Military Fiction Book Summaries

The Cardinal of the Kremlin Summary
The Cardinal of the Kremlin
by Tom Clancy 1988 547 pages
4.10
59.2K ratings
Thriller
Espionage
Military Fiction
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
137.8K ratings
Biography
Military Fiction
History
Starship Troopers Summary
Starship Troopers
by Robert A. Heinlein 1959 264 pages
4.01
239.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Military Fiction
The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China Summary
The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China
by Ralph D. Sawyer 1993 592 pages
4.20
600 ratings
History
China
Military Fiction
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
3.92
186 ratings
Leadership
Business
Military Fiction
The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell Summary
The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell
by Oren Harari 2002 288 pages
4.05
628 ratings
Leadership
Business
Biography
Risk Summary
Risk
A User's Guide
by Stanley McChrystal 2021 368 pages
3.66
716 ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
Meditations on Violence Summary
Meditations on Violence
A Comparison of Martial Arts Training & Real World Violence
by Rory Miller 2008 202 pages
4.33
1.8K ratings
Martial Arts
Psychology
Philosophy
The Bomber Mafia Summary
The Bomber Mafia
A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
by Malcolm Gladwell 2021 256 pages
4.03
60.3K ratings
History
War
World War II
Red Storm Rising Summary
Red Storm Rising
by Tom Clancy 1986
4.21
83.2K ratings
Thriller
Military Fiction
War
Black Hawk Down Summary
Black Hawk Down
A Story of Modern War
by Mark Bowden 1999 386 pages
4.30
67.5K ratings
History
Military Fiction
War
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
1.3K ratings
History
Politics
Espionage
The Art of Intelligence Summary
The Art of Intelligence
by Henry A. Crumpton 2012 11 pages
3.84
3.1K ratings
History
Espionage
Politics
Fiasco Summary
Fiasco
The American Military Adventure in Iraq
by Thomas E. Ricks 2006 482 pages
4.09
7.7K ratings
History
Politics
Military Fiction
The Hacker and the State Summary
The Hacker and the State
Cyber Attacks and the New Normal of Geopolitics
by Ben Buchanan 2020 384 pages
4.22
771 ratings
Technology
Politics
Science
Area 51 Summary
Area 51
An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base
by Annie Jacobsen 2011 540 pages
3.85
10.3K ratings
History
Science
Military Fiction
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
21.3K ratings
Biography
Military Fiction
History
Call Sign Chaos Summary
Call Sign Chaos
Learning to Lead
by Jim Mattis 2019 320 pages
4.30
13.2K ratings
Leadership
Military Fiction
Biography
Tom Clancy Defense Protocol Summary
Tom Clancy Defense Protocol
by Brian Andrews 2024 506 pages
4.60
4.3K ratings
Thriller
Military Fiction
Political Thriller
The Fear Bubble Summary
The Fear Bubble
Harness Fear and Live Without Limits
by Ant Middleton 2019 323 pages
4.12
4.9K ratings
Self Help
Biography
Military Fiction
Patriot Games Summary
Patriot Games
by Tom Clancy 1987 794 pages
4.16
211.2K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Espionage
Strategic Vision Summary
Strategic Vision
America and the Crisis of Global Power
by Zbigniew Brzeziński 2012 224 pages
3.79
1.2K ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
Infantry Attacks Summary
Infantry Attacks
by Erwin Rommel 1937 265 pages
4.20
3.4K ratings
History
Military Fiction
War
No Hero Summary
No Hero
The Evolution of a Navy SEAL
by Mark Owen 2014 304 pages
4.14
5.1K ratings
Military Fiction
History
Biography
Mossad Summary
Mossad
The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service
by Michael Bar-Zohar 2010 388 pages
4.19
15.0K ratings
History
Israel
Espionage
It Worked for Me Summary
It Worked for Me
In Life and Leadership
