War Books

War books describe war tactics and methods, tell the history of past wars, explain military structures and developments, or document individual experiences of wars. This collection contains war books from ancient authors like Sun Tzu or Thucydides as well as books on modern war techniques or books about one of the great wars of the past centuries.

Armies of Sand: The Past, Present, and Future of Arab Military Effectiveness
Kenneth Pollack
Amazon
Backlands: The Canudos Campaign
Euclides da Cunha
Amazon
Original Language: Portuguese
Original Title: Os Sertões
Blundering to Glory: Napoleon's Military Campaigns
Owen Connelly
Amazon
Confessions Of The Old Wizard: The Autobiography Of Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht
Hjalmar Schacht
Amazon
Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook
Edward N. Luttwak
Amazon
Fight, Flight, Mimic: Identity Mimicry in Conflict
Diego Gambetta & Thomas Hegghammer
Amazon
History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides
Amazon
Info
Isonzo: The Forgotten Sacrifice of the Great War
John R. Schindler
Amazon
Kissinger's Shadow: The Long Reach of America's Most Controversial Statesman
Greg Grandin
Amazon
Maurice's Strategikon: Handbook of Byzantine Military Strategy
Maurice
Amazon
Military Power: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern Battle
Stephen Biddle
Amazon
Never at War: Why Democracies Will Not Fight One Another
Spencer Weart
Amazon
Nonstate Warfare: The Military Methods of Guerillas, Warlords, and Militias
Stephen Biddle
Amazon
On War
General Carl von Clausewitz
Amazon
Only the Dead: The Persistence of War in the Modern Age
Bear F. Braumoeller
Amazon
Info
Ordnance Went Up Front
Roy F. Dunlap
Amazon
Pax: War and Peace in Rome’s Golden Age
Tom Holland
Amazon
Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan
William Dalrymple
Amazon
The Art of War
Sun Tzu
Amazon
The Art of War
Baron Antoine-Henri De Jomini
Amazon
The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide
Gary J. Bass
Amazon
The Book of Five Rings
Miyamoto Musashi
Amazon
The Cat from Hue: A Vietnam War Story
John Laurence
Amazon
The Dictator's Army: Battlefield Effectiveness in Authoritarian Regimes
Caitlin Talmadge
Amazon
The Good Soldier
Ford Madox Ford
Amazon
The Good Soldier Švejk
Jaroslav Hašek
Amazon
The Iliad
Homer
Amazon
The Jewish War
Flavius Josephus
Amazon
The Jugurthine War - The Conspiracy of Catiline
Sallust
Amazon
The Memoirs of Baron De Marbot
Baron de Marbot
Amazon
The Persian Wars
Procopius of Caesarea
Amazon
The Roman Army
Peter Connolly
Amazon
The Soul of Battle: From Ancient Times to the Present Day, How Three Great Liberators Vanquished Tyranny
Victor David Hanson
Amazon
The Trial Of Henry Kissinger
Christopher Hitchens
Amazon
The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy
Adam Tooze
Amazon
Under Fire
Henri Barbusse
Amazon
War and Power in the Twenty-First Century: The State, Military Power and the International System
Paul Hirst
Amazon
War is a Racket
Smedley D. Butler
Amazon

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War Books

Armies of Sand: The Past, Present, and Future of Arab Military Effectiveness

Backlands: The Canudos Campaign

Blundering to Glory: Napoleon's Military Campaigns

Confessions Of The Old Wizard: The Autobiography Of Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht

Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook

Fight, Flight, Mimic: Identity Mimicry in Conflict

History of the Peloponnesian War

Isonzo: The Forgotten Sacrifice of the Great War

Kissinger's Shadow: The Long Reach of America's Most Controversial Statesman

Maurice's Strategikon: Handbook of Byzantine Military Strategy

Military Power: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern Battle

Never at War: Why Democracies Will Not Fight One Another

Nonstate Warfare: The Military Methods of Guerillas, Warlords, and Militias

On War

Only the Dead: The Persistence of War in the Modern Age

Ordnance Went Up Front

Pax: War and Peace in Rome’s Golden Age

Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan

The Art of War

The Art of War

The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide

The Book of Five Rings

The Cat from Hue: A Vietnam War Story

The Dictator's Army: Battlefield Effectiveness in Authoritarian Regimes

The Good Soldier

The Good Soldier Švejk

The Iliad

The Jewish War

The Jugurthine War - The Conspiracy of Catiline

The Memoirs of Baron De Marbot

The Persian Wars

The Roman Army

The Soul of Battle: From Ancient Times to the Present Day, How Three Great Liberators Vanquished Tyranny

The Trial Of Henry Kissinger

The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy

Under Fire

War and Power in the Twenty-First Century: The State, Military Power and the International System

War is a Racket

Featured Books

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