Ladies and Gentlemen,
As I approach the end of undergrad I am settling on going onto higher levels of education and focusing on National Security and especially terrorism/revolution/small wars and intelligence (as at this moment my long term, hoped for, goal is to join the intelligence community).
As I have about a year before I begin grad school, always keeping my fingers crossed that I get into one
! I have time to do some reading. So I have compiled a reading list of books that I find interesting (you might notice it's based mostly on posts here at SWJ, go search function!)
I would like to solicit opinions of my list. I am missing anything? Should I take anything out? Maybe there is theme or certain time period that I am missing? etc, etc...
Also I know I am missing some history books. For example I recently read "Street Without Joy" and ” The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia." So any suggestions of that type of book would be great.
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Social Movements and Organization Theory (Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics) by Gerald F. Davis
The Unthinkable Revolution in Iran by Charles Kurzman
States and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia and China by Theda Skocpol
The Anatomy of Revolution by Clarence Crane Brinton, Crane Brinton
THINKING LIKE A TERRORIST: Insights of a Former FBI Undercover Agent by Mike German
The Al Qaeda Reader by Raymond Ibrahim (Editor)
U.S. Army Counterinsurgency and Contingency Operations Doctrine, 1942-1976 (Paperbound) by A. J. Birtle
US Army Counterinsurgency and Contingency Operations Doctrine, 1860-1941 by Andrew J. Birtle (Author)
The Village by Francis J. West
The Savage Wars Of Peace: Small Wars And The Rise Of American Power by Max Boot
Soldier Sahibs: The Daring Adventurers Who Tamed India's Northwest Frontier by Charles Allen
From Pablo to Osama: Trafficking and Terrorist Networks, Government Bureaucracies, and Competitive Adaptation by Michael Kenney
Counterinsurgency in Modern Warfare (Companion) by Daniel Marston (Editor), Carter Malkasian (Editor)
The Insurgent Archipelago (Columbia/Hurst) by John Mackinlay
Inside Rebellion: The Politics of Insurgent Violence (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics) by Jeremy M. Weinstein
What Makes a Terrorist: Economics and the Roots of Terrorism (Lionel Robbins Lectures) by Alan B. Krueger
On Violence (Harvest Book) by Hannah Arendt
On Revolution (Penguin Classics) by Hannah Arendt
War of the Flea: The Classic Study of Guerrilla Warfare by Robert Taber
The Logic of Violence in Civil War (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics) by Stathis N. Kalyvas
Modern Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies: Guerrillas and their Opponents since 1750 (Warfare and History) by I. F. W. Beckett
Insurgency, Terrorism, and Crime: Shadows from the Past and Portents for the Future (International and Security Affairs) by Max G. Manwaring
Contra Cross: Insurgency And Tyranny in Central America, 1979-1989 by William R. Meara
Structured Analytic Techniques for Intelligence Analysis by Richards J. Heuer
Intelligence Analysis: A Target-Centric Approach, 3rd Edition by Robert M. Clark
Intelligence Essentials for Everyone by Lisa Krizan (Author)
The Craft of Intelligence by Allen Welsh Dulles, Allen Dulles
Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency in Iraq by Ahmed Hashim
The Afghanistan-Pakistan Theater: Militant Islam, Security & Stability by Hassan Abbas
Decoding the New Taliban: Insights from the Afghan Field (Columbia/Hurst) by Antonio Giustozzi (Editor)
Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill by Jessica Stern
Suicide Bombers in Iraq: The Strategy and Ideology of Martyrdom by Mohammed M. Hafez
Modern Warfare: A French View of Counterinsurgency (PSI Classics of the Counterinsurgency Era) by Roger Trinquier
Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism by Robert Anthony Pape
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