Theme: Warfighting, Officership, and the meaning of the Commission.

• The Art of War
  Sun Tzu
• The Armed Forces Officer
  DoD (1950 Ed. Preferred)
• Nimitz
  E. B. Potter
• The Old Man's Trail
  Tom Campbell
• Gates of Fire
  Stephen Pressfield
• Starship Troopers
  Robert Heinlein
• Once an Eagle
  Anton Myrer
• The Dynamics of Doctrine
  Timothy J. Lupfer
• Master of Seapower: A Biography of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King
  Thomas Buell
• General Patton's Timeless Leadership Principles
  Richard Stillman
• Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter Pilot *
  Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale

* Items marked with an asterisk are additions to General Allen's original list