Contemporary Literature on CI Ops

Here is a reading list of all the relevant literature to CI Ops. Whether you are heading to Officer Candidate School, shipping out to Afghanistan, or would like to become more educated on the subject, this comprehensive list will surely earn you points at cocktail parties.

Theory and Case Studies:
1. Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam, by Dr. John Nagl and Peter J. Schoomaker
http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Eat-Soup-Knife-Counterinsurgency/dp/0226567702

2. The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One, by Dr. David Kilcullen
http://www.amazon.com/Accidental-Guerrilla-Fighting-Small-Midst/dp/0195368347/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255529104&sr=1-1

3. Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice, by David Galula
http://www.amazon.com/Counterinsurgency-Warfare-Theory-Practice-Classics/dp/0275993035/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255529222&sr=1-1

4. Organizations at War: In Afghanistan and Beyond, by Abdulkader Sinno
http://www.amazon.com/Organizations-at-War-Afghanistan-Beyond/dp/080144618X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255529285&sr=1-1

5. The Logic of Violence in Civil War, by Stathis N. Kalyvas
http://www.amazon.com/Violence-Cambridge-Studies-Comparative-Politics/dp/0521670047/ref=pd_sim_b_87

Afghanistan Literature:
5. In the Graveyard of Empires: America's War in Afghanistan, by Seth G. Jones
http://www.amazon.com/Graveyard-Empires-Americas-War-Afghanistan/dp/0393068986/ref=pd_sim_b_1

6. Koran, Kalashnikov, and Laptop: The Neo-Taliban Insurgency in Afghanistan, by Antonio Guistozzi
http://www.amazon.com/Koran-Kalashnikov-Laptop-Neo-Taliban-Afghanistan/dp/0231700105/ref=pd_sim_b_1

7. Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan: RAND Counterinsurgency Study--Volume 4 (2008), by Seth G. Jones
http://www.amazon.com/Counterinsurgency-Afghanistan-RAND-Study/dp/0833041339/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255529410&sr=1-1

8. The Fragmentation of Afghanistan: State Formation and Collapse in the International System, Second Edition, by Barnett Rubin
http://www.amazon.com/Fragmentation-Afghanistan-Formation-Collapse-International/dp/0300095198/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255529676&sr=1-1

9. Descent into Chaos: The U.S. and the Disaster in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia, by Ahmed Rashid
http://www.amazon.com/Descent-into-Chaos-Disaster-Afghanistan/dp/014311557X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255529472&sr=1-1

10. Triage: The Next Twelve Months in Afghanistan and Pakistan, by Andrew M. Exum, Nathaniel C. Fick, Ahmed A. Humayun, Dr. David Kilcullen
http://www.cnas.org/files/documents/publications/ExumFickHumayun_TriageAfPak_June09.pdf

Military Doctrine:
The U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual, by Sarah Sewell, Gen. David Petraeus, and John Nagl.
http://www.amazon.com/Marine-Corps-Counterinsurgency-Field-Manual/dp/0226841510/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255529802&sr=1-1

The U.S. Army Stability Operations Field Manual: U.S. Army Field Manual No. 3-07, by Janine Davidson, William B. Caldwell IV, Michele Flournoy, and Shawn Brimley
http://www.amazon.com/U-S-Stability-Operations-Field-Manual/dp/0472033905/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255540255&sr=8-1

Military Affairs:
The New Counterinsurgency Era: Transforming the U.S. Military for Modern Wars, by Dr. David Ucko
http://www.amazon.com/New-Counterinsurgency-Era-Transforming-Military/dp/158901488X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255530360&sr=1-1

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