MCUP Titles A-Z
A New Conception of War
John Boyd, The U.S. Marines, and Maneuver Warfare
By Ian T. Brown
Acknowledging Limits
Police Advisors and Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
By William Rosenau
Afghanistan
Alone and Unafraid
By Lieutenant Colonel David A. Benhoff
Al-Anbar Awakening
Volume 1, American Perspectives
U.S. Marines and Counterinsurgency in Iraq, 2004-2009
By Chief Warrant Officer-4 Timothy S. McWilliams and Lieutenant Colonel Kurtis P. Wheeler
Al-Anbar Awakening
Volume 2, Iraqi Perspectives
From Insurgency to Counterinsurgency in Iraq, 2004-2009
By Colonel Gary W. Montgomery and Chief Warrant Officer-4 Timothy S. McWilliams
Al-Qaida after Ten Years of War
A Global Perspective of Successes, Failures, and Prospects
By Norman Cigar and Stephanie E. Kramer
Al-Qaida, the Tribes, and the Government
Lessons and Prospects for Iraq's Unstable Triangle
By Norman Cigar
Among Heroes
A Marine Corps Rifle Company on Peleliu
First Sergeant Jack R. Ainsworth
Among the People
U.S. Marines in Iraq
By Lieutenant Colonel David A. Benhoff
An Annotated Guide to Tactics
Carl von Clausewitz's Theory of the Combat
Edited and annotated by Olivia A. Garard
Applications in Operational Culture
Perspectives from the Field
By Paula Holmes-Eber, Patrice M. Scanlon, and Andrea L. Hamlen
Aspects of Leadership
Ethics, Law, and Spirituality
By Carroll Connelley and Paolo Tripodi
The Best-Laid Schemes
A Tale of Social Research and Bureaucracy
By Seymour J. Deitchman
Boots and Suits
Historical Cases and Contemporary Lessons in Military Diplomacy
Edited by Ambassador Philip S. Kosnett (Ret)
The Boundaries of War
Local and Global Perspectives in Military History
Edited by Lee L. Brice and Timothy M. Roberts
Case Studies in Operational Culture
By Paula Holmes-Eber and Major Marcus J. Mainz
China's Emerging National Security Interests and Their Impact on the People's Liberation Army
By Murray Scot Tanner and Peter W. MacKenzie
Coalition Leadership
Lessons Learned While Commanding A NATO Brigade in Afghanistan
By Colonel James L. Creighton, USA (Ret)
Complex Terrain
Megacities and the Changing Character of Urban Operations
By Benjamin M. Jensen, Henrik Breitenbach, and Brandon Valeriano
Confronting Security Challenges on the Korean Peninsula
By Bruce E. Bechtol Jr.
Considering Russia
Emergence of a Near Peer Competitor
By Matthew R. Slater, Michael Purcell, and Andrew M. Del Gaudio
Counterinsurgency Leadership in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Beyond
By Nicholas J. Schlosser and James M. Caiella
The Crisis of the African State
Globalism, Tribalism, and Jihadism in the Twenty-First Century
Edited by Anthony N. Celso and Robert Nalbandov
Culture General Guidebook
Globally Applicable Concepts and Skills for Military Professionals
Kerry Fosher, PhD, and Lauren Mackenzie, PhD,
with contributing authors Erika Tarzi, Kristin Post, Eric Gauldin, and Gregory (Chip) Marshall
Destination Unknown
Volume 1, Spring 2019
Destination Unknown
Volume 2, Fall 2020
Destination Unknown
Volume 3, Summer 2022
Destination Unknown
Volume 4, Winter 2023/24
The Dilemma of Lawlessness
Organized Crime, Violence, Prosperity, and Security along Guatemala's Borders
By Ralph Espach, Daniel Haering, Javier Meléndez Quiñonez, and Miguel Castillo Giron
Disaster Labs
How American States Use Partnerships to Manage the Unthinkable
By Austen D. Givens
Forging Wargamers
A Framework for Professional Military Education
Edited by Sebastian J. Bae
From Hegemony to Competition
Marine Perspectives on Expeditionary Advanced Basing Operations
edited by Matthew R. Slater
From the Major to the Missus
Letters from the War in Vietnam, October 1966 to October 1967
written by Major Ray B. Stice to Elizabeth “Gig” Stice
transcribed and edited by Robin Stice Maroney with John M. Curatola, PhD
The End of Don't Ask, Don't Tell
The Impact in Studies and Personal Essays by Service Members and Veterans
By J. Ford Huffman and Tammy S. Schultz
A Game of Hare & Hounds
An Operational-level Command Study of the Guilford Courthouse Campaign,
18 January-15 March 1781
By Harold Allen Skinner Jr.
