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This is our curated reading list divided into categories that make sense to us. If any of these books take your fancy, click the title to head on over to Book Depository where global shipping is free. You can also use the search box below to find other books in their catalogue. All books bought through this page support the show with a small commission and keep us on the digital airwaves.

War Theory


On War     ​Carl von Clausewitz, edited by Peter Paret and Michael Howard
The Art of War     ​Sun Tzu, translated by Samuel B Griffith

War & Society


Anzac's Long Shadow     James Brown
War: What is it Good for?     
Ian Morris
Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging     Sebastian Junger
The Lucifer Effect     Philip G Zimbardo
The Theater of War     Bryan Doerries
Thank You for Your Service    David Finkel

Warfare


The Human Face of War     Jim Storr 
Practise to Deceive    Barton Whaley, edited by Susan Stratton Aykroyd 
LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media P.W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking
Margin of Victory     Douglas MacGregor 

War History 


The Black War   Nicholas Clements
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The Face of Battle   John Keegan
Angola, Clausewitz, and the American Way of War   John S McCain IV
A Savage War: A Military History of the Civil War ​ Williamson Murray
Legion versus Phalanx Myke Cole
The Last Panther    Wolfgang Faust

Biographies 


Minefields     Hugh Riminton
One Bullet Away    Nathaniel Fick
My Share of the Task    Stanley McChrystal
Clausewitz's On War: A Biography     ​Hew Strachan

War Stories  (Fiction)


Ghost Fleet    P W Singer and August Cole
World War Z  Max Brooks
The Forever War  Joe Haldeman
Starship Troopers  Robert Heinlein
Ender's Game  Orson Scott Card
Matterhorn Karl Marlantes
Old Man's War John Scalzi
The Ghost Brigades  John Scalzi

Strategy


Strategy: A History    Lawrence Freedman
What good is Grand Strategy?    Hal Brands
The Future of Strategy   Colin S Gray
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Strategy Strikes Back   ed Max Brooks et al

Global Politics


World Order     Henry Kissinger
The Future of Power   Joseph Nye
The Next 100 years  George Friedman
The Four Flashpoints : How Asