The following list of books is currently posted at the Navy Exchange, Naval Station Everett as essential readings by the Admiral John Richardson, Chief of Naval Operations:
NAVAL POWER
- The Accidental Admiral by James Stavridis
- Principles of Maritime Strategies by Julian Corbett
- Fleet Tactics and Coastal Combat by Wayne P. Hughes, Jr.
- Joe Rochefort’s War by Elliot Carlson
- No Higher Honor by Bradley Peniston
- Red Star Over the Pacific by Toshi Toshihara & James R. Holmes
- Rickover and the Nuclear Navy by Francis Duncan
- Rickover Effect by Theodore Rockwell
- Rules of the Game by Andrew Gordon
- Toward a New Maritime Strategy by Peter H. Haynes
- The Two Ocean War by Samuel Eliot Morison
- Utmost Savagery by Joseph H. Alexander
NAVY TEAM
- In Love and War by Jim & Sybil Stockdale
- Navigating the Seven Seas by Melvin G. Williams
- One Hundred Days by Sandy Woodward & Patrick Robinson
FOUNDATIONAL READING
- First to Fight by Victor H. Krulak
- Military Strategy by J. C. Wylie
More information on the above list and additional selections from the CNO’s professional reading program can be accessed by clicking HERE.
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