Encl. (3) to COMDTINST 5351.1
Coast Guard Professional Reading List
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PURPOSE
This reading list is designed to offer Coast Guard people recommended
books, magazines, and journals related to leadership. This list is not all-
inclusive; the goal is to provide a starting point or expand existing
knowledge and skills.
The reading list provides a tool for individual leadership growth-taking into
account that responsibility for leadership development rests on each
individual, his or her unit, and the organization.
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SELECTING
Books are listed in four categories by rank and grade. Categories were
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created as a means to organize the many books available. Do not feel bound
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to those listed at your level; explore up and down the list based on your own
interests.
To help people choose the books that will be most valuable to them,
summaries of each title will be made available on the Leadership
Development Center Web site at
http://www.dot.gov/dotinfo/uscg/hq/uscga/ldc/ldc.html.
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E-1 to E-6, GS-1 to GS-6, WG-1 to WG-11, WL-1 to
WL-5, WS-1 to WS-7, NF-1 to NF-3, AUX MBR
Consider reading four to six books annually from the following list:
The Coast Guardsman's Manual (8th Edition), George E. Krietemeyer,
CAPT, USCG (Retired)
The Art of Communicating, Bert Decker
Beyond Race and Gender, R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr.
Castro's Ploy-America's Dilemma: The 1980 Cuban Boatlift, Alex
Larzelere
The Coast Guard at War: Vietnam, 1965-1975, Alex Larzelere
Coastal Forces, Barry Clarke, Jurgen Fielitz, and Malcolm Touchin
A Code to Keep, Ernest C. Brace
Guardians of the Sea: History of the U.S. Coast Guard, 1915 to the
Present, Robert E. Johnson
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