The Order of the JAGWAR’s
PROFESSIONAL READING LIST

As a foundational duty, JAG Corps officers and enlisted alike should familiarize themselves with TJAG and DJAG’s “Lifelong Learning Reading List”, available HERE.

But for those looking to expand their understanding of Army history, strategic doctrine, and the tenets of leadership, the JAGWAR has assembled its own essential Reading List.  Hooah.

Heroes and Grit

  1. Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath
    By Michael Norman

  2. Citizen Soldiers: The U. S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany
    By Stephen Ambrose

  3. Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
    By Mark Bowden

  4. Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era
    By Chad Williams

  5. Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy Seal Team Six Operator Adam Brown
    By Eric Blehm

  6. Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
    By Jon Krakauer

  7. Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield
    By Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

  8. The Greatest Generation
    By Tom Brokaw

  9. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
    By Laura Hillenbrand

  10. The Great Raid on Cabanatuan: Rescuing the Doomed Ghosts of Bataan and Corregidor
    By William Breuer

  11. Into the Rising Sun: World War II’s Pacific Veterans Reveal the Heart of Combat
    By Patrick O’Donnell

  12. Hero Found: The Greatest POW Escape of the Vietnam War
    By Bruce Henderson

  13. All American:  Why I Believe in Football, God, and the War in Iraq
    By Robert McGovern

  14. Operation Thunderbolt: Flight 139 and the Raid on Entebbe Airport, the Most Audacious Hostage Rescue Mission in History
    By Saul David

 

Leadership and Combat

  1. The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier’s Education
    By Craig Mullaney

  2. One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
    By Nathaniel Fick

  3. A Message to Garcia: And Other Essential Writings on Success
    By Elbert Hubbard

 

War Through History

  1. Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae
    By Steven Pressfield

  2. The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War
    By Andrew Roberts

  3. The Afghan Campaign: A Novel
    By Steven Pressfield

  4. The Things They Carried
    By Tim O’Brien

  5. Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War
    By Karl Marlantes

 

Military Analysis

  1. Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument With Historical Illustrations
    By Michael Walzer

  2. Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror
    By Michael Hayden