Recommended Resources

We have compiled the following list of sources for anyone looking to improve their understanding of military history:

Classical and Ancient Warfare

• The History of the Peloponessian War, by Thucydides
• The Gallic Wars, by Julius Caesar
• The Civil Wars, by Julius Caesar
• The Art of War, by Sun Tzu

Theory of Modern Warfare

• On War, by Carl von Clausewitz
• Summary of the Art of War, by Antoine-Henri Jomini

Modern Conventional & Industrial Warfare

• The Crimean War, by Philip Warner
• The Storm of Steel, by Ernst Jünger
• What It Is Like to Go to War, by Karl Marlantes

Asymmetric / Guerilla & Insurgency Warfare

• The War of the Flea, by Robert Taber
• Invisible Armies, by Max Boot
• Counterinsurgency, by David Kilcullen

American Military History

• The Barbary Wars, by Frank Lambert