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⚔️ Military Operations

The intricate planning and execution of armed missions, where logistics, leadership, and split-second decisions determine the fate of nations.
Hunting the Caliphate
by Wes J. Bryant • 2019
A kill chain run from a Baghdad room, strapped by politics: hunting ISIS from the inside.
4.03
165
🎖️ Military Memoir✈️ Air Warfare🎯 Counterinsurgency
Hunting the Caliphate Summary
Hunting the Caliphate 91%
A kill chain run from a Baghdad room, strapped by politics: hunting ISIS from the inside.
by Wes J. Bryant 2019
4.03
165 ratings
🎖️ Military Memoir✈️ Air Warfare🎯 Counterinsurgency
The Melting Point
by Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. • 2024
The general who killed Soleimani tells the inside story of America's Middle East wars.
4.30
175
🎖️ Military Command🎯 Counterterrorism Operations🏛️ Civil-Military Relations
The Melting Point Summary
The Melting Point 90%
The general who killed Soleimani tells the inside story of America's Middle East wars.
by Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. 2024
4.30
175 ratings
🎖️ Military Command🎯 Counterterrorism Operations🏛️ Civil-Military Relations
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything
by Rosa Brooks • 2016
War, law, and state fray together. A Pentagon insider on where the seams gave way.
3.93
2k+
🪖 Military Policy⚖️ Laws Of War⚔️ Asymmetric Warfare
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything Summary
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything 90%
War, law, and state fray together. A Pentagon insider on where the seams gave way.
by Rosa Brooks 2016
3.93
2k+ ratings
🪖 Military Policy⚖️ Laws Of War⚔️ Asymmetric Warfare
The New Rules of War
by Sean McFate • 2019
An ex-mercenary on why the West keeps losing: the game changed, and nobody noticed.
3.96
2k+
🎖️ Military Strategy⚔️ Modern Warfare⚖️ Asymmetric Warfare
The New Rules of War Summary
The New Rules of War 90%
An ex-mercenary on why the West keeps losing: the game changed, and nobody noticed.
by Sean McFate 2019
3.96
2k+ ratings
🎖️ Military Strategy⚔️ Modern Warfare⚖️ Asymmetric Warfare
The Accidental Admiral
by James G. Stavridis • 2014
What a Navy admiral learned commanding NATO through Afghanistan, Libya, and a balky Russia.
4.00
248
📖 Military Memoir🎖️ Military Leadership🤝 Alliance Politics
The Accidental Admiral Summary
The Accidental Admiral 90%
What a Navy admiral learned commanding NATO through Afghanistan, Libya, and a balky Russia.
by James G. Stavridis 2014
4.00
248 ratings
📖 Military Memoir🎖️ Military Leadership🤝 Alliance Politics
Balidan
by Swapnil Pandey • 2023
Starvation. Sleep deprivation. A ninety-day trial. The making of India's most lethal soldiers.
4.44
176
🪖 Special Forces🇮🇳 Indian Army🎯 Counter Insurgency
Balidan Summary
Balidan 90%
Starvation. Sleep deprivation. A ninety-day trial. The making of India's most lethal soldiers.
by Swapnil Pandey 2023
4.44
176 ratings
🪖 Special Forces🇮🇳 Indian Army🎯 Counter Insurgency
Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age
by Peter Paret • 1943
From mercenary captains to nuclear strategists: the ideas and forces that rewrote war.
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🎯 Military Strategy📚 Strategic Studies⚔️ History Of Warfare
Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age Summary
Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age 90%
From mercenary captains to nuclear strategists: the ideas and forces that rewrote war.
by Peter Paret 1943
4.03
2k+ ratings
🎯 Military Strategy📚 Strategic Studies⚔️ History Of Warfare
The Handbook of 5GW
by Daniel H. Abbott • 2010
War is no longer about bullets. It is a silent, invisible struggle for your perception.
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23
📚 Military Theory4️⃣ 4GW Theory🎯 Influence Operations
The Handbook of 5GW Summary
The Handbook of 5GW 89%
War is no longer about bullets. It is a silent, invisible struggle for your perception.
by Daniel H. Abbott 2010
4.09
23 ratings
📚 Military Theory4️⃣ 4GW Theory🎯 Influence Operations
The Imagineers of War
by Sharon Weinberger • 2017
DARPA gave us the Internet and lost Vietnam. The same faith in technology drove both.
