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MilitaryReadingList is about Military Books. We started this site in 2000 with the intent to make available the books on the various military service reading lists. Since that time, the means to find and read books on the recommended reading lists has become much easier. The increased popularity of digital books has further changed how we read and collect. This site will forever be a work in progress as there are thousands of books on the military that we have not discovered yet and thousands that have yet to be written.
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September 2024 Recommendation
Title: The Killer Angels
Author: Michael Shaara
Book Description:
The Killer Angels, first published in 1974, is a historical fiction novel about the Battle of Gettysburg, fought in July 1863. It tells the story of the days leading up to the battle and the battle itself through the perspectives of key combatants on both sides. Furthermore, the author, Michael Shaara, won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1975 for his work on The Killer Angels. The novel begins in the third year of the American Civil War. Following the Battle of Chancellorsville, General Lee moved his army west to advance up the Shenandoah and Cumberland Valleys. He hoped to…
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| Month | Year | Title/Author |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Once an Eagle by Anton Myrer |
| 2 | 2 | Intelligence In War by John Keegan |
| 3 | 3 | The Challenge of Command: Reading for Military Excellence by Roger H Nye |
| 4 | 4 | The Art of War by Sun Tzu |
| 5 | 5 | The Second World War by John Keegan |
| 6 | 6 | The War Journal of Major Damon "Rocky" Gause by Major Damon Gause |
| 7 | 7 | Small Unit Leadership: A Commonsense Approach by Dandridge M. Malone |
| 8 | 8 | The Three Meter Zone by James D. Pendry |
| 9 | 9 | The Threatening Storm by Kenneth Pllack |
| 10 | 10 | Battle Cry of Freedom by James M McPherson |
| 11 | 11 | Lincoln on Leadership by Donald T Phillips |
| 12 | 12 | Battles of the Revolutionary War, 1775-1781 by W J Wood |
| 13 | 13 | Company Commander by Charles Brown MacDonald |
| 14 | 14 | The Face of Battle by John Keegan |
| 15 | 15 | A Message to Garcia by E Hubbard |
| 16 | 16 | Band of Brothers by Stephen E Ambrose |
| 17 | New to List | The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara |
| 18 | 18 | Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision Makers by Richard E neustadt |
| 19 | 19 | A History of Warfare by John Keegan |
| 20 | 20 | The Syrian Rebellion by Fouad Ajami |