Information Warfare
Forging Communication Strategies for Twenty-first Century Operational Environments
By James P. Farwell
The Iranian Puzzle Piece
Understanding Iran in the Global Context
By Amin Tarzi
Iwo Jima and the Bonin Islands in U.S.-Japanese Relations
American Strategy, Japanese Territory, and the Islanders In-Between
By Robert D. Eldridge
Khaos Company
A Commander's Account and Lessons Learned from the 2019 MAGTF Warfighting Exercise
By Captain Matthew S. Hanks, USMC, with Williamson Murray, PhD
Marines at War
Stories from Afghanistan and Iraq
Edited by Paolo G. Tripodi and Kelly Frushour
The Marine Corps War College Strategy Primer
The Marine Corps War College Strategy Primer
Expanded Edition
Marines in Crisis
The Cold Transformation of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1947- 1995
By Charles P. Neimeyer, PhD
The Mud and the Mirth
Marine Cartoonist in World War I
By Cord Scott
New Approaches to Nonstate Armed Actors
Edited by Kenneth H. Williams
Oil & War
How the Deadly Struggle for Fuel in World War II Meant Victory or Defeat
By Robert Goralski and Russell W. Freeburg
On Contested Shores
The Evolving Role of Amphibious Operations in the History of Warfare
Edited by Timothy Heck and B.A. Friedman
On Contested Shores
The Evolving Role of Amphibious Operations in the History of Warfare
Volume 2
Edited by Timothy Heck and B.A. Friedman, and Walker D. Mills
On the Ground in Afghanistan
Counterinsurgency in Practice
By Jerry Meyerle, Megan Katt, and Jim Gavrilis
Operational Culture and the Warfighter
Principles and Applications
By Barak A. Salmoni and Paula Holmes-Eber
Pacifist to Padre
The World War II Memoir of Chaplain Roland B. Gittelsohn, December 1941-January 1946
Edited by Donald M. Bishop
Patterns of Influence
Strategic Culture Case Studies and Conclusions
Edited by Matthew R. Slater
Phase Line Attila
The Amphibious Campaign for Cyprus, 1974
By Edward J. Erickson and Mesut Uyer
Political Warfare
Strategies for Combatting China's Plan to "Win without Fighting"
By Kerry K. Gershaneck
Preparing for an Era of Persistent Conflict
By Tammy S. Schultz
Power Projection
Proceeding from the 2022 Strategic Landpower Symposium
Edited by Colonel Gregory Cantwell, William Barry, and Major Justin Magula
The Race with No Finish Line
Assessing the Strategy of Regional Great Power Competition
By Martin Skold
Raging Waters
China, India, Bangladesh, Brahmaputra River Politics
By Nilanthi Samaranayake, Satu Limaye, Joel Wuthnow
Rethinking the Drone War
National Security, Legitimacy, and Civilian Casualties in U.S. Counterterrorism Operations
By Larry Lewis and Diane Vavrichek
Rethinking the Middle East in Transition
Edited by Kenneth Williams
The Rise and Decline of U.S. Military Culture Programs, 2004-20
Edited by Kerry B. Fosher, PhD, and Lauren Mackenzie, PhD
Saddam Hussein's Nuclear Vision
An Atomic Shield and Sword for Conquest
By Norman Cigar
Shared Experience
Organizational Culture and Ethos at the U.S. Marine Corps Basic School, 1924-41
By Jennifer L. Mazzara, PhD
Strategic Water
Iraq and Security Planning in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin
By Frederick Lorenz and Edward J. Erickson, PhD
Strategic Water
Iraq and Security Planning in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin, Expanded Edition
By Frederick Lorenz and Edward J. Erickson, PhD
The Trillion Dollar War
The U.S. Effort to Rebuild Afghanistan, 1999–2021
By Abid Amiri
U.S. Marines and Irregular Warfare, 1989-2007
Anthology and Selected Bibliography
By Colonel Stephen S. Evans
Warfare in Peacetime: Proxies and State Powers
By Christopher C. Harmon, PhD
Wargaming Waterloo
By Charles J. Esdaile, PhD
War, Will, and Warlords
Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2011
By Robert M. Cassidy
Women, Peace, & Security in Professional Military Education
Edited by Lauren Mackenzie, PhD; and Lieutenant Colonel Dana Perkins, PhD
Women, Peace, & Security in Professional Military Education, volume 2
Edited by Lauren Mackenzie, PhD; and Colonel Dana Perkins, PhD
What It Means to Be a Man
How to Become a Better Person
by Major General Bill Mullen (Ret)
Wotan's Workshop
Military Experiments Before World War II
By Brian McCue