3.69
565
🛰️ Cold War Science🔬 Defense Research🏛️ Institutional History
The Imagineers of War Summary
The Imagineers of War 89%
DARPA gave us the Internet and lost Vietnam. The same faith in technology drove both.
by Sharon Weinberger 2017
3.69
565 ratings
🛰️ Cold War Science🔬 Defense Research🏛️ Institutional History
It Doesn't Take a Hero
by H. Norman Schwarzkopf • 1992
He never claimed to be a hero. His command of Desert Storm proved the point.
4.10
3k+
🫡 Military Leadership📖 Modern Military Memoir🇻🇳 Vietnam War Reflections
It Doesn't Take a Hero Summary
It Doesn't Take a Hero 89%
He never claimed to be a hero. His command of Desert Storm proved the point.
by H. Norman Schwarzkopf 1992
4.10
3k+ ratings
🫡 Military Leadership📖 Modern Military Memoir🇻🇳 Vietnam War Reflections
A Handful of Hard Men
by Hannes Wessels • 2015
Fewer than 200 Rhodesian soldiers faced 10,000. They won every battle and still lost the war.
4.28
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⚔️ Special Forces🎯 Counter-Insurgency🥷 Covert Operations
A Handful of Hard Men Summary
A Handful of Hard Men 89%
Fewer than 200 Rhodesian soldiers faced 10,000. They won every battle and still lost the war.
by Hannes Wessels 2015
4.28
1k+ ratings
⚔️ Special Forces🎯 Counter-Insurgency🥷 Covert Operations
Counter-insurgency in Aden
by Shaun Clarke • 2015
Disguised in Aden to kill double agents, an SAS squadron is thrust into an unwinnable mountain war.
3.75
111
🎖️ Special Forces🕵️ Covert Operations🏜️ Desert Warfare
Counter-insurgency in Aden Summary
Counter-insurgency in Aden 89%
Disguised in Aden to kill double agents, an SAS squadron is thrust into an unwinnable mountain war.
by Shaun Clarke 2015
3.75
111 ratings
🎖️ Special Forces🕵️ Covert Operations🏜️ Desert Warfare
The War for Ukraine
by Mick Ryan • 2024
Russia punishes failure. Ukraine learns from it. In a war of adaptation, culture beats mass.
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94
🎯 Modern Warfare🗺️ Military Strategy🔄 Wartime Adaptation
The War for Ukraine Summary
The War for Ukraine 89%
Russia punishes failure. Ukraine learns from it. In a war of adaptation, culture beats mass.
by Mick Ryan 2024
3.91
94 ratings
🎯 Modern Warfare🗺️ Military Strategy🔄 Wartime Adaptation
Special Forces Pilot
by Richard Hutchings • 2014
A one-way flight into Argentina, an untested night-vision rig, and eight days on the run.
🎖️ Falklands War✈️ Military Aviation🎯 Special Operations
Special Forces Pilot Summary
Special Forces Pilot 89%
A one-way flight into Argentina, an untested night-vision rig, and eight days on the run.
by Richard Hutchings 2014
🎖️ Falklands War✈️ Military Aviation🎯 Special Operations
Lone Survivor
by Marcus Luttrell • 2006
Three goatherds, four SEALs, one vote. The Taliban attacks, and only one man crawls out.
4.34
102k+
🎖️ Special Operations🪖 Military Memoirs🏔️ Survival Narratives
Lone Survivor Summary
Lone Survivor 89%
Three goatherds, four SEALs, one vote. The Taliban attacks, and only one man crawls out.
by Marcus Luttrell 2006
4.34
102k+ ratings
🎖️ Special Operations🪖 Military Memoirs🏔️ Survival Narratives
Boyd
by Robert Coram • 2002
The F-16 and the Gulf War were born from a fighter pilot's study of thermodynamics.
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8k+
✈️ Fighter Aviation⚔️ Military Strategy🔄 Maneuver Warfare
Boyd Summary
Boyd 89%
The F-16 and the Gulf War were born from a fighter pilot's study of thermodynamics.
by Robert Coram 2002
4.19
8k+ ratings
✈️ Fighter Aviation⚔️ Military Strategy🔄 Maneuver Warfare
Black Hawk Down
by Mark Bowden • 1999
Two helicopters shot down in Mogadishu turned an hour-long mission into an 18-hour street battle.
