The Regimental Library

This recommended reading list was started as a result of a discussion on the original Canadian Army Mailing List hosted by the (Unofficial) Canadian Army HomePage. It is by no means exclusive or complete. Any suggestions for additions are welcome. Links to Amazon.ca are included so that you can look for these books and movies. There is also a list of some of the references from The Rogue's Papers.

Reading Lists:

• Commander Canadian Army's Reading List (2015)
• Canadian Army Reading List (Ver 1, 2001)
• Infantry School Reading List
• The USMA (West Point) Officer's Professional Reading Guide (pdf)
• The Unites States Marine Corps "A Book of Books" (pdf - 365 Kb)
• General George S. Patton's Library

Biographies and History

• The Canadian General; Sir William Otter, by Desmond Morton
• Byng of Vimy: General and Governor... by Jeffrey Williams
• The Price of Command, A Biography of General Guy Simonds, by Dominick Graham

History and Personal Narratives

• Canada’s Sons on Kopje and Veldt, by T.G. Marquis
• Ghosts Have Warm Hands, by Will R. Bird
• The Regiment, by Farley Mowat
• And no birds sang, by Farley Mowat
• All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque
• Fighting for Canada: Seven Battles, 1758-1945, edited by Donald E. Graves

Canadian History by Pierre Berton:

• Marching As to War: Canada's Turbulent Years, 1899-1953
• Flames Across the Border, 1813-1814
• The Invasion of Canada, 1812-1813
• Vimy

Classics:

• On War, by Carl von Clausewitz
• The Art of War, by Sun Tzu

The lighter side of soldiering

• McAuslan In The Rough, by George MacDonald Fraser
• The General Danced at Dawn, by George MacDonald Fraser
• The Sheikh and the Dustbin, by George MacDonald Fraser
• Or get all three McAuslan tales books in one volume:
• The Complete McAuslan: Including the General Danced at Dawn, McAuslan in the Rough, the Sheikh and the Dustbin

From the same author; the Flashman papers (though the list here is incomplete):

• Flashman
• Flashman and the Tiger
• Royal Flash
• Flashman in the Great Game
• Flashman at the Charge
• Flashman and the Mountain of Light
• Flashman and the Redskins
• Flashman and the Angel of the Lord
• Flash for Freedom
• Flashman and the Dragon
• Flashman's Lady

Psychology and Sociology

• On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society by Dave Grossman
• An Intimate History of Killing by Joanna Bourke
• The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong, by Dr. Laurence Peters and Raymond Hull
• On the Psychology of Military Incompetence, by Norman F. Dixon
• Crisis in Command: Mismanagement in the..., by Richard Gabriel and Paul Savage
• Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character, by Jonathan Shay, M.D., Ph.D.
• The Anatomy of Courage, by Lord Moran
• Training Soldiers for War, Captain J.F.C. Fuller (1914)

• The O'Leary Collection; Medals of The Royal Canadian Regiment.
• Researching Canadian Soldiers of the First World War
• Researching The Royal Canadian Regiment
• The RCR in the First World War
• Badges of The RCR
• The Senior Subaltern
• The Minute Book (blog)
• Rogue Papers
• Tactical Primers
• The Regimental Library
• Battle Honours
• Perpetuation of the CEF
• A Miscellany
• Quotes
• The Frontenac Times
• Site Map
• e-mail

QUICK LINKS

• The Royal Canadian Regiment
• CEF Study Group
• British Medal Forum
• British and Commonwealth Military Badge Forum
• Great War Forum
• Google.ca
• Google Maps
• CBC.ca
• Wikipedia

The Regimental Library

Commander Canadian Army's Reading List 2015

Infantry School Reading List
By Rank
By Subject

Canadian Army Reading List
Introduction
Doctrine
Military Theory
Canadian Military Heritage
Military History
Campaign and Battle Studies
Leadership
The Human Factor
Technology
Future Warfare
Peacekeeping
Politics, International Relations and Economics
Ethics, Domestic Issues and Social Trends
Fiction

Patton's Library