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 Island of Sea Women Summary

The Island of Sea Women

by Lisa See 2019 374 pages

Historical Fiction

Winter of the World Summary

Winter of the World

by Ken Follett 2012 940 pages

Historical Fiction

On Homecoming and Belonging

by Sebastian Junger 2016 182 pages

The Nazis Summary

A Warning from History

by Laurence Rees 1997 256 pages

Cilka's Journey Summary

Cilka's Journey

by Heather Morris 2019 352 pages

Historical Fiction

All the Shah's Men Summary

All the Shah's Men

An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror

by Stephen Kinzer 2003 272 pages

Facing Violence Summary

Facing Violence

Preparing for the Unexpected

by Rory Miller 2011 242 pages

No Hero Summary

The Evolution of a Navy SEAL

by Mark Owen 2014 304 pages

Military Fiction

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Summary

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

by Ilan Pappé 2006 320 pages

The Diamond Eye Summary

The Diamond Eye

by Kate Quinn 2022 435 pages

Historical Fiction

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine Summary

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine

A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917–2017

by Rashid Khalidi 2020 336 pages

Nuclear War Summary

by Annie Jacobsen 2024 400 pages

The English Patient Summary

The English Patient

by Michael Ondaatje 1992 320 pages

Historical Fiction

A War Reporter's Mission to Make It Home

by Benjamin Hall 2023 281 pages

Fall of Giants Summary

by Ken Follett 2010 985 pages

Historical Fiction

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

Leadership in War Summary

Leadership in War

Essential Lessons from Those Who Made History

by Andrew Roberts 2019 256 pages

The Making of the Atomic Bomb Summary

The Making of the Atomic Bomb

by Richard Rhodes 1986 886 pages

Birdsong Summary

by Sebastian Faulks 1993 483 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

Killing Hitler Summary

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

by Roger Moorhouse 2006 400 pages

Elephant Run Summary

by Roland Smith 2007 318 pages

Historical Fiction

Hiroshima Summary

by John Hersey 1946 152 pages

The Great War for Civilisation Summary

The Great War for Civilisation

The Conquest of the Middle East

by Robert Fisk 2005 1111 pages

by Laurie Halse Anderson 2010 297 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

King Rat Summary

by James Clavell 1962 368 pages

Historical Fiction

The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service

by Michael Bar-Zohar 2010 388 pages

For Whom the Bell Tolls Summary

For Whom the Bell Tolls

by Ernest Hemingway 1940 471 pages

Historical Fiction

Suite Française Summary

Suite Française

by Irène Némirovsky 2004 431 pages

Historical Fiction

How Conflict Shaped Us

by Margaret MacMillan 2020 304 pages

War as I Knew It Summary

War as I Knew It

by George S. Patton Jr. 1947 425 pages

Military Fiction

One Bullet Away Summary

One Bullet Away

The Making of a Marine Officer

by Nathaniel Fick 2005 372 pages

Military Fiction

Allah Is Not Obliged Summary

Allah Is Not Obliged

by Ahmadou Kourouma 2000 215 pages

African Literature

The Avoidable War Summary

The Avoidable War

The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China

by Kevin Rudd 2022 432 pages

by Rachel Maddow 2012 288 pages

American Wife Summary

Love, War, Faith, and Renewal

by Taya Kyle 2015 329 pages

Military Fiction

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

The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War

by Robert Coram 2004 504 pages

Military Fiction

by David McCullough 2005 386 pages

American History

Three Sisters Summary

by Heather Morris 2021 416 pages

Historical Fiction

Dark Territory Summary

The Secret History of Cyber War

by Fred Kaplan 2016 339 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

The Ghost Brigades Summary

The Ghost Brigades

by John Scalzi 2006 343 pages

Science Fiction

Military Fiction

Science Fiction Fantasy

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

From Here to Eternity Summary

From Here to Eternity

by James Jones 1951 816 pages

Historical Fiction

Command and Control Summary

Command and Control

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

by Eric Schlosser 2013 656 pages

Clausewitz on Strategy Summary

Clausewitz on Strategy

Inspiration and Insight from a Master Strategist

by Tiha von Ghyczy 2001 196 pages

Military Fiction

Soul Hunter Summary

by Aaron Dembski-Bowden 2010 416 pages

Science Fiction

War Dogs Summary

Tales of Canine Heroism, History, and Love

by Rebecca Frankel 2013 272 pages

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