4.31
69k+
🏙️ Urban Warfare🪖 Special Operations📰 War Journalism
Black Hawk Down Summary
Black Hawk Down 89%
Two helicopters shot down in Mogadishu turned an hour-long mission into an 18-hour street battle.
by Mark Bowden 1999
4.31
69k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Warfare🪖 Special Operations📰 War Journalism
My Men Are My Heroes
by Brad Kasal • 2007
Grenade. He used his body as a shield. The photo went global. Recovery nearly broke him.
4.17
624
🔥 Combat Memoir🦅 Marine Corps🏜️ Iraq War
My Men Are My Heroes Summary
My Men Are My Heroes 89%
Grenade. He used his body as a shield. The photo went global. Recovery nearly broke him.
by Brad Kasal 2007
4.17
624 ratings
🔥 Combat Memoir🦅 Marine Corps🏜️ Iraq War
Counterinsurgency Warfare
by David Galula • 1964
The guerrilla blends into the population. This book showed armies how to separate the two.
4.02
1k+
⚔️ Counterinsurgency✊ Revolutionary Warfare🌿 Guerrilla Warfare
Counterinsurgency Warfare Summary
Counterinsurgency Warfare 89%
The guerrilla blends into the population. This book showed armies how to separate the two.
by David Galula 1964
4.02
1k+ ratings
⚔️ Counterinsurgency✊ Revolutionary Warfare🌿 Guerrilla Warfare
Kill Chain
by Andrew Cockburn • 2015
Precision warfare is a lie. Drone strikes miss, breed enemies, and only the contractors profit.
3.82
804
🛸 Drone Warfare🎯 Targeted Killings🏭 Military-Industrial Complex
Kill Chain Summary
Kill Chain 89%
Precision warfare is a lie. Drone strikes miss, breed enemies, and only the contractors profit.
by Andrew Cockburn 2015
3.82
804 ratings
🛸 Drone Warfare🎯 Targeted Killings🏭 Military-Industrial Complex
Red Storm Rising
by Tom Clancy • 1986
Soviet refinery burns; Kremlin blames NATO, launches blitzkrieg, and ignites World War III.
4.21
85k+
🥶 Cold War Thriller🚢 Submarine Warfare✈️ Aerial Combat
Red Storm Rising Summary
Red Storm Rising 89%
Soviet refinery burns; Kremlin blames NATO, launches blitzkrieg, and ignites World War III.
by Tom Clancy 1986
4.21
85k+ ratings
🥶 Cold War Thriller🚢 Submarine Warfare✈️ Aerial Combat
Drift
by Rachel Maddow • 2012
No grand conspiracy drove America to endless war. A series of small, reversible decisions did.
4.07
21k+
🏭 Military-Industrial Complex🏛️ Executive Overreach🎖️ Civilian-Military Divide
Drift Summary
Drift 89%
No grand conspiracy drove America to endless war. A series of small, reversible decisions did.
by Rachel Maddow 2012
4.07
21k+ ratings
🏭 Military-Industrial Complex🏛️ Executive Overreach🎖️ Civilian-Military Divide
The Way of the Knife
by Mark Mazzetti • 2013
After 9/11, the CIA started killing. The Pentagon started spying. The boundary never returned.
3.85
4k+
📡 Intelligence Agencies🛸 Drone Warfare🕵️ Covert Operations
The Way of the Knife Summary
The Way of the Knife 89%
After 9/11, the CIA started killing. The Pentagon started spying. The boundary never returned.
by Mark Mazzetti 2013
3.85
4k+ ratings
📡 Intelligence Agencies🛸 Drone Warfare🕵️ Covert Operations
Cobra II
by Michael R. Gordon • 2006
How the Pentagon fight over troop numbers toppled Saddam quickly and then lost the peace.
3.97
2k+
🏜️ Iraq War🛡️ Defense Policy🌐 Us Foreign Policy
Cobra II Summary
Cobra II 89%
How the Pentagon fight over troop numbers toppled Saddam quickly and then lost the peace.
by Michael R. Gordon 2006
3.97
2k+ ratings
🏜️ Iraq War🛡️ Defense Policy🌐 Us Foreign Policy
Tide of War
by David R Petriello • 2018
Rain sank a fleet, mud trapped knights, fog saved an army. Weather is warfare's quietest general.
3.39
23
🌦️ Weather And Warfare🌫️ Battlefield Conditions📊 Historical Climatology
Tide of War Summary
Tide of War 89%
Rain sank a fleet, mud trapped knights, fog saved an army. Weather is warfare's quietest general.
by David R Petriello 2018
3.39
23 ratings
🌦️ Weather And Warfare🌫️ Battlefield Conditions📊 Historical Climatology
One Bullet Away
by Nathaniel Fick • 2005
A classics major becomes a Marine officer and leads a recon platoon through Afghanistan and Iraq.
