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All Quiet on the Western Front Summary
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque 1987 304 pages
4.09
400k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
War
Classics
Catch-22 Summary
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller 1996 464 pages
3.99
800k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Adolf Hitler Summary
Adolf Hitler
My Part in His Downfall
by Spike Milligan 1976 144 pages
4.03
8k+ ratings
Humor
Biography
History
The Warrior Ethos Summary
The Warrior Ethos
by Steven Pressfield 2011 112 pages
4.07
4k+ ratings
Military Fiction
Philosophy
History
On Killing Summary
On Killing
The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman 1995 400 pages
4.12
11k+ ratings
Psychology
Military Fiction
War
Freedom's Forge Summary
Freedom's Forge
How American Business Produced Victory in World War II
by Arthur Herman 2012 432 pages
4.31
2k+ ratings
History
Business
Economics
Bloodlands Summary
Bloodlands
Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
by Timothy Snyder 2010 560 pages
4.39
17k+ ratings
History
War
World War II
Why Men Fight (Routledge Classics) Summary
Why Men Fight (Routledge Classics)
Why Men Fight
by Bertrand Russell 2010 192 pages
4.00
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
One Bullet Away Summary
One Bullet Away
The Making of a Marine Officer
by Nathaniel Fick 2000 398 pages
4.19
11k+ ratings
Military Fiction
War
History
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
4.12
9k+ ratings
Military Fiction
Biography
Memoir
Cybersecurity and Cyberwar Summary
Cybersecurity and Cyberwar
What Everyone Needs to Know®
by P.W. Singer 2014 320 pages
3.83
1k+ ratings
Technology
Politics
Science
Strategy Summary
Strategy
A History
by Lawrence Freedman 2013 768 pages
3.97
2k+ ratings
History
Business
Politics
Killing Hitler Summary
Killing Hitler
The Plots, the Assassins, and the Dictator Who Cheated Death
by Roger Moorhouse 2007 400 pages
3.81
100+ ratings
History
World War II
Germany
War Dogs Summary
War Dogs
Tales of Canine Heroism, History, and Love
by Rebecca Frankel 2014 272 pages
4.06
500+ ratings
History
Dogs
Military Fiction
The Future of Violence Summary
The Future of Violence
Robots and Germs, Hackers and Drones: Confronting A New Age of Threat
by Benjamin Wittes 2015 336 pages
3.39
100+ ratings
Politics
Military Fiction
Technology
Outcasts United Summary
Outcasts United
The Story of a Refugee Soccer Team That Changed a Town
by Warren St. John 2012 240 pages
3.84
8k+ ratings
Sports
Soccer
Biography
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree Summary
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree
A Memoir of a Schindler's List Survivor
by Laura Hillman 2010 262 pages
4.15
5k+ ratings
Holocaust
History
Memoir
The Girls of Atomic City Summary
The Girls of Atomic City
The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
by Denise Kiernan 2013 400 pages
3.72
30k+ ratings
History
World War II
Science
Facing Violence Summary
Facing Violence
Preparing for the Unexpected
by Rory Miller 2011 242 pages
4.27
500+ ratings
Martial Arts
Psychology
Self Help
The Art of War—Spirituality for Conflict Summary
The Art of War—Spirituality for Conflict
Annotated & Explained
by Thomas Cuong Huynh 2008 256 pages
3.99
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Self Help
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
4.08
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Religion
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
3.93
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Military Fiction
Speed Training for Combat, Boxing, Martial Arts, and MMA Summary
Speed Training 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 2011 184 pages
3.58
100+ ratings
Martial Arts
War
Sports
The Killing Zone Summary
The Killing Zone
My Life in the Vietnam War
by Frederick Downs Jr. 1978 240 pages
4.07
1k+ ratings
History
War
Military Fiction
On Grand Strategy Summary
On Grand Strategy
by John Lewis Gaddis 2018 384 pages
3.75
4k+ ratings
History
Politics
Business
War on Peace Summary
War on Peace
The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence
by Ronan Farrow 2018 432 pages
4.15
8k+ ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
Propaganda Blitz Summary
Propaganda Blitz
How the Corporate Media Distort Reality
by David Edwards 2018 336 pages
4.32
100+ ratings
Politics
Journalism
History
The Complete Art Of War Summary
The Complete Art Of War
Sun Tzu/sun Pin
by Sun Tzu 1996 320 pages
4.24
3k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
History
AMERN WIFE Summary
AMERN WIFE
by Taya Kyle 2016 368 pages
4.27
4k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Military Fiction
The Pianist from Syria Summary
The Pianist from Syria
A Memoir
by Aeham Ahmad 2017 240 pages
4.27
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Music
Beyond Band of Brothers Summary
Beyond Band of Brothers
The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters
by Dick Winters 2006 318 pages
4.31
18k+ ratings
History
Biography
World War II
Fighter Pilot Summary
Fighter Pilot
The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds
by Robin Olds 2010 417 pages
4.47
3k+ ratings
Biography
History
Aviation
How Do You Kill 11 Million People? Summary
How Do You Kill 11 Million People?
Why the Truth Matters More Than You Think
by Andy Andrews 2020 224 pages
4.06
3k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Leadership in War Summary
Leadership in War
Essential Lessons from Those Who Made History
by Andrew Roberts 2019 256 pages
3.80
1k+ ratings
History
Leadership
Biography
A Long Way Gone Summary
A Long Way Gone
Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
by Ishmael Beah 2007 229 pages
4.16
100k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
War
Taking Flight Summary
Taking Flight
From War Orphan to Star Ballerina
by Michaela DePrince 2014 256 pages
4.24
4k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Africa
Supreme Commander Summary
Supreme Commander
MacArthur's Triumph in Japan
by Seymour Morris Jr. 2014 384 pages
4.12
100+ ratings
History
Biography
Japan
Power, Terror, Peace, and War Summary
Power, Terror, Peace, and War
America's Grand Strategy in a World at Risk
by Walter Russell Mead 2007 258 pages
3.65
100+ ratings
History
Politics
International Relations
LikeWar Summary
LikeWar
The Weaponization of Social Media
by P.W. Singer 2018 416 pages
4.27
3k+ ratings
Politics
Technology
Sociology
Pakistan on the Brink Summary
Pakistan on the Brink
The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
by Ahmed Rashid 2012 256 pages
3.78
500+ ratings
Politics
Pakistan
History
First They Killed My Father Summary
First They Killed My Father
A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
by Loung Ung 2010 274 pages
4.34
48k+ ratings
History
Memoir
Biography
Embrace the Suck Summary
Embrace the Suck
The Navy SEAL Way to an Extraordinary Life
by Brent Gleeson 2020 225 pages
4.17
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Leadership
Psychology
Central America's Forgotten History Summary
Central America's Forgotten History
Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration
by Aviva Chomsky 2021 304 pages
4.09
100+ ratings
History
Politics
War
The Art of War Landmark Edition Summary
The Art of War Landmark Edition
The Classic of Strategy with Historical Notes and Introduction by Pen Award-Winning Author Mitch Horowitz
by Sun Tzu 2021 180 pages
3.96
400k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
War
SEAL Team Six Summary
SEAL Team Six
Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper
by Howard E. Wasdin 2011 352 pages
4.06
17k+ ratings
Military Fiction
History
Biography
On Combat Summary
On Combat
The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and Peace
by Dave Grossman
4.29
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Military Fiction
War
Spies, Lies, and Algorithms Summary
Spies, Lies, and Algorithms
The History and Future of American Intelligence
by Amy B. Zegart 2022 360 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Espionage
The Power of Women Summary
The Power of Women
Learning from Resilience to Heal Our World
by Denis Mukwege 2021 313 pages
4.72
1k+ ratings
Feminism
Africa
History
Saving Freud Summary
Saving Freud
A Life in Vienna and an Escape to Freedom in London
by Andrew Nagorski 2022 249 pages
4.01
100+ ratings
History
Biography
Psychology
Never Enough Summary
Never Enough
A Navy SEAL Commander on Living a Life of Excellence, Agility, and Meaning
by Mike Hayes 2021 232 pages
4.24
500+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Military Fiction
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