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

Kill Chain Summary

Drones and The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins

by Andrew Cockburn 2015 320 pages

The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts Summary

The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts

by Joshua Hammer 2016 280 pages

Books About Books

Black Flags Summary

The Rise of ISIS

by Joby Warrick 2016 368 pages

A World Undone Summary

The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918

by G.J. Meyer 2006 704 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 Wives Summary

by Simone Gorrindo 2024 416 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

Eye of the Needle Summary

Eye of the Needle

by Ken Follett 1978 368 pages

Historical Fiction

Pakistan on the Brink Summary

Pakistan on the Brink

The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan

by Ahmed Rashid 2012 256 pages

The Gates of Gaza Summary

The Gates of Gaza

A Story of Betrayal, Survival, and Hope in Israel’s Borderlands

by Amir Tibon 2024 352 pages

The Tin Ring Summary

How I Cheated Death

by Zdenka Fantlova 1996 228 pages

The German Girl Summary

The German Girl

by Armando Lucas Correa 2016 360 pages

Historical Fiction

Never Enough Summary

A Navy SEAL Commander on Living a Life of Excellence, Agility, and Meaning

by Mike Hayes 2021 240 pages

Military Fiction

Rules of Engagement Summary

Rules of Engagement

Preparing for Your Role in the Spiritual Battle

by Derek Prince 2006 224 pages

The Afghanistan Papers Summary

The Afghanistan Papers

A Secret History of the War

by Craig Whitlock 2021 368 pages

The Apache Wars Summary

The Apache Wars

The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History

by Paul Andrew Hutton 2016 514 pages

American History

Native American

The Kindly Ones Summary

The Kindly Ones

by Jonathan Littell 2006 984 pages

Historical Fiction

The War That Ended Peace Summary

The War That Ended Peace

The Road to 1914

by Margaret MacMillan 2013 739 pages

The Rape of Nanking Summary

The Rape of Nanking

The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II

by Iris Chang 1997 290 pages

The Earth Is Weeping Summary

The Earth Is Weeping

The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West

by Peter Cozzens 2016 544 pages

American History

Native American

The Ragged Edge of Night Summary

The Ragged Edge of Night

by Olivia Hawker 2018 340 pages

Historical Fiction

India's Wars Summary

A Military History 1947-1971

by Arjun Subramaniam 2016 576 pages

Stay Where You Are and Then Leave Summary

Stay Where You Are and Then Leave

by John Boyne 2013 247 pages

Historical Fiction

Operation Mincemeat Summary

Operation Mincemeat

How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory

by Ben Macintyre 2010 416 pages

Adolf Hitler Summary

by John Toland 1976 1120 pages

Front Lines Summary

by Michael Grant 2016 548 pages

Historical Fiction

Life and Fate Summary

by Vasily Grossman 1960 864 pages

Historical Fiction

Counterinsurgency Warfare Summary

Counterinsurgency Warfare

Theory and Practice

by David Galula 1964 128 pages

Military Fiction

The Widow of the South Summary

The Widow of the South

by Robert Hicks 2005 436 pages

Historical Fiction

Guns of the Dawn Summary

Guns of the Dawn

by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2015 658 pages

Historical Fiction

Storm of Steel Summary

by Ernst Jünger 1920 289 pages

Mare's War Summary

by Tanita S. Davis 2009 352 pages

Historical Fiction

The Plot to Kill Hitler Summary

The Plot to Kill Hitler

Dietrich Bonhoeffer—Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero

by Patricia McCormick 2016 184 pages

Decline and Fall Summary

Decline and Fall

The End of Empire and the Future of Democracy in 21st Century America

by John Michael Greer 2014 304 pages

The Ends of the Earth Summary

The Ends of the Earth

From Togo to Turkmenistan, from Iran to Cambodia, a Journey to the Frontiers of Anarchy

by Robert D. Kaplan 1996 496 pages

The Lieutenants Summary

The Lieutenants

by W.E.B. Griffin 1982 416 pages

Historical Fiction

Military Fiction

This Strange Eventful History Summary

This Strange Eventful History

by Claire Messud 2024 448 pages

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction

My Mother's Secret Summary

My Mother's Secret

by J.L. Witterick 2013 208 pages

Historical Fiction

Power, Terror, Peace, and War Summary

Power, Terror, Peace, and War

America's Grand Strategy in a World at Risk

by Walter Russell Mead 2004 256 pages

International Relations

The Miracle of the Kurds Summary

The Miracle of the Kurds

A Remarkable Story of Hope Reborn in Northern Iraq

by Stephen Mansfield 2014 272 pages

We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families Summary

We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families

by Philip Gourevitch 1998 356 pages

The Struggle for Supremacy from 1453 to the Present

by Brendan Simms 2013 720 pages

European History

The Nazi Conspiracy Summary

The Nazi Conspiracy

The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill

by Brad Meltzer 2023 400 pages

The Yank Summary

The True Story of a Former US Marine in the Irish Republican Army

by John Crawley 2022 279 pages

The Campaigns of Alexander Summary

The Campaigns of Alexander

by Arrian 430 pages

Cobra II Summary

The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq

by Michael R. Gordon 2006 640 pages

Military Fiction

Military History

Henry V Summary

The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King

by Dan Jones 2024 432 pages

We Are Free to Change the World Summary

We Are Free to Change the World

Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience

by Lyndsey Stonebridge 2024 368 pages

Shivaji Summary

The Grand Rebel

by Dennis Kincaid 1937 346 pages

Five Chimneys Summary

A Woman Survivor's True Story of Auschwitz

by Olga Lengyel 1947 232 pages

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