4.21
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📖 Military Memoir🦅 Marine Corps🫡 Military Leadership
One Bullet Away Summary
One Bullet Away 89%
A classics major becomes a Marine officer and leads a recon platoon through Afghanistan and Iraq.
by Nathaniel Fick 2005
4.21
12k+ ratings
📖 Military Memoir🦅 Marine Corps🫡 Military Leadership
The Art of War
by Niccolò Machiavelli • 1521
A republic that hires soldiers is already dead. The cure: citizen farmers trained like Romans.
4.05
9k+
🧠 Military Strategy⚔️ Ancient Warfare🎭 Psychological Warfare
The Art of War Summary
The Art of War 89%
A republic that hires soldiers is already dead. The cure: citizen farmers trained like Romans.
by Niccolò Machiavelli 1521
4.05
9k+ ratings
🧠 Military Strategy⚔️ Ancient Warfare🎭 Psychological Warfare
The Bomber Mafia
by Malcolm Gladwell • 2021
They believed a bombsight could make war humane. The jet stream laughed, and Tokyo burned.
4.02
65k+
🎯 Strategic Bombing✈️ Air Warfare⚙️ Technological Hubris
The Bomber Mafia Summary
The Bomber Mafia 89%
They believed a bombsight could make war humane. The jet stream laughed, and Tokyo burned.
by Malcolm Gladwell 2021
4.02
65k+ ratings
🎯 Strategic Bombing✈️ Air Warfare⚙️ Technological Hubris
Attack and Die
by Grady McWhiney • 1982
Honor culture demanded attack. Rifles made attack fatal. The Confederacy bled to death.
3.56
157
⚔️ Military History🇺🇸 American Civil War📜 Military Doctrine
Attack and Die Summary
Attack and Die 89%
Honor culture demanded attack. Rifles made attack fatal. The Confederacy bled to death.
by Grady McWhiney 1982
3.56
157 ratings
⚔️ Military History🇺🇸 American Civil War📜 Military Doctrine
American Sniper
by Chris Kyle • 2012
160 kills, four tours, and a personal cost he didn't count until he came home.
4.03
142k+
🏅 Military Memoir⚓ Navy Seals🎯 Sniper Craft
American Sniper Summary
American Sniper 89%
160 kills, four tours, and a personal cost he didn't count until he came home.
by Chris Kyle 2012
4.03
142k+ ratings
🏅 Military Memoir⚓ Navy Seals🎯 Sniper Craft
Island Infernos
by John C. McManus • 2021
Behind every Pacific island invasion: a hidden war of logistics, codebreaking, and command feuds.
4.46
703
🏝️ Pacific Theater🚢 Amphibious Warfare⚔️ Operational History
Island Infernos Summary
Island Infernos 88%
Behind every Pacific island invasion: a hidden war of logistics, codebreaking, and command feuds.
by John C. McManus 2021
4.46
703 ratings
🏝️ Pacific Theater🚢 Amphibious Warfare⚔️ Operational History
Six Days of Impossible
by Robert Adams • 2017
Heart rates over 100, near-zero sleep, hypothermia: a Navy doctor's six days inside SEAL Hell Week.
4.38
378
🦭 Navy Seals🎖️ Military Training⚔️ Special Operations
Six Days of Impossible Summary
Six Days of Impossible 88%
Heart rates over 100, near-zero sleep, hypothermia: a Navy doctor's six days inside SEAL Hell Week.
by Robert Adams 2017
4.38
378 ratings
🦭 Navy Seals🎖️ Military Training⚔️ Special Operations
Strategy
by Lawrence Freedman • 2013
Strategy is not a plan: a battle of minds from chimpanzee coalitions to nuclear deterrence.
3.97
3k+
🪖 Military History♟️ Strategic Thought🏛️ Political Strategy
Strategy Summary
Strategy 88%
Strategy is not a plan: a battle of minds from chimpanzee coalitions to nuclear deterrence.
by Lawrence Freedman 2013
3.97
3k+ ratings
🪖 Military History♟️ Strategic Thought🏛️ Political Strategy
Citizen Soldiers
by Stephen E. Ambrose • 1997
Hitler said democracy bred soft soldiers. The GIs at the hedgerows and Bastogne proved otherwise.
