 Hey everybody Dylan Schumacher, Citadel Defense and today's another edition of Tactical Book Review. I've been on a reading kick recently so I've narrowed it down to the first five books that you should read and These and this could change in a year, you know, depending if I read other books They could work their way in the list and bump some others out But right now these are the first five books you should read my idea here is that these five books Will progressively build on one another. They weren't written that way. They just will They will progressively build on one another in order to build help you build a American Militaristic mindset and skill set that is the purpose of this book list So this is not primarily aimed at conceal carry Though it could be used for that and there are definitely some useful books in here for that as you will see but this Book list these first five books you should read are going to help build you a Repertoire a knowledge set and a skill set if you apply the books appropriately in an American Militaristic heritage that's the phrase I'm going to use so if you want more on that we can talk more comment below But here's the list The first book you should read is Pistol craft by Reed Hendricks. I have separate reviews on all of these books I'm not going to go too into depth of them except to explain how they relate to one another So this book obviously as the title would would tell you pistol craft. It's going to teach you how to shoot a pistol Again, that's an important skill set for a concealed carry person for a military person for a police person for adults in America You need to know how to carry and shoot a pistol well because a pistol of course you can always have on you That's what makes them so wonderful is that we can carry them around in holsters and we can have Guns with us all the time that are on a person that aren't cumbersome and don't really impede our day-to-day life So pistol craft by Reed Hendricks great book get it read it Okay, the second book that builds off of that is Deadly force by Masada you so if you're going to carry a pistol every day for the rest of your life Which you should This book is going to help you understand the legalities around lethal force in this country So this of course is very helpful in that regard if you're going to learn how to carry a pistol You're going to of course need to know when it's legal to use it or not this book pistol craft oddly enough has a section on the Galilee in the beginning and What he does is reference this book for the whole section All he does is reference this book over and over again So go straight to the source Read this book of Masada you in case you're living under a rock or don't know who he is is a renowned Lethal force legal expert in in the concealed carry world So lethal force or deadly force by Masada you the other thing that this book will be helpful for is Understanding rules of engagement as we will cover later in this book series. So pistol craft Followed by deadly force the next book then you should read after those is American the American rifleman by Reed Hendricks. We have our pistol We know the laws around that now we need to have a rifle because rifles are go to war weapons They are also Personal better personal protection weapons because rifles are so much more effective at stopping threats than handguns are There's a variety of reasons for that But we're not going to get into that so you should have an air 15 You should have an AK you have a rifle an intermediate cartridge general purpose rifle You should know how to use it and this book is going to help you help start you off on the correct path there Then after we do that we have our skills down. We know how to shoot a pistol We know how to shoot a rifle. We understand the legalities around that now We need to start talking about working in teams with those weapons primarily your rifle So that's where the tactical manual small unit tactics by max velocity tactical comes in This book is going to help give you an understanding of the tactics of the movement of the team oriented functions With your weapons knowing how to shoot your weapons knowing how to have the skill with your weapons That's just baseline stuff really what we need to progress into next is Tactics how do we use those weapons with other people around how do we employ those weapons in situations? Being able to have a one-second draw or you know get quick up on the rifle and get your shots off is great Fantastic, we need to be able to do that But those are building blocks in the larger picture Okay, so after we get those skills narrowed down then we need to start saying well How do I do that when there's another guy with me or my wife with me or? Whatever and how do we build on those systems? How do we have when we do six when we have six people or 12 people or whatever? How are we going to work that out this book is going to start giving you a primer on that And help you understand how to work in teams, so it's a great book Then the last book of the first five books you should read is Leadership and training for the fight by Paul how? This book is going to help you understand the mindset the initiative the combat mindset The importance of applying all these other books that we just covered It's gonna really wrap it up and give it to you in a package of this is what it means to be a team leader This is what it means to take initiative. This is what it means to have a combat winning mindset. So these five books I can stack them up here These are the first five books that you should read because again, they're gonna build on one another They're gonna give you that understanding of being an American of having an American Militaristic heritage and starting to cultivate that for yourself. I will say disclaimer, right? I probably should have said this at the beginning none of these books are substitutes for training Nothing is ever a substitute for training. You should go out You should seek a qualified trainer and you should learn how to shoot your firearms These books are great primers for that and great launching pads for that and great supplements to that But nothing obviously is a replacement for hands-on training shooting moving tactics These are all sports in the sense that when you learn to shoot a basketball or whatever sport you played as a kid You did not sit in a room and read a book about how to play basketball, right? You did not sit and have someone draw on a whiteboard how to shoot a basketball You went out and you learned to shoot it by doing shooting weapons is the same thing Tactics is the same thing We need to be reading books to supplement these things and to further our knowledge in these areas and Sometimes we're not able to get to training and we need to read therefore even more because of that. However They're not substitutes. They're great supplements. So please get out there read some books If you need some training on how to shoot your weapons, please come see me. I would love to help you out Until then do brave beads and endure