War Books: The Marine Corps Commandant's 2026 Reading List

(mwi.westpoint.edu)

13 points | by Alien1Being 1 hour ago

2 comments

  • keybored 0 minutes ago
    > Generative AI for Leaders, by Amir Husain

    > Whether you’re constantly experimenting with every new AI tool or barely scratching the surface with ChatGPT, you know AI is changing everything. Given the pace of change, any AI guide will have a shelf life, but this one has a conceptual element to it that means its value isn’t in how to embrace specific new tools, but rather in how to recalibrate the way you think about technology.

    Reassured.

  • trhway 51 minutes ago
    "The Arms of the Future: Technology and Close Combat in the Twenty-First Century"

    somehow i feel that the Pentagon leadership didn't read that book before starting the Iran affair.

    • roenxi 12 minutes ago
      Which leadership are we talking? The US military has been clear enough that they thought an Iran invasion was infeasible for obvious reasons - it isn't like what actually happened surprised many people, the US never looked like it could take on Iran in a direct war on Iranian soil. It was so obvious not even the Bush administration tried, and the US was in a much stronger relative position back in the 2000s.

      If we're talking the likes of Hegseth and Trump then we're all waiting for the inside gossip on exactly what mad assumptions they were making that led to this scheme looking acceptable. Maybe Trump is going senile too, maybe the Israelis managed to sell a story, maybe the US is being deceptive and it is some sort of anti-China attempt.

    • Frieren 47 minutes ago
      > the Pentagon leadership didn't read that book before starting the Iran affair.

      The current Pentagon leadership is the kind of people that buy thousands of books with public money that nobody will read (written by their friends).

      - "Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card" is the only one from the list I have read.

      - "This Kind of War: The Classic Korean War History, by T. R. Fehrenbach" seems interesting. South Korea still seems very grateful to the USA and commemorates the USA (and the rest of allies) that helped them during the Korean war.

      • pjc50 13 minutes ago
        The Korean war is technically not over. I believe the most recent framework is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panmunjom_Declaration , but the recently-evicted South Korean president was actively trying to restart it for his own Trumpian reasons.

        It's one of those things like the San Andreas fault. Just because nothing has happened for decades doesn't mean the risk has gone away.

      • trhway 40 minutes ago
        >- "This Kind of War: The Classic Korean War History, by T. R. Fehrenbach" seems interesting. South Korea still seems very grateful to the USA and commemorates the USA (and the rest of allies) that helped them during the Korean war.

        For "easy reading"- viewing - on that war there are somewhat informative - in very coarse grain sense - movies that i watched recently:

        SK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_Jangsari

        China (with heavy propaganda angle of course and a big budget): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_at_Lake_Changjin

    • cpursley 40 minutes ago