4.25
25k+
🪖 Citizen Soldiers🔍 Bottom Up History🇺🇸 Us Army History
Citizen Soldiers Summary
Citizen Soldiers 88%
Hitler said democracy bred soft soldiers. The GIs at the hedgerows and Bastogne proved otherwise.
by Stephen E. Ambrose 1997
4.25
25k+ ratings
🪖 Citizen Soldiers🔍 Bottom Up History🇺🇸 Us Army History
The Last Warlord
by Brian Glyn Williams • 2013
America's first 9/11 victory relied on laser bombs and a brutal Uzbek warlord fighting on horseback.
4.30
120
🇦🇫 Afghan History🎖️ Military Biography⚔️ Guerrilla Warfare
The Last Warlord Summary
The Last Warlord 88%
America's first 9/11 victory relied on laser bombs and a brutal Uzbek warlord fighting on horseback.
by Brian Glyn Williams 2013
4.30
120 ratings
🇦🇫 Afghan History🎖️ Military Biography⚔️ Guerrilla Warfare
To Risk It All
by James G. Stavridis • 2022
Nine naval crises and the decision code each reveals for leading when the stakes are catastrophic.
3.98
684
⚓ Naval Leadership📜 Naval History🚨 Crisis Decision Making
To Risk It All Summary
To Risk It All 88%
Nine naval crises and the decision code each reveals for leading when the stakes are catastrophic.
by James G. Stavridis 2022
3.98
684 ratings
⚓ Naval Leadership📜 Naval History🚨 Crisis Decision Making
The Way of the Warrior
by James F. Dunnigan • 1997
Great generals mastered logistics, talent, and PR. Their playbook works in business.
3.84
19
🪖 Military Leadership♟️ Strategic Management📜 Historical Case Studies
The Way of the Warrior Summary
The Way of the Warrior 88%
Great generals mastered logistics, talent, and PR. Their playbook works in business.
by James F. Dunnigan 1997
3.84
19 ratings
🪖 Military Leadership♟️ Strategic Management📜 Historical Case Studies
Call Sign Chaos
by Jim Mattis • 2019
Lead from the squad to the strategy table: a doctrine forged in combat and wide reading.
4.29
14k+
🎖️ Military Leadership📖 Leadership Memoirs📚 History And Strategy
Call Sign Chaos Summary
Call Sign Chaos 88%
Lead from the squad to the strategy table: a doctrine forged in combat and wide reading.
by Jim Mattis 2019
4.29
14k+ ratings
🎖️ Military Leadership📖 Leadership Memoirs📚 History And Strategy
Strong Men Armed
by Robert Leckie • 1961
The Marine Corps' Pacific campaign stripped of myth: chaos that no map could prepare them for.
4.38
1k+
🏝️ Pacific Theater🦅 Marine Corps History⚓ Amphibious Warfare
Strong Men Armed Summary
Strong Men Armed 88%
The Marine Corps' Pacific campaign stripped of myth: chaos that no map could prepare them for.
by Robert Leckie 1961
4.38
1k+ ratings
🏝️ Pacific Theater🦅 Marine Corps History⚓ Amphibious Warfare
Beyond Band of Brothers
by Dick Winters • 2006
The commander of Easy Company on Brecourt Manor, Bastogne, and what it actually costs to lead men.
4.33
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🫡 Military Leadership📖 World War Ii Memoir🤝 Brotherhood In War
Beyond Band of Brothers Summary
Beyond Band of Brothers 88%
The commander of Easy Company on Brecourt Manor, Bastogne, and what it actually costs to lead men.
by Dick Winters 2006
4.33
20k+ ratings
🫡 Military Leadership📖 World War Ii Memoir🤝 Brotherhood In War
The Kill List
by Frederick Forsyth • 2013
A Marine colonel hunts an untraceable preacher whose online sermons ignite lone-wolf terror.
3.90
13k+
🛡️ Counterterrorism Ops🎯 Targeted Manhunt💻 Online Radicalization
The Kill List Summary
The Kill List 88%
A Marine colonel hunts an untraceable preacher whose online sermons ignite lone-wolf terror.
by Frederick Forsyth 2013
3.90
13k+ ratings
🛡️ Counterterrorism Ops🎯 Targeted Manhunt💻 Online Radicalization
Capture or Kill
by Don Bentley • 2024
An Iranian commander's warning pitches Mitch Rapp into a race to stop a catastrophic attack.
