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