdom
by T. E. Lawrence
vi. One Hundred Days
by ADM Sandy Woodward
vii. The Lexus and the Olive Tree
by Thomas L. Friedman
viii. Supplying War
by Martin Van Creveld
ix. Masters of War
by Michael I. Handel
x. The Roots of Blitzkrieg
by James S. Corum
xi. Frontiersmen in Blue
by Robert M. Utley
n. Colonel to General

i. Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution
by James
McPherson
ii. Supreme Command
by Eliot Cohen
iii. All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Remarque
iv. War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
v. Military Innovation in the Interwar Period
by Murray and Millett
vi. The Rape of Nanking
by Iris Chang
vii. Dereliction of Duty
by H. R. McMaster
viii. Diplomacy
by Henry Kissinger
ix. Carnage and Culture
by Victor Davis Hanson
x. Crusade in Europe
by Dwight D. Eisenhower
xi. Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman
; Edited by William S.
McFeely
xii. Feeding Mars
by John Lynn
xiii. Eisenhower’s Lieutenants
by Russell S. Weigley
xiv. Fleet Tactics and Coastal Combat
by Wayne P. Hughes Jr.
xv. Generalship: Its Diseases and Their Cure
by J. F. C. Fuller
xvi. Inventing Grand Strategy and Teaching Command
by Jon T.
Sumida
xvii. The Campaigns of Napoleon
by David G. Chandler
xviii. The Conduct of War
by J. F. C. Fuller

asarhondo · 04-29-2012, 10:03 AM

Would it not be more productive to have actual books with African writers or just African themes? The title is misleading. While some people think it is healthy to read about military craft from other races I am of the opposite opinion. African societies lost many battles due to inadequate arms not because of bravery nor strategy, well may be strategy since you would have thought African people would have united under the basic fact that they are Black and African. Dr. Chanellor Williams spoke about this in his book "The Destruction of Black Civilization".

**Dukuzumurenyi** · 04-29-2012, 10:31 AM

The lead statement I wrote states: Time To DEVELOP An Afrocentric Military Reading List. Nowhere does it say that the list appended is an AFROCENTRIC READING LIST. The Reading List I posted is as it states the Marine Core Reading List. An example of the type of reading that is being done to maintain the Military Opression of Afrikans. The lead statement is a DECLARATIVE STATEMENT of what we need to do, if it has not already been done.