4.33
17k+
🕵️ Tactical Espionage🔫 Rogue Operative🏔️ Behind Enemy Lines
Capture or Kill Summary
Capture or Kill 88%
An Iranian commander's warning pitches Mitch Rapp into a race to stop a catastrophic attack.
by Don Bentley 2024
4.33
17k+ ratings
🕵️ Tactical Espionage🔫 Rogue Operative🏔️ Behind Enemy Lines
The Afghanistan Papers
by Craig Whitlock • 2021
Washington’s own postmortem: the war was unwinnable, and they hid the truth for twenty years.
4.25
7k+
🇦🇫 Afghanistan War⚔️ War On Terror📜 Government Secrecy
The Afghanistan Papers Summary
The Afghanistan Papers 88%
Washington’s own postmortem: the war was unwinnable, and they hid the truth for twenty years.
by Craig Whitlock 2021
4.25
7k+ ratings
🇦🇫 Afghanistan War⚔️ War On Terror📜 Government Secrecy
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young
by Harold G. Moore • 1991
The first helicopter assault of the Vietnam War became the template for every battle that followed.
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🇻🇳 Vietnam War🏛️ Military History⚔️ Battle Narratives
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young Summary
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young 88%
The first helicopter assault of the Vietnam War became the template for every battle that followed.
by Harold G. Moore 1991
4.34
33k+ ratings
🇻🇳 Vietnam War🏛️ Military History⚔️ Battle Narratives
Surprise, Kill, Vanish
by Annie Jacobsen • 2019
Between peace and open war: the secret history of presidents who chose killing in the shadows.
4.31
7k+
🕵️ CIA History🥷 Covert Operations🎯 Targeted Killing
Surprise, Kill, Vanish Summary
Surprise, Kill, Vanish 88%
Between peace and open war: the secret history of presidents who chose killing in the shadows.
by Annie Jacobsen 2019
4.31
7k+ ratings
🕵️ CIA History🥷 Covert Operations🎯 Targeted Killing
Operation Hollywood
by David L. Robb • 2004
The military lent Hollywood its jets and ships, then demanded veto power over the script.
3.46
72
🚫 Military Censorship📢 Propaganda Studies🏛️ Pentagon Influence
Operation Hollywood Summary
Operation Hollywood 88%
The military lent Hollywood its jets and ships, then demanded veto power over the script.
by David L. Robb 2004
3.46
72 ratings
🚫 Military Censorship📢 Propaganda Studies🏛️ Pentagon Influence
War as I Knew It
by George S. Patton Jr. • 1947
Relentless attack, improvised supply, and a belief that defense loses wars: Patton's own account.
4.12
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🪖 Military Command📖 War Memoirs🗺️ Military Strategy
War as I Knew It Summary
War as I Knew It 88%
Relentless attack, improvised supply, and a belief that defense loses wars: Patton's own account.
by George S. Patton Jr. 1947
4.12
3k+ ratings
🪖 Military Command📖 War Memoirs🗺️ Military Strategy
On Target
by Mark Greaney • 2010
Stranded in Darfur, a rogue assassin must protect an ICC investigator and evade a manhunt.
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30k+
🕵️ Rogue Operative🔫 Covert Ops🤝 Reluctant Allies
On Target Summary
On Target 88%
Stranded in Darfur, a rogue assassin must protect an ICC investigator and evade a manhunt.
by Mark Greaney 2010
4.20
30k+ ratings
🕵️ Rogue Operative🔫 Covert Ops🤝 Reluctant Allies
Clear and Present Danger
by Tom Clancy • 1989
American soldiers fight a secret war in Colombia until the White House decides they're expendable.
4.14
144k+
💻 Techno-Thriller⚔️ Drug War🕵️ Covert Operations
Clear and Present Danger Summary
Clear and Present Danger 88%
American soldiers fight a secret war in Colombia until the White House decides they're expendable.
by Tom Clancy 1989
4.14
144k+ ratings
💻 Techno-Thriller⚔️ Drug War🕵️ Covert Operations
On the Psychology of Military Incompetence
by Norman F. Dixon • 1976
Why do generals from Crimea to Vietnam repeat the same mistakes? Authoritarianism.
3.95
814
🎓 Military Psychology💭 Cognitive Biases🏛️ Organizational Failure
On the Psychology of Military Incompetence Summary
On the Psychology of Military Incompetence 88%
Why do generals from Crimea to Vietnam repeat the same mistakes? Authoritarianism.
by Norman F. Dixon 1976
3.95
814 ratings
🎓 Military Psychology💭 Cognitive Biases🏛️ Organizational Failure
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