Recommended Reading for Cadets

These books are recommended reading to squadron cadets when they have spare time. These are not part of any assignment, but rather are intended to broaden the perspectives of the cadets. Some of these books are Civil Air Patrol related, others were recommended as reading for cadets by the Chief of Staff of the Army, Gen. Eric Shinseki.

Most of these books can be found in public libraries. Recommendations for additions to the list are welcome and should be directed to the webmaster, Maj Brodsky.

Carroll V. Glines, Gene Gurney. Minutemen of the air; the valiant exploits of the Civil Air Patrol in peace and war.
Frank A. Burnham. Aerial Search, the CAP Story.
Louis E. Keefer. From Maine to Mexico: With America’s Private Pilots in the Fight Against Nazi U-Boats.
Capt. D Abrashoff, It’s Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy
Ken Blanchard, The One Minute Manager
Rick Atkinson.The Long Gray Line.
Tom Brokaw. The Greatest Generation.
T. R. Fehrenbach. This Kind of War: A Study in Unpreparedness.
Charles E. Heller and William A. Stofft, eds. America’s First Battles: 1776-1965.
John Keegan. The Face of Battle.
Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (Ret.) and Joseph L. Galloway. We Were Soldiers Once and Young.
- The movie, We were Soldiers, was based upon this book.
Stephen E. Ambrose. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne, from Normandy to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest.
- The HBO Mini-Series, Band of Brothers, was based upon this book and unit.
Anton Myrer. Once an Eagle.
Michael Shaara.The Killer Angels.

Advanced Reading

Dee Hock, Birth of the Chaordic Age
Allan R. Millett & Peter Maslowski, For the Common Defense: A Military History of the United States of America.
Niccollo Machiavelli, The Prince

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