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

Red Storm Rising Summary

Red Storm Rising

by Tom Clancy 1986

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

A Farewell to Arms Summary

A Farewell to Arms

by Ernest Hemingway 1929 293 pages

Historical Fiction

Area 51 Summary

An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base

by Annie Jacobsen 2011 540 pages

Military Fiction

by David McCullough 2005 386 pages

American History

Code Name Verity Summary

Code Name Verity

by Elizabeth Wein 2012 452 pages

Historical Fiction

Starship Troopers Summary

Starship Troopers

by Robert A. Heinlein 1959 264 pages

Science Fiction

Military Fiction

Hiroshima Summary

by John Hersey 1946 152 pages

On Democracies and Death Cults Summary

On Democracies and Death Cults

Israel and the Future of Civilization

by Douglas Murray 2025 240 pages

American Sniper Summary

American Sniper

The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

by Chris Kyle 2012 502 pages

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 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

The Return of Great Powers Summary

The Return of Great Powers

Russia, China, and the Next World War

by Jim Sciutto 2024 368 pages

The Persian Expedition Summary

The Persian Expedition

by Xenophon 375 pages

Ancient History

The March Of Folly Summary

The March Of Folly

From Troy To Vietnam

by Barbara W. Tuchman 1984 447 pages

Infantry Attacks Summary

Infantry Attacks

by Erwin Rommel 1937 265 pages

Military Fiction

Dead Wake Summary

The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

by Erik Larson 2015 430 pages

Three Sisters Summary

by Heather Morris 2021 416 pages

Historical Fiction

For Whom the Bell Tolls Summary

For Whom the Bell Tolls

by Ernest Hemingway 1940 471 pages

Historical Fiction

Soul Hunter Summary

by Aaron Dembski-Bowden 2010 416 pages

Science Fiction

War on Peace Summary

The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence

by Ronan Farrow 2018 392 pages

Life and Fate Summary

by Vasily Grossman 1960 864 pages

Historical Fiction

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

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 American Military Adventure in Iraq

by Thomas E. Ricks 2006 482 pages

Military Fiction

The English Patient Summary

The English Patient

by Michael Ondaatje 1992 320 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

Cilka's Journey Summary

Cilka's Journey

by Heather Morris 2019 352 pages

Historical 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

Counterinsurgency Warfare Summary

Counterinsurgency Warfare

Theory and Practice

by David Galula 1964 128 pages

Military Fiction

War as I Knew It Summary

War as I Knew It

by George S. Patton Jr. 1947 425 pages

Military Fiction

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Summary

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

by Ilan Pappé 2006 320 pages

by Geraldine Brooks 2005 280 pages

Historical Fiction

The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service

by Michael Bar-Zohar 2010 388 pages

The Great War for Civilisation Summary

The Great War for Civilisation

The Conquest of the Middle East

by Robert Fisk 2005 1111 pages

Metaphysics of War Summary

Metaphysics of War

by Julius Evola 1996 154 pages

The Kindly Ones Summary

The Kindly Ones

by Jonathan Littell 2006 984 pages

Historical Fiction

No Hero Summary

The Evolution of a Navy SEAL

by Mark Owen 2014 304 pages

Military Fiction

Command and Control Summary

Command and Control

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

by Eric Schlosser 2013 656 pages

On the Psychology of Military Incompetence Summary

On the Psychology of Military Incompetence

by Norman F. Dixon 1976 448 pages

Military Fiction

Why Men Fight Summary

by Bertrand Russell 1916 280 pages

Allah Is Not Obliged Summary

Allah Is Not Obliged

by Ahmadou Kourouma 2000 215 pages

African Literature

The Next Civil War Summary

The Next Civil War

Dispatches from the American Future

by Stephen Marche 2022 238 pages

American History

War and Peace and War Summary

War and Peace and War

The Rise and Fall of Empires

by Peter Turchin 2005 416 pages

How Conflict Shaped Us

by Margaret MacMillan 2020 304 pages

A People's History from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India

by Anam Zakaria 2019 402 pages

The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War

by Robert Coram 2004 504 pages

Military Fiction

The Art of War Summary

by Niccolò Machiavelli 1521 247 pages

Facing Violence Summary

Facing Violence

Preparing for the Unexpected

by Rory Miller 2011 242 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

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