Essential Defense Reading List
- Clausewitz_Vom_Kriege — On War (Vom Kriege) by Carl von Clausewitz (1832)
- Sun_Tzu_Art_of_War_Book — The Art of War by Sun Tzu (~5th Century BCE)
- Boyd_Patterns_of_Conflict — Patterns of Conflict by Col. John Boyd, USAF (1986 (briefing))
- Thucydides_Peloponnesian_War — History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides (~400 BCE)
- Machiavelli_The_Prince — The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli (1532)
- Jomini_Summary_Art_of_War — Summary of the Art of War by Baron Antoine-Henri de Jomini (1838)
- Liddell_Hart_Strategy — Strategy by B.H. Liddell Hart (1954)
- Warfighting_MCDP1 — Warfighting (MCDP 1) by U.S. Marine Corps (1997)
- SPEC_OPS_McRaven — Spec Ops: Case Studies in Special Operations Warfare by ADM William McRaven (1995)
- Team_of_Teams_McChrystal — Team of Teams by Gen. Stanley McChrystal (2015)
- The_Kill_Chain_Brose — The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare by Christian Brose (2020)
- Ghost_Fleet_Singer_Cole — Ghost Fleet by P.W. Singer & August Cole (2015)
- Unrestricted_Warfare — Unrestricted Warfare by Qiao Liang & Wang Xiangsui (PLA Colonels) (1999)
- Pentagon_Wars_Burton — The Pentagon Wars by Col. James G. Burton (1993)
Categories
- Classical Strategy: Clausewitz, Sun Tzu, Thucydides, Machiavelli, Jomini
- Modern Theory: Boyd, Liddell Hart, MCDP 1 Warfighting
- SOF: McRaven Spec Ops, McChrystal Team of Teams
- Acquisition & Reform: Brose Kill Chain, Burton Pentagon Wars
- Adversary Thinking: Unrestricted Warfare (PLA)
- Future Warfare: Ghost Fleet, Kill Chain