Marine Corps Professional Reading Program (MAJ/CWO4)
Explore the Marine Corps Professional Reading Program (MAJ/CWO4) with essential books for leadership, strategy, and military excellence. Elevate your knowledge and career with curated Marine Corps reading lists.
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A Bright Shining Lie
by Neil Sheehan
One of the most acclaimed books of our timeâthe definitive Vietnam War exposĂ© and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. When he came to Vietnam in 1962, Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann was the one clear-sighted participant in an enterprise riddled with arrogance and self-deception, a charismatic soldier who put his life and career on the line in an attempt to convince his superiors that the war should be fought another way. By the time he died in 1972, Vann had embraced the follies he once decried. He died believing that the war had been won. In this magisterial book, a monument of history and biography that was awarded the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction, a renowned journalist tells the story of John Vannâ"the one irreplaceable American in Vietnam"âand of the tragedy that destroyed a country and squandered so much of America's young manhood and resources.
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Battle Cry of Freedom
by James M. McPherson
Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, Battle Cry of Freedom will unquestionably become the standard one-volume history of the Civil War. James McPherson's fast-paced narrative fully integrates the political, social, and military events that crowded the two decades from the outbreak of one war in Mexico to the ending of another at Appomattox. Packed with drama and analytical insight, the book vividly recounts the momentous episodes that preceded the Civil Warâthe Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferryâand then moves into a masterful chronicle of the war itselfâthe battles, the strategic maneuvering on both sides, the politics, and the personalities.
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The Guns of August
by Barbara W. Tuchman
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER âą âA brilliant piece of military history which proves up to the hilt the force of Winston Churchillâs statement that the first month of World War I was âa drama never surpassed.âââNewsweek Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time In this landmark account, renowned historian Barbara W. Tuchman re-creates the first month of World War I: thirty days in the summer of 1914 that determined the course of the conflict, the century, and ultimately our present world. Beginning with the funeral of Edward VII, Tuchman traces each step that led to the inevitable clash. And inevitable it was, with all sides plotting their war for a generation. Dizzyingly comprehensive and spectacularly portrayed with her famous talent for evoking the characters of the warâs key players, Tuchmanâs magnum opus is a classic for the ages. The Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prizeâwinning The Guns of August, and The Zimmermann Telegram comprise Barbara W. Tuchmanâs classic histories of the First World War era
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