by Colin Powell 2012 304 pages
4.09
6.7K ratings
Leadership
Biography
Memoir
Zero Negativity Summary
Zero Negativity
The Power of Positive Thinking
by Ant Middleton 2020 336 pages
4.01
2.5K ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Military Fiction
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
815 ratings
History
Politics
International Relations
War as I Knew It Summary
War as I Knew It
by George S. Patton Jr. 1947 425 pages
4.13
2.8K ratings
History
Biography
Military Fiction
Facing Violence Summary
Facing Violence
Preparing for the Unexpected
by Rory Miller 2011 242 pages
4.25
1.0K ratings
Martial Arts
Psychology
Self Help
Dante Summary
Dante
by Guy Haley 2017 304 pages
4.33
1.6K ratings
40k
Science Fiction
Fantasy
One Bullet Away Summary
One Bullet Away
The Making of a Marine Officer
by Nathaniel Fick 2005 372 pages
4.20
11.5K ratings
Military Fiction
War
History
Godblight Summary
Godblight
by Guy Haley 2021 369 pages
4.24
1.7K ratings
40k
Science Fiction
Fantasy
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
2.9K ratings
Leadership
Self Help
Personal Development
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
14.0K ratings
History
Politics
Science
On the Psychology of Military Incompetence Summary
On the Psychology of Military Incompetence
by Norman F. Dixon 1976 448 pages
3.96
723 ratings
History
Psychology
Military Fiction
Boyd Summary
Boyd
The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
by Robert Coram 2004 504 pages
4.18
7.7K ratings
Biography
History
Military Fiction
Surprise, Kill, Vanish Summary
Surprise, Kill, Vanish
The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins
by Annie Jacobsen 2019 560 pages
4.33
6.1K ratings
History
Military Fiction
Politics
War Summary
War
How Conflict Shaped Us
by Margaret MacMillan 2020 304 pages
3.58
3.7K ratings
History
War
Politics
Executive Orders Summary
Executive Orders
by Tom Clancy 1996 1273 pages
4.12
52.7K ratings
Thriller
Military Fiction
Espionage
Witness to Surrender Summary
Witness to Surrender
by Siddique Salik 1977 245 pages
3.86
237 ratings
History
Pakistan
Politics
Leadership in War Summary
Leadership in War
Essential Lessons from Those Who Made History
by Andrew Roberts 2019 256 pages
3.80
1.4K ratings
History
Leadership
Biography
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything Summary
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything
Tales from the Pentagon
by Rosa Brooks 2016 448 pages
3.93
1.8K ratings
Politics
History
Military Fiction
Left of Bang Summary
Left of Bang
How the Marine Corps' Combat Hunter Program Can Save Your Life
by Patrick Van Horne 2014 228 pages
3.98
3.0K ratings
Military Fiction
Survival
Psychology
It Doesn't Take a Hero Summary
It Doesn't Take a Hero
The Autobiography of General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
by Norman Schwarzkopf 1992 656 pages
4.10
3.4K ratings
Biography
Military Fiction
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
2.9K ratings
History
Politics
China
The Ghost Brigades Summary
The Ghost Brigades
by John Scalzi 2006 343 pages
4.12
91.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Military Fiction
Science Fiction Fantasy
The 5 Love Languages Military Edition Summary
The 5 Love Languages Military Edition
The Secret to Love That Lasts
by Gary Chapman 2013 224 pages
4.34
1.7K ratings
Self Help
Military Fiction
Relationships
The Twilight Struggle Summary
The Twilight Struggle
What the Cold War Teaches Us about Great-Power Rivalry Today
by Hal Brands 2022 318 pages
3.99
214 ratings
Politics
History
Military Fiction
Understanding Iran Summary
Understanding Iran
Everything You Need to Know, From Persia to the Islamic Republic, From Cyrus to Khamenei
by William R. Polk 2009 272 pages
3.87
359 ratings
History
Iran
Politics
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