How To Use the List
Reading List is intended to support and
Organization: The list is organized
by military rank/civilian pay band.
The Marine Corps Director of
Intelligence (DIRINT) recommends
reading at least one to two books per
rank per year in addition to the
Marine Corps Professional Military
Education Reading List.
For lateral move 0202, 0231, 0211,
0241, and 0261 MOSs and for new
civilians, the DIRINT recommends
reading at least one additional book
per year for previously held
ranks/bands.
Before reading books recommended
for ranks/bands above a currently
held rank/band, the DIRINT
encourages that Marines and
civilians read all the books for their
current rank/band and all those for
ranks/bands junior to them in order
to form a solid intelligence reading
foundation, as many later books may
refer to earlier recommended
readings. However, Marines are
always encouraged to read any of the
books on the USMC Intelligence
Reading List.
Purpose: The USMC Intelligence
U.S. Marine Corps
prepare intelligence professionals in
order to achieve practical and technical
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mastery of tactical intelligence and Reading List
warfighting.
Recommended by the
Objectives: The USMC Intelligence
Director of Intelligence
Reading List supplements the Marine
Corps Professional Military Education
Reading List with additional works
specifically focused on lessons learned
and best practices with an endstate of:
„ An increased general
understanding of the intelligence
profession
„ Imparted technical knowledge of
intelligence operations
„ An added historical depth of
current intelligence doctrine and
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Headquarters, U.S.
Marine Corps
Intelligence Department
Federal Building #2
Navy Annex
Washington DC 20002
Phone: 703-614-2522 (DSN: 224)
Fax: 703-614-5888 (DSN: 224)
http://hqinet001.hqmc.usmc.mil/DirInt/code_
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JUN 2010
The Books
DIRINT Selection:
Structured Analytical Techniques for Intelligence
Analysts. Richard J. Heuer and Randolph H.
Phearson.
Intelligence—History and Legacy:
The Great Game: The Myth and Reality of
Espionage. Frederick P. Hitz. (Pvt/PFC, 2ndLt,
WO, IA1)
Intelligence and Military Operations. Michael
Handel, Ed. (GySgt, 1stLt, CWO2, IA2)
Intelligence In War. John Keegan. (Sgt, 1stLt,
CWO2, IA2)
The Secret War For the Union. Edwin C. Fishel .
(MGySgt/SgtMaj, Capt, CWO3, IA3)
Uncovering Ways of War. Thomas G. Mahnken.
(Maj, CWO4, IA3)
G-2: Intelligence For Patton. Brig. Gen. Oscar W.
Koch and Robert G. Hays. (MSgt/1stSgt, LtCol,
CWO5)
Deciphering the Rising Sun: Navy and Marine
Corps Codebreakers, Translators, and Interpreters
in the Pacific War. Roger Dingman.
(MGySgt/SgtMaj, LtCol, CWO5, IA4)
The Secrets of Inchon. Eugene Franklin Clark
(LCpl, 2ndLt, WO)
Who the Hell Are We Fighting? The Story of Sam
Adams and the Vietnam Intelligence Wars. C.
Michael Hiam. (MSgt/1stSgt, Maj, CWO4, IA3)
Tet Offensive – Intelligence Failure in War. James
Wirtz. (MSgt/1stSgt, Col/Gen, IA5/DISL/SES)
Force Recon Command. Alex Lee. (SSgt, 2ndLt,
WO)
The Interrogators: Inside the Secret War Against Forecasting Terrorism. Sundri Khalsa. (Sgt, 1stLt,
Al Qaeda. Chris Mackey and Greg Miller. (Sgt, CWO2, IA2)
Capt, CWO3, IA3)
Surprise Attack: The Victim's Perspective. Ephraim
The WMD Mirage: Iraq’s Decade of Deception and Kam. (MSgt/1stSgt, Maj, CWO4, IA3)
America’s False Premise for War. Craig R. Whitney,
Anticipating Surprise. Cynthia M. Grabow. (SSgt,
Editor. (Col/Gen, IA5/DISL/SES)
1stLt, CWO2, IA2)
Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the
Preventing Surprise Attacks. Richard Posner.
War on Terror. Mark Danner. (Col/Gen,
(Col/Gen, IA5/DISL/SES)
IA5/DISL/SES)
Intelligence Analysis: A Target-Centric Approach.
The Intelligence Wars: Lessons from Baghdad.
Robert Clark. (SSgt, Capt, CWO3, IA2)
Steven K. O’Hern. (Col/Gen, IA5/DISL/SES)
Cheating and Deception. J. Bowyer Bell & Barton
Intelligence—The Professional’s Whaley. (LtCol, CWO5, IA4)
Library:
Strategic Denial and Deception: The 21st Century
The Craft of Intelligence. Allen W. Dulles. Challenge. Roy Godson & James Wirtz., Eds.
(Maj,CWO4, IA3) (Col/Gen, IA5/DISL/SES)
Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Military Geography: For Professionals and the
Thinking (9th Ed). M. Neil Browne & Stuart M. Public. John M. Collins. (GySgt, 1stLt, CWO2,
Keeley. (LCpl, 2ndLt, WO, IA1) IA2)
Intelligence Analysis: How To Think In Complex How to Lie With Maps (2nd Ed). Mark Monmier &
Environments. Wayne Michael Hall & Gary H. J. de Blij. (Cpl, 2ndLt, WO, IA1)
Citrenbaum. (GySgt, Capt, CWO3, IA2)
Analyzing Intelligence: Origins, Obstacles, and
Informal Logic: A Handbook for Critical Innovations. Roger Z. George & James H Bruce.,
Argumentation (2nd Ed). Douglas Walton. (Maj, Eds. (MGySgt/SgtMaj, LtCol, CWO5, IA4)
CWO4, IA3)
The Psychology of Intelligence Analysis. Richard J.
Heuer, Jr. (Pvt/PFC, 2ndLt, WO, IA1)
Historian’s Fallacies: Towards a Logic of Historical
Thought . David Hackett Fischer. (Maj, CWO4, IA3)
Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision
Makers. Richard E. Neustadt and Ernest R. May.
(LtCol, CWO5, IA4)
How to Lie With Statistics. Harrell Duff. (Cpl,
2ndLt, WO, IA1)