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

Mapping the Bones Summary

Mapping the Bones

by Jane Yolen 2018 421 pages

Historical Fiction

Witness to Surrender Summary

Witness to Surrender

by Siddique Salik 1977 245 pages

Leadership in War Summary

Leadership in War

Essential Lessons from Those Who Made History

by Andrew Roberts 2019 256 pages

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

Military Fiction

The Splendid and the Vile Summary

The Splendid and the Vile

A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

by Erik Larson 2020 546 pages

Metaphysics of War Summary

Metaphysics of War

by Julius Evola 1996 154 pages

Left of Bang Summary

How the Marine Corps' Combat Hunter Program Can Save Your Life

by Patrick Van Horne 2014 228 pages

Military Fiction

Dark Territory Summary

The Secret History of Cyber War

by Fred Kaplan 2016 339 pages

War and Peace and War Summary

War and Peace and War

The Rise and Fall of Empires

by Peter Turchin 2005 416 pages

The Kindly Ones Summary

The Kindly Ones

by Jonathan Littell 2006 984 pages

Historical Fiction

The Blood Telegram Summary

The Blood Telegram

Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide

by Gary J. Bass 2013 528 pages

From Here to Eternity Summary

From Here to Eternity

by James Jones 1951 816 pages

Historical Fiction

Life and Fate Summary

by Vasily Grossman 1960 864 pages

Historical Fiction

The Ghost Brigades Summary

The Ghost Brigades

by John Scalzi 2006 343 pages

Science Fiction

Military Fiction

Science Fiction Fantasy

The Power of Women Summary

The Power of Women

A Doctor's Journey of Hope and Healing

by Denis Mukwege 2021 320 pages

A Century of War Summary

A Century of War

Anglo-American Oil Politics and the New World Order

by F. William Engdahl 1992 312 pages

Killing Hitler Summary

The Plots, the Assassins, and the Dictator Who Cheated Death

by Roger Moorhouse 2006 400 pages

Jackdaws Summary

by Ken Follett 2001 432 pages

Historical Fiction

The Giant Killer Summary

The Giant Killer

The shocking true story of a homeless war hero, hidden spy and his eterrnal vow to the woman he loved.

by David A. Yuzuk 2020 292 pages

Military Fiction

All Our Yesterdays Summary

All Our Yesterdays

by Natalia Ginzburg 1952 300 pages

Historical Fiction

Italian Literature

by Rachel Maddow 2012 288 pages

Brave Genius Summary

A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize

by Sean B. Carroll 2013 592 pages

The Battle For Syria Summary

The Battle For Syria

International Rivalry In The New Middle East

by Christopher Phillips 2016 320 pages

International Relations

Counterinsurgency Warfare Summary

Counterinsurgency Warfare

Theory and Practice

by David Galula 1964 128 pages

Military Fiction

A War Reporter's Mission to Make It Home

by Benjamin Hall 2023 281 pages

New Cold Wars Summary

China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West

by David E. Sanger 2024 528 pages

Stories Are Weapons Summary

Stories Are Weapons

Psychological Warfare and the American Mind

by Annalee Newitz 2024 246 pages

The World Played Chess Summary

The World Played Chess

by Robert Dugoni 2021 400 pages

Historical Fiction

The Making of the Atomic Bomb Summary

The Making of the Atomic Bomb

by Richard Rhodes 1986 886 pages

Hornet Flight Summary

by Ken Follett 2002 518 pages

Historical Fiction

The German Girl Summary

The German Girl

by Armando Lucas Correa 2016 360 pages

Historical Fiction

The Palestine Laboratory Summary

The Palestine Laboratory

How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World

by Antony Loewenstein 2023 320 pages

The Last Colony Summary

The Last Colony

by John Scalzi 2007 320 pages

Science Fiction

Science Fiction Fantasy

Military Fiction

India's Wars Summary

A Military History 1947-1971

by Arjun Subramaniam 2016 576 pages

The Killing Zone Summary

The Killing Zone

My Life in the Vietnam War

by Frederick Downs 1978 272 pages

Military Fiction

Fighter Pilot Summary

The Memoirs Of Legendary Ace Robin Olds

by Robin Olds 2010 416 pages

Stay Where You Are and Then Leave Summary

Stay Where You Are and Then Leave

by John Boyne 2013 247 pages

Historical Fiction

Clausewitz on Strategy Summary

Clausewitz on Strategy

Inspiration and Insight from a Master Strategist

by Tiha von Ghyczy 2001 196 pages

Military Fiction

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

Military Fiction

War Dogs Summary

Tales of Canine Heroism, History, and Love

by Rebecca Frankel 2013 272 pages

It IS About Islam Summary

It IS About Islam

Exposing the Truth About ISIS, Al Qaeda, Iran, and the Caliphate (3)

by Glenn Beck 2015 272 pages

Adolf Hitler Summary

by John Toland 1976 1120 pages

The Least of All Possible Evils Summary

The Least of All Possible Evils

Humanitarian Violence from Arendt to Gaza

by Eyal Weizman 2012 208 pages

Speed Training Summary

For Combat, Boxing, Martial Arts, and MMA: How to Maximize Your Hand Speed, Foot Speed, Punching Speed, Kicking Speed, Wrestling Speed, and Fighting Speed

by J. Barnes 2005 184 pages

The War That Ended Peace Summary

The War That Ended Peace

The Road to 1914

by Margaret MacMillan 2013 739 pages

Masters of Command Summary

Masters of Command

Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership

by Barry S. Strauss 2012 320 pages

Ancient History

Storm of Steel Summary

by Ernst Jünger 1920 289 pages

The Plot to Kill Hitler Summary

The Plot to Kill Hitler

Dietrich Bonhoeffer—Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero

by Patricia McCormick 2016 184 pages

Rogue State Summary

A Guide to the World's Only Superpower

by William Blum 2000 393 pages

The Lion Summary

Son of the Forest

by Mike Brooks 2023 290 pages

Science Fiction

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