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

The Art of War Summary

by Sun Tzu 170 pages

The Women Summary

by Kristin Hannah 2024 471 pages

Historical Fiction

The 33 Strategies of War Summary

The 33 Strategies of War

by Robert Greene 2001 496 pages

The Cold War Summary

by John Lewis Gaddis 2005 352 pages

The Little Liar Summary

The Little Liar

by Mitch Albom 2023 333 pages

Historical Fiction

War and Peace Summary

by Leo Tolstoy 1869 1392 pages

Historical Fiction

How Civil Wars Start Summary

How Civil Wars Start

And How to Stop Them

by Barbara F. Walter 2022 320 pages

Unbroken Summary

A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

by Laura Hillenbrand 2010 475 pages

Salt to the Sea Summary

Salt to the Sea

by Ruta Sepetys 2016 391 pages

Historical Fiction

The Book Thief Summary

by Markus Zusak 2005 592 pages

Historical Fiction

Slaughterhouse-Five Summary

Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1969 275 pages

Science Fiction

Historical Fiction

The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers Summary

The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers

Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000

by Paul Kennedy 1987 677 pages

The Art of War/The Art of Warfare Summary

The Art of War/The Art of Warfare

by Sun Tzu 2002 143 pages

A Thousand Splendid Suns Summary

A Thousand Splendid Suns

by Khaled Hosseini 2007 372 pages

Historical Fiction

Catch-22 Summary

by Joseph Heller 1961 453 pages

Historical Fiction

On Killing Summary

The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society

by Dave Grossman 1995 367 pages

Military Fiction

Strategy Summary

by Lawrence Freedman 2013 768 pages

Code Talker Summary

A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

by Joseph Bruchac 2005 231 pages

Historical Fiction

The Art of War—Spirituality for Conflict Summary

The Art of War—Spirituality for Conflict

Annotated & Explained

by Thomas Cuong Huynh 2008 256 pages

All Quiet on the Western Front Summary

All Quiet on the Western Front

by Erich Maria Remarque 1928 296 pages

Historical Fiction

Black Wave Summary

Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East

by Kim Ghattas 2020 400 pages

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Summary

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

by Ambrose Bierce 1890 36 pages

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Summary

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

by John Boyne 2006 224 pages

Historical Fiction

The Sympathizer Summary

The Sympathizer

by Viet Thanh Nguyen 2015 371 pages

Historical Fiction

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 373 pages

Beyond Band of Brothers Summary

Beyond Band of Brothers

The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters

by Dick Winters 2006 304 pages

The Warrior Ethos Summary

The Warrior Ethos

by Steven Pressfield 2011 112 pages

Military Fiction

Cybersecurity and Cyberwar Summary

Cybersecurity and Cyberwar

What Everyone Needs to Know

by P.W. Singer 2013 320 pages

Mother Courage and Her Children Summary

Mother Courage and Her Children

by Bertolt Brecht 1941 93 pages

Code Name Hélène Summary

Code Name Hélène

by Ariel Lawhon 2020 451 pages

Historical Fiction

Between Shades of Gray Summary

Between Shades of Gray

by Ruta Sepetys 2011 344 pages

Historical Fiction

The Things They Carried Summary

The Things They Carried

by Tim O'Brien 1990 246 pages

Historical Fiction

Man, the State, and War Summary

Man, the State, and War

A Theoretical Analysis

by Kenneth N. Waltz 1954 263 pages

International Relations

Political Science

The Boy at the Top of the Mountain Summary

The Boy at the Top of the Mountain

by John Boyne 2015 224 pages

Historical Fiction

You Are Worth It Summary

You Are Worth It

Building a Life Worth Fighting For

by Kyle Carpenter 2019 320 pages

Military Fiction

On Tyranny Summary

Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century Graphic Edition

by Timothy Snyder 2017 128 pages

SEAL Team Six Summary

Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper

by Howard E. Wasdin 2011 331 pages

Military Fiction

On Combat Summary

The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace

by Dave Grossman 2004 395 pages

Military Fiction

The Jakarta Method Summary

The Jakarta Method

Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World

by Vincent Bevins 2020 320 pages

Taking Flight Summary

From War Orphan to Star Ballerina

by Michaela DePrince 2014 256 pages

The Persian Expedition Summary

The Persian Expedition

by Xenophon 375 pages

Ancient History

First They Killed My Father Summary

First They Killed My Father

A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

by Loung Ung 2000 238 pages

Warrior Mindset Summary

Warrior Mindset

Mental Toughness Skills for a Nation's Peacekeepers

by Michael J. Asken 2010 256 pages

Military Fiction

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 2003 274 pages

Gone with the Wind Summary

Gone with the Wind

by Margaret Mitchell 1936 1037 pages

Historical Fiction

A Long Way Gone Summary

A Long Way Gone

Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

by Ishmael Beah 2007 229 pages

The Nightingale Summary

The Nightingale

by Kristin Hannah 2015 564 pages

Historical Fiction

Atonement Summary

by Ian McEwan 2001 351 pages

Historical Fiction

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 Best and the Brightest Summary

The Best and the Brightest

by David Halberstam 1969 688 pages

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