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

Command and Control Summary

Command and Control

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

by Eric Schlosser 2013 656 pages

How Conflict Shaped Us

by Margaret MacMillan 2020 304 pages

Red Storm Rising Summary

Red Storm Rising

by Tom Clancy 1986

Military Fiction

Making Bombs for Hitler Summary

Making Bombs for Hitler

by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch 2012 186 pages

Historical Fiction

The Battle For Syria Summary

The Battle For Syria

International Rivalry In The New Middle East

by Christopher Phillips 2016 320 pages

International Relations

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

From Here to Eternity Summary

From Here to Eternity

by James Jones 1951 816 pages

Historical 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

Dark Territory Summary

The Secret History of Cyber War

by Fred Kaplan 2016 339 pages

All Our Yesterdays Summary

All Our Yesterdays

by Natalia Ginzburg 1952 300 pages

Historical Fiction

Italian Literature

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

American Wife Summary

Love, War, Faith, and Renewal

by Taya Kyle 2015 329 pages

Military Fiction

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

Clausewitz on Strategy Summary

Clausewitz on Strategy

Inspiration and Insight from a Master Strategist

by Tiha von Ghyczy 2001 196 pages

Military Fiction

The Alice Network Summary

The Alice Network

by Kate Quinn 2017 503 pages

Historical Fiction

Rogue State Summary

A Guide to the World's Only Superpower

by William Blum 2000 393 pages

Witness to Surrender Summary

Witness to Surrender

by Siddique Salik 1977 245 pages

by Geraldine Brooks 2005 280 pages

Historical Fiction

Stories Are Weapons Summary

Stories Are Weapons

Psychological Warfare and the American Mind

by Annalee Newitz 2024 246 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 Killing Zone Summary

The Killing Zone

My Life in the Vietnam War

by Frederick Downs 1978 272 pages

Military Fiction

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

The Lion Summary

Son of the Forest

by Mike Brooks 2023 290 pages

Science Fiction

The German Wife Summary

The German Wife

by Kelly Rimmer 2022 464 pages

Historical Fiction

War Dogs Summary

Tales of Canine Heroism, History, and Love

by Rebecca Frankel 2013 272 pages

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

Metaphysics of War Summary

Metaphysics of War

by Julius Evola 1996 154 pages

A People's History from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India

by Anam Zakaria 2019 402 pages

Jackdaws Summary

by Ken Follett 2001 432 pages

Historical Fiction

On the Psychology of Military Incompetence Summary

On the Psychology of Military Incompetence

by Norman F. Dixon 1976 448 pages

Military Fiction

The Heart and the Fist Summary

The Heart and the Fist

The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL

by Eric Greitens 2011 320 pages

Military Fiction

Masters of Command Summary

Masters of Command

Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership

by Barry S. Strauss 2012 320 pages

Ancient History

The Art of War—Spirituality for Conflict Summary

The Art of War—Spirituality for Conflict

Annotated & Explained

by Thomas Cuong Huynh 2008 256 pages

Hornet Flight Summary

by Ken Follett 2002 518 pages

Historical Fiction

When the World Was Ours Summary

When the World Was Ours

by Liz Kessler 2021 352 pages

Historical Fiction

Six Days of Impossible Summary

Six Days of Impossible

Navy SEAL Hell Week - A Doctor Looks Back

by Robert Adams 2017 228 pages

Military Fiction

Military History

Supreme Commander Summary

Supreme Commander

MacArthur's Triumph in Japan

by Seymour Morris Jr. 2014 384 pages

Days of Fire Summary

Bush and Cheney in the White House

by Peter Baker 2013 816 pages

The Blood Telegram Summary

The Blood Telegram

Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide

by Gary J. Bass 2013 528 pages

Propaganda Blitz Summary

Propaganda Blitz

How the Corporate Media Distort Reality

by David Edwards 2018 336 pages

A New Foreign Policy Summary

A New Foreign Policy

Beyond American Exceptionalism

by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2018 262 pages

International Relations

1001 Nights in Iraq Summary

1001 Nights in Iraq

The Shocking Story of an American Forced to Fight for Saddam Against the Country He Loves

by Shant Kenderian 2005 304 pages

The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler Summary

The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler

by William L. Shirer 1961 188 pages

Legionnaire Summary

Five Years in the French Foreign Legion

by Simon Murray 1978 384 pages

Military Fiction

The World Played Chess Summary

The World Played Chess

by Robert Dugoni 2021 400 pages

Historical Fiction

Strong Men Armed Summary

Strong Men Armed

The United States Marines Against Japan

by Robert Leckie 1961 576 pages

Military Fiction

Fighter Pilot Summary

The Memoirs Of Legendary Ace Robin Olds

by Robin Olds 2010 416 pages

Kill Chain Summary

Drones and The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins

by Andrew Cockburn 2015 320 pages

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