War

War shapes both battlefields and human hearts, leaving indelible marks on soldiers and civilians alike through combat, strategy, and profound moral choices. These powerful accounts and analyses explore humanity's greatest conflicts - from ancient warfare to modern cyberthreats, from frontline combat to home front struggles - revealing their lasting impact on individuals, nations, and the course of history.

War Book Summaries

Starship Troopers Summary

Starship Troopers

by Robert A. Heinlein 1959 264 pages

Science Fiction

Military Fiction

The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China Summary

The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China

by Ralph D. Sawyer 1993 592 pages

Military Fiction

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine Summary

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine

A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917–2017

by Rashid Khalidi 2020 336 pages

Hiroshima Summary

by John Hersey 1946 152 pages

by David McCullough 2005 386 pages

American History

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

Three Sisters Summary

by Heather Morris 2021 416 pages

Historical Fiction

The Return of Great Powers Summary

The Return of Great Powers

Russia, China, and the Next World War

by Jim Sciutto 2024 368 pages

War on Peace Summary

The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence

by Ronan Farrow 2018 392 pages

A Line in the Sand Summary

A Line in the Sand

Britain, France and the Struggle that Shaped the Middle East

by James Barr 2011 352 pages

Red Storm Rising Summary

Red Storm Rising

by Tom Clancy 1986

Military Fiction

Black Hawk Down Summary

Black Hawk Down

A Story of Modern War

by Mark Bowden 1999 386 pages

Military Fiction

On Democracies and Death Cults Summary

On Democracies and Death Cults

Israel and the Future of Civilization

by Douglas Murray 2025 240 pages

For Whom the Bell Tolls Summary

For Whom the Bell Tolls

by Ernest Hemingway 1940 471 pages

Historical Fiction

Spies, Lies, and Algorithms Summary

Spies, Lies, and Algorithms

The History and Future of American Intelligence

by Amy B. Zegart 2022 360 pages

The American Military Adventure in Iraq

by Thomas E. Ricks 2006 482 pages

Military Fiction

Cilka's Journey Summary

Cilka's Journey

by Heather Morris 2019 352 pages

Historical Fiction

Making Bombs for Hitler Summary

Making Bombs for Hitler

by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch 2012 186 pages

Historical Fiction

The Great War for Civilisation Summary

The Great War for Civilisation

The Conquest of the Middle East

by Robert Fisk 2005 1111 pages

Area 51 Summary

An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base

by Annie Jacobsen 2011 540 pages

Military Fiction

Fearless Summary

The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown

by Eric Blehm 2012 257 pages

Military Fiction

The German Wife Summary

The German Wife

by Kelly Rimmer 2022 464 pages

Historical Fiction

Soul Hunter Summary

by Aaron Dembski-Bowden 2010 416 pages

Science Fiction

Why Men Fight Summary

by Bertrand Russell 1916 280 pages

Infantry Attacks Summary

Infantry Attacks

by Erwin Rommel 1937 265 pages

Military Fiction

When the World Was Ours Summary

When the World Was Ours

by Liz Kessler 2021 352 pages

Historical Fiction

The English Patient Summary

The English Patient

by Michael Ondaatje 1992 320 pages

Historical Fiction

No Hero Summary

The Evolution of a Navy SEAL

by Mark Owen 2014 304 pages

Military Fiction

The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service

by Michael Bar-Zohar 2010 388 pages

All the Shah's Men Summary

All the Shah's Men

An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror

by Stephen Kinzer 2003 272 pages

Adolf Hitler Summary

My Part in His Downfall

by Spike Milligan 1971 142 pages

War as I Knew It Summary

War as I Knew It

by George S. Patton Jr. 1947 425 pages

Military Fiction

Central America's Forgotten History Summary

Central America's Forgotten History

Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration

by Aviva Chomsky 2021 304 pages

Latin American History

The Nazis Summary

A Warning from History

by Laurence Rees 1997 256 pages

The Pianist from Syria Summary

The Pianist from Syria

by Aeham Ahmad 2017 240 pages

by Geraldine Brooks 2005 280 pages

Historical Fiction

The Good Muslim Summary

The Good Muslim

by Tahmima Anam 2011 304 pages

Historical Fiction

Facing Violence Summary

Facing Violence

Preparing for the Unexpected

by Rory Miller 2011 242 pages

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Summary

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

by Ilan Pappé 2006 320 pages

Allah Is Not Obliged Summary

Allah Is Not Obliged

by Ahmadou Kourouma 2000 215 pages

African Literature

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

One Bullet Away Summary

One Bullet Away

The Making of a Marine Officer

by Nathaniel Fick 2005 372 pages

Military Fiction

Elephant Run Summary

by Roland Smith 2007 318 pages

Historical Fiction

The Next Civil War Summary

The Next Civil War

Dispatches from the American Future

by Stephen Marche 2022 238 pages

American History

Command and Control Summary

Command and Control

Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

by Eric Schlosser 2013 656 pages

The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War

by Robert Coram 2004 504 pages

Military Fiction

On the Psychology of Military Incompetence Summary

On the Psychology of Military Incompetence

by Norman F. Dixon 1976 448 pages

Military Fiction

A People's History from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India

by Anam Zakaria 2019 402 pages

Surprise, Kill, Vanish Summary

Surprise, Kill, Vanish

The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins

by Annie Jacobsen 2019 560 pages

Military Fiction

How Conflict Shaped Us

by Margaret MacMillan 2020 304 pages

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