War Book Summaries

The Power of Women Summary
The Power of Women
A Doctor's Journey of Hope and Healing
by Denis Mukwege 2021 320 pages
4.72
1.5K ratings
Feminism
Health
War
Nuclear War Summary
Nuclear War
A Scenario
by Annie Jacobsen 2024 400 pages
4.40
33.1K ratings
History
Politics
Science
The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China Summary
The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China
by Ralph D. Sawyer 1993 592 pages
4.20
600 ratings
History
China
Military Fiction
Tribe Summary
Tribe
On Homecoming and Belonging
by Sebastian Junger 2016 182 pages
4.02
47.8K ratings
Psychology
History
Sociology
Cilka's Journey Summary
Cilka's Journey
by Heather Morris 2019 352 pages
4.40
204.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
World War II
The Great War for Civilisation Summary
The Great War for Civilisation
The Conquest of the Middle East
by Robert Fisk 2005 1111 pages
4.41
5.5K ratings
History
Politics
War
The Pianist from Syria Summary
The Pianist from Syria
A Memoir
by Aeham Ahmad 2017 240 pages
4.27
2.0K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Music
King Rat Summary
King Rat
by James Clavell 1962 368 pages
4.19
43.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
War
Classics
Birdsong Summary
Birdsong
by Sebastian Faulks 1993 483 pages
4.11
82.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
War
Classics
Facing Violence Summary
Facing Violence
Preparing for the Unexpected
by Rory Miller 2011 242 pages
4.25
1.0K ratings
Martial Arts
Psychology
Self Help
The Nazis Summary
The Nazis
A Warning from History
by Laurence Rees 1997 256 pages
4.29
1.3K ratings
History
World War II
War
The Diamond Eye Summary
The Diamond Eye
by Kate Quinn 2022 435 pages
4.29
177.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Summary
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
by Ilan Pappé 2006 320 pages
4.54
9.3K ratings
History
Politics
War
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
4.49
27.5K ratings
History
Politics
War
No Hero Summary
No Hero
The Evolution of a Navy SEAL
by Mark Owen 2014 304 pages
4.14
5.1K ratings
Military Fiction
History
Biography
Fall of Giants Summary
Fall of Giants
by Ken Follett 2010 985 pages
4.32
338.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
War
The English Patient Summary
The English Patient
by Michael Ondaatje 1992 320 pages
3.86
136.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Romance
Mossad Summary
Mossad
The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service
by Michael Bar-Zohar 2010 388 pages
4.19
15.0K ratings
History
Israel
Espionage
Leadership in War Summary
Leadership in War
Essential Lessons from Those Who Made History
by Andrew Roberts 2019 256 pages
3.80
1.4K ratings
History
Leadership
Biography
Hiroshima Summary
Hiroshima
by John Hersey 1946 152 pages
4.04
85.5K ratings
History
War
Classics
The Making of the Atomic Bomb Summary
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
by Richard Rhodes 1986 886 pages
4.40
23.7K ratings
History
Science
Physics
For Whom the Bell Tolls Summary
For Whom the Bell Tolls
by Ernest Hemingway 1940 471 pages
3.98
308.5K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Brave Genius Summary
Brave Genius
A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize
by Sean B. Carroll 2013 592 pages
4.27
699 ratings
History
Science
Biography
Elephant Run Summary
Elephant Run
by Roland Smith 2007 318 pages
4.09
6.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Adventure
Suite Française Summary
Suite Française
by Irène Némirovsky 2004 431 pages
3.86
76.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
France
Book Club
Forge Summary
Forge
by Laurie Halse Anderson 2010 297 pages
4.16
17.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
Saved Summary
Saved
A War Reporter's Mission to Make It Home
by Benjamin Hall 2023 281 pages
4.58
4.3K ratings
Memoir
Biography
War
War as I Knew It Summary
War as I Knew It
by George S. Patton Jr. 1947 425 pages
4.13
2.8K ratings
History
Biography
Military Fiction
Killing Hitler Summary
Killing Hitler
The Plots, the Assassins, and the Dictator Who Cheated Death
by Roger Moorhouse 2006 400 pages
3.82
380 ratings
History
World War II
Germany
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
4.49
2.0K ratings
Military Fiction
History
Biography
Three Sisters Summary
Three Sisters
by Heather Morris 2021 416 pages
4.37
84.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Holocaust
1776 Summary
1776
by David McCullough 2005 386 pages
4.10
241.2K ratings
History
American History
Historical
The Battle For Syria Summary
The Battle For Syria
International Rivalry In The New Middle East
by Christopher Phillips 2016 320 pages
4.16
277 ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
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
4.25
1.4K ratings
China
Politics
History
Allah Is Not Obliged Summary
Allah Is Not Obliged
by Ahmadou Kourouma 2000 215 pages
3.68
2.3K ratings
Ivory Coast
African Literature
War
War Summary
War
How Conflict Shaped Us
by Margaret MacMillan 2020 304 pages
3.58
3.7K ratings
History
War
Politics
One Bullet Away Summary
One Bullet Away
The Making of a Marine Officer
by Nathaniel Fick 2005 372 pages
4.20
11.5K ratings
Military Fiction
War
History
Drift Summary
Drift
by Rachel Maddow 2012 288 pages
4.07
20.8K ratings
Politics
History
War
The Bronze Horseman Summary
The Bronze Horseman
by Paullina Simons 2000 637 pages
4.29
91.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
American Wife Summary
American Wife
Love, War, Faith, and Renewal
by Taya Kyle 2015 329 pages
4.27
4.9K ratings
Biography
Memoir
Military Fiction
Soul Hunter Summary
Soul Hunter
by Aaron Dembski-Bowden 2010 416 pages
4.35
4.7K ratings
40k
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Black Hawk Down Summary
Black Hawk Down
A Story of Modern War
by Mark Bowden 1999 386 pages
4.30
67.5K ratings
History
Military Fiction
War
Boyd Summary
Boyd
The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
by Robert Coram 2004 504 pages
4.18
7.7K ratings
Biography
History
Military Fiction
The Ghost Brigades Summary
The Ghost Brigades
by John Scalzi 2006 343 pages
4.12
91.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Military Fiction
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Next Civil War Summary
The Next Civil War
Dispatches from the American Future
by Stephen Marche 2022 238 pages
3.67
1.8K ratings
Politics
History
American History
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
4.18
466 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Dark Territory Summary
Dark Territory
The Secret History of Cyber War
by Fred Kaplan 2016 339 pages
3.90
3.1K ratings
History
Technology
Politics
Command and Control Summary
Command and Control
Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
by Eric Schlosser 2013 656 pages
4.27
14.0K ratings
History
Politics
Science
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
4.20
209 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Horus Rising Summary
Horus Rising
by Dan Abnett 2006 416 pages
4.25
34.8K ratings
Science Fiction
40k
Fantasy
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