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The Best and the Brightest Summary
The Best and the Brightest
by David Halberstam 1969 720 pages
4.27
12k+ ratings
History
Politics
War
Starship Troopers Summary
Starship Troopers
by Robert A. Heinlein 1959 264 pages
4.01
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Military Fiction
The Hero Code Summary
The Hero Code
Lessons Learned from Lives Well Lived
by William H. McRaven 2021 176 pages
4.34
5k+ ratings
Leadership
Self Help
Military Fiction
The Art of Intelligence Summary
The Art of Intelligence
by Henry A. Crumpton 2012 11 pages
3.84
3k+ ratings
History
Espionage
Politics
SEAL Team Six Summary
SEAL Team Six
Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper
by Howard E. Wasdin 2011 331 pages
4.06
18k+ ratings
Military Fiction
History
Biography
Infantry Attacks Summary
Infantry Attacks
by Erwin Rommel 1937 265 pages
4.20
3k+ ratings
History
Military Fiction
War
The Bomber Mafia Summary
The Bomber Mafia
A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
by Malcolm Gladwell 2021 320 pages
4.02
65k+ ratings
History
War
World War II
The Art of War and Other Classics of Eastern Thought Summary
The Art of War and Other Classics of Eastern Thought
by Sun Tzu 2013 760 pages
4.14
7k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
How Spies Think Summary
How Spies Think
Ten Lessons in Intelligence
by David Omand 2020 344 pages
3.62
500+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Espionage
Fearless Summary
Fearless
The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown
by Eric Blehm 2012 257 pages
4.57
22k+ ratings
Biography
Military Fiction
History
American Sniper Summary
American Sniper
The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
by Chris Kyle 2012 502 pages
4.03
100k+ ratings
Biography
Military Fiction
History
Resilience Summary
Resilience
Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life
by Eric Greitens 2015 320 pages
4.22
4k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
The Navy SEAL Art of War Summary
The Navy SEAL Art of War
Leadership Lessons from the World's Most Elite Fighting Force
by Rob Roy 2015 224 pages
3.94
193 ratings
Leadership
Business
Self Help
War as I Knew It Summary
War as I Knew It
by George S. Patton Jr. 1947 425 pages
4.12
2k+ ratings
History
Biography
Military Fiction
Dante Summary
Dante
by Guy Haley 2017 304 pages
4.32
1k+ ratings
40k
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Call Sign Chaos Summary
Call Sign Chaos
Learning to Lead
by Jim Mattis 2019 320 pages
4.29
13k+ ratings
Leadership
Military Fiction
Biography
Risk Summary
Risk
A User's Guide
by Stanley McChrystal 2021 368 pages
3.64
500+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China, including The Art of War Summary
The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China, including The Art of War
by Ralph D. Sawyer 1993 586 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
History
China
Military Fiction
The Deserter Summary
The Deserter
by Nelson DeMille 2019 544 pages
4.09
19k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Military Fiction
Fiasco Summary
Fiasco
The American Military Adventure in Iraq
by Thomas E. Ricks 2006 482 pages
4.09
7k+ ratings
History
Politics
War
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young Summary
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young
Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam
by Harold G. Moore 1991 480 pages
4.34
33k+ ratings
History
Military Fiction
War
On the Psychology of Military Incompetence Summary
On the Psychology of Military Incompetence
by Norman F. Dixon 1976 448 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
History
Psychology
Military Fiction
Boyd Summary
Boyd
The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
by Robert Coram 2002 504 pages
4.19
8k+ ratings
Biography
History
Military Fiction
The Avoidable War Summary
The Avoidable War
The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China
by Kevin Rudd 2022 432 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
China
Politics
History
Ghost Fleet Summary
Ghost Fleet
A Novel of the Next World War
by P.W. Singer 2015 404 pages
3.76
12k+ ratings
Military Fiction
Science Fiction
Thriller
The Hacker and the State Summary
The Hacker and the State
Cyber Attacks and the New Normal of Geopolitics
by Ben Buchanan 2020 406 pages
4.19
500+ ratings
Technology
Politics
Science
Strategic Vision Summary
Strategic Vision
America and the Crisis of Global Power
by Zbigniew Brzeziński 2012 224 pages
3.80
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
Spies, Lies, and Algorithms Summary
Spies, Lies, and Algorithms
The History and Future of American Intelligence
by Amy B. Zegart 2022 360 pages
3.95
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Espionage
No Hero Summary
No Hero
The Evolution of a Navy SEAL
by Mark Owen 2014 304 pages
4.14
5k+ ratings
Military Fiction
History
Biography
Rainbow Six Summary
Rainbow Six
by Tom Clancy 1998 912 pages
4.14
58k+ ratings
Thriller
Military Fiction
Action
Surprise, Kill, Vanish Summary
Surprise, Kill, Vanish
The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins
by Annie Jacobsen 2019 560 pages
4.31
7k+ ratings
History
Military Fiction
Politics
Executive Orders Summary
Executive Orders
by Tom Clancy 1996 1273 pages
4.12
53k+ ratings
Thriller
Military Fiction
Espionage
The Lion Summary
The Lion
Son of the Forest
by Mike Brooks 2023 290 pages
4.40
3k+ ratings
40k
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Severed Heart Summary
Severed Heart
by Kate Stewart 2024 720 pages
4.68
17k+ ratings
Romance
Dark Romance
Second Chance
Counterinsurgency Warfare Summary
Counterinsurgency Warfare
Theory and Practice
by David Galula 1964 128 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Military Fiction
War
History
War Summary
War
How Conflict Shaped Us
by Margaret MacMillan 2020 304 pages
3.58
3k+ ratings
History
War
Politics
The Fear Bubble Summary
The Fear Bubble
Harness Fear and Live Without Limits
by Ant Middleton 2019 323 pages
4.11
5k+ ratings
Self Help
Biography
Personal Development
One Bullet Away Summary
One Bullet Away
The Making of a Marine Officer
by Nathaniel Fick 2005 372 pages
4.21
11k+ ratings
Military Fiction
War
History
It Worked for Me Summary
It Worked for Me
In Life and Leadership
by Colin Powell 2012 304 pages
4.09
7k+ ratings
Leadership
Biography
Memoir
The Return of Marco Polo's World Summary
The Return of Marco Polo's World
War, Strategy, and American Interests in the Twenty-first Century
by Robert D. Kaplan 2018 304 pages
3.79
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Military Fiction
Facing Violence Summary
Facing Violence
Preparing for the Unexpected
by Rory Miller 2011 242 pages
4.25
1k+ ratings
Martial Arts
Psychology
Self Help
Witness to Surrender Summary
Witness to Surrender
by Siddique Salik 1977 245 pages
3.86
246 ratings
History
Pakistan
Politics
Command and Control Summary
Command and Control
Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
by Eric Schlosser 2013 656 pages
4.27
14k+ ratings
History
Politics
Science
The Code. The Evaluation. The Protocols Summary
The Code. The Evaluation. The Protocols
Striving to Become an Eminently Qualified Human
by Jocko Willink 2020 56 pages
4.39
3k+ ratings
Leadership
Self Help
Personal Development
The Ghost Brigades Summary
The Ghost Brigades
by John Scalzi 2006 343 pages
4.12
97k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Military Fiction
The Pink Marine Summary
The Pink Marine
by Greg Cope White 2016 266 pages
4.15
1k+ ratings
Memoir
LGBT
Queer
World on the Brink Summary
World on the Brink
How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century
by Dmitri Alperovitch 2024 400 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
China
Politics
History
Asia's Cauldron Summary
Asia's Cauldron
The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific
by Robert D. Kaplan 2014 256 pages
3.95
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
China
Zero Negativity Summary
Zero Negativity
The Power of Positive Thinking
by Ant Middleton 2020 336 pages
3.98
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Autobiography
Halo Summary
Halo
First Strike
by Eric S. Nylund 2003 352 pages
4.17
18k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Video Games
Military Fiction
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