1. N72 Recommended Reading List
SWO Professional Library
U.S. Constitution
U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Rules
Naval Officers Guide by William Mack
Watch Officers Guide by ADM James Stavridis
Division Officers Guide by ADM James Stavridis
Bluejackets Manual by Thomas Cutler
Naval Shiphandler’s Guide by James Barber
Naval Shiphandling by R.S. Crenshaw
Surface Force Training Manual (SFTM)
3 M Instruction (OPNAVINST 4700)
Joint Fleet Maintenance Manual VOL II, VOL V Part 3 Chapter 8
COLREGS

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Critical Thinking
World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas Friedman
The Art of the Long View: Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World by Peter Schwartz
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel
Joint and Combined Warfare
War Made New by Max Boot
Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power by Max Boot
Rethinking the Principles of War by Anthony McIvor
Shield and Sword: The United States Navy in the Persian Gulf War by Edward Marolda and Robert Schneller

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Leadership
Lincoln on Leadership: Executive Strategies for Tough Times by Donald Phillips
Good Shepherd by James Hirsch
Two Souls Indivisible: The Friendship That Saved Two POWs in Vietnam by C.S. Forester
Integrity by Stephen Carter
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
A Message to Garcia by Elbert Hubbard
Shackleton’s Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer by Margot Morrell

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Management and Strategic Planning
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven Levitt
Innovator’s Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business by Clayton Christensen
Naval and Military Heritage
One Hundred Years of Sea Power: The U.S. Navy 1890 – 1990 by George Baer
Golden Thirteen: Recollections of the First Black Naval Officers by Paul Stillwell
Sailor’s History of the U.S. Navy by Thomas Cutler
White-Jacket or The World in a Man-of-War by Herman Melville

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Regional and Cultural Awareness
On the Origins of War: And the Preservation of Peace by Donald Kegan
Recognizing Islam: Religion and Society in the Modern Middle East by Michael Gilsenan
Further Reading