Navy Professional Reading Program

The Nimitz Library is providing the following list of titles from the Navy Professional Reading Program. The list contains call numbers and links to help you locate the books within the Nimitz Library.

Junior Enlisted Collection

Leadership

• Lincoln on Leadership: Executive Strategies for Tough Times. Donald T. Phillips. [E457.2 .P54 1992]
• Starship Troopers. Robert A. Heinlein. [PS3515.E288 S75 1997]

Naval and Military Heritage

• A Sailor's History of the U.S. Navy. Thomas J. Cutler. [VA58.4 .C88 2004]
• Life in Mr. Lincoln's Navy. Dennis J. Ringle. [V736 .R55 1998]

Joint and Combined Warfare

• Flags of Our Fathers. James Bradley with Ron Powers. [D767.99.I9 B73 2000]
• D Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II. Stephen E. Ambrose. [D756.5.N6 A455 1994]

Regional and Cultural Awareness

• The Kite Runner. Khaled Hosseini. [PS3608.O832 K58 2004]
• A Passage to India. E. M. Forster. [PR6011.O58P3 1989b]

Critical Thinking

• The Declaration of Independence and Other Great Documents of American History 1775-1865. Editor: John Grafton. [E173.D39 2000]
• Ender's Game. Orson Scott Card. [PS3553.A655 E5 1994].

Management and Strategic Planning

• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Stephen R. Covey. [BF637.S8 C68 2004]
• Time Management from the Inside Out. Julie Morgenstern. [HD69.T54 M66 2004]

Leading Petty Officer Collection

Critical Thinking

• The Caine Mutiny: A Novel. Herman Wouk. [PS3545.O98C29]
• The Sheriff: America's Defense of the New World Order. Colin S. Gray. [E895 .G73 2004]

Joint and Combined Warfare

• Not a Good Day to Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda. Sean Naylor. [DS371.4123.O64 N39 2005]
• Victory at Yorktown: The Campaign That Won the Revolution. Richard M. Ketchum. [E241.Y6 K48 2004]

Leadership

• Shackleton's Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer. Margot Morrell and Stephanie Capparell. [HD57.7 .M668 2001]
• Billy Budd and Other Stories. Herman Melville. [PS2384 .B5 1986]

Management and Strategic Planning

• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference. Malcolm Gladwell. [HM1033 G53 2002]
• American Government. Robert A. Heineman. [JK274 .H34 1995]

Naval and Military Heritage

• The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour. James D. Hornfischer. [D774.L48 H67 2004]
• To the Shores of Tripoli: The Birth of the U.S. Navy and Marines. A. B. C. Whipple. [E335 .W48 2001]

Regional and Cultural Awareness

• The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror. Bernard Lewis. [BP182 .L48 2003]
• The Sand Pebbles. Richard McKenna. [PS3563.A3155 S26 2000]

Division Leader Collection

Critical Thinking

• The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century. Thomas L. Friedman. [HM846 .F74 2005]
• Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time. Dava Sobel. [QB225 .S64]

Joint and Combined Warfare

• Shield and Sword: The United States Navy and the Persian Gulf War. Edward J. Marolda and Robert J. Schneller Jr. [DS79.744.N38 M37 1998]
• The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power. Max Boot. [E181 .B728 2002]

Leadership

• Two Souls Indivisible: The Friendship That Saved Two POWs in Vietnam. James S. Hirsch. [DS559.4 .H57 2004]
• The Good Shepherd. C. S. Forester. [PR6011.O56G66 1989]

Management and Strategic Planning

• Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything. Steven D. Levitt. [HB74.P8 L479 2005]
• The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business. Clayton M. Christensen. [Hd 53 C49 2000]

Naval and Military Heritage

• The Golden Thirteen: Recollections of the First Black Naval Officers. Editor: Paul Stillwell. [VB324.A47 G65 2003]
• White Jacket or The World In A Man Of War. Herman Melville. [PS2384.W45E52]

Regional and Cultural Awareness

• On the Origins of War And the Preservation of Peace. Donald Kegan. [D25.5 .K27 1995]
• Recognizing Islam: Religion and Society in the Modern Middle East. Michael Gilsenan. [BP63.A4 A725 2000]

Department and Command Leader Collection

Critical Thinking

• Thinking In Time: The Uses Of History For Decision Makers. Richard E. Neustadt. [E743 .N378 1986]
• The Cruel Sea. Nicholas Monsarrat. [PR6025.O36C78 1951]

Joint and Combined Warfare

• Eagle Against the Sun: The American War With Japan. Ronald Spector. [D767 .S69 1985b]
• Imperial Grunts: The American Military on the Ground. Robert D. Kaplan. [U52 .K37 2005]

Leadership

• Master and Commander. Patrick O' Brian. [PR6029.B55M28 1990]
• Leadership: The Warrior's Art. Barry R. McCaffrey. [Check Nimitz Library Catalog]

Management and Strategic Planning

• Implementing Diversity. Marilyn Loden. [HF5549.5.M5 L63 1996]
• Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done. Larry Bossidy. [HD31 .B626 2002]

Naval and Military Heritage

• Jefferson's War: America's First War on Terror 1801 - 1805. Joseph Wheelan. [E335 .W47 2003]
• One Hundred Years of Sea Power: The U.S. Navy, 1890 - 1990. George W. Baer. [VA58 .B283 1994]

Regional and Cultural Awareness

• From Beirut to Jerusalem. Thomas L. Friedman. [DS119.7.F736 1989]
• The Fate of Africa: From the Hopes of Freedom to the Heart of Despair. Martin Meredith. [DT30.5 .M455 2005]

Senior Leaders Collection

Critical Thinking

• The Art of the Long View: Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World. Peter Schwartz. [HD30.28.S316 1991]
• Scenarios: The Art of Strategic Conversation. Kees van der Heijden. [HD30.3 .V36 2005]

Joint and Combined Warfare

• Rethinking The Principles Of War. Anthony D, McIvor. [U102 .R48 2005]
• Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War. William Manchester. [D767 .M18 1982]

Leadership

• Leadership. Rudolph W. Giuliani. [HM1261 .G58 2002]
• The Second World War, Vol 1; The Gathering Storm. Winston Churchill. [D743.C47 v.1]

Management and Strategic Planning

• Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game. Michael Lewis. [GV880 .L49 2003]
• Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning. Henry Mintzberg. [HD30.28 .M56 1994]

Naval and Military Heritage

• 1776. David McCullough. [E208 .M396 2005]
• The Pursuit of Victory: The Life And Achievement of Horatio Nelson. Roger Knight. [DA87.1.N4 K58 2005]

Regional and Cultural Awareness

• Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism. Robert Pape. [HV6431 .P355 2005]
• The Great Wall at Sea: China's Navy Enters the Twenty-First Century. Bernard D. Cole. [VA633 .C65 2001]