Books about War

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.

A History of My Times
Xenophon
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Armies of Sand: The Past, Present, and Future of Arab Military Effectiveness
Kenneth Pollack
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Backlands: The Canudos Campaign
Euclides da Cunha
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Blundering to Glory: Napoleon's Military Campaigns
Owen Connelly
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Confessions Of The Old Wizard: The Autobiography Of Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht
Hjalmar Schacht
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Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook
Edward N. Luttwak
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Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War
Robert K Massie
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Fading Victory: The Diary of Admiral Matome Ugaki, 1941-1945
Matome Ugaki
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Fight, Flight, Mimic: Identity Mimicry in Conflict
Diego Gambetta & Thomas Hegghammer
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History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides
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Isonzo: The Forgotten Sacrifice of the Great War
John R. Schindler
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Kissinger's Shadow: The Long Reach of America's Most Controversial Statesman
Greg Grandin
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Maurice's Strategikon: Handbook of Byzantine Military Strategy
Maurice
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Military Power: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern Battle
Stephen Biddle
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Never at War: Why Democracies Will Not Fight One Another
Spencer Weart
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Nonstate Warfare: The Military Methods of Guerillas, Warlords, and Militias
Stephen Biddle
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On War
General Carl von Clausewitz
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Only the Dead: The Persistence of War in the Modern Age
Bear F. Braumoeller
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Ordnance Went Up Front
Roy F. Dunlap
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Pax: War and Peace in Rome’s Golden Age
Tom Holland
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Pity the Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon
Robert Fisk
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Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan
William Dalrymple
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph
T.E. Lawrence
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The Art of War
Sun Tzu
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The Art of War
Baron Antoine-Henri De Jomini
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The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide
Gary J. Bass
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The Blue Lamps
Hanna Mina
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The Book of Five Rings
Miyamoto Musashi
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The Campaigns of Alexander
Arrian
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The Capture of Thessaloniki
John Kaminiates
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The Cat from Hue: A Vietnam War Story
John Laurence
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The Dictator's Army: Battlefield Effectiveness in Authoritarian Regimes
Caitlin Talmadge
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The Ghosts of Cannae: Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic
Robert L. O'Connell
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The Good Soldier
Ford Madox Ford
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The Good Soldier Švejk
Jaroslav Hašek
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The History of Theophylact Simocatta
Theophylact Simocatta
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The Iliad
Homer
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The Jewish War
Flavius Josephus
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The Jugurthine War - The Conspiracy of Catiline
Sallust
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The Memoirs of Baron De Marbot
Baron de Marbot
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The Persian Wars
Procopius of Caesarea
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The Roman Army
Peter Connolly
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The Soul of Battle: From Ancient Times to the Present Day, How Three Great Liberators Vanquished Tyranny
Victor David Hanson
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The Trial Of Henry Kissinger
Christopher Hitchens
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The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy
Adam Tooze
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Under Fire
Henri Barbusse
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War and Power in the Twenty-First Century: The State, Military Power and the International System
Paul Hirst
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War is a Racket
Smedley D. Butler
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Books about War

A History of My Times

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

Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War

Fading Victory: The Diary of Admiral Matome Ugaki, 1941-1945

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

Pity the Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon

Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan

Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph

The Art of War

The Art of War

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

The Blue Lamps

The Book of Five Rings

The Campaigns of Alexander

The Capture of Thessaloniki

The Cat from Hue: A Vietnam War Story

The Dictator's Army: Battlefield Effectiveness in Authoritarian Regimes

The Ghosts of Cannae: Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic

The Good Soldier

The Good Soldier Švejk

The History of Theophylact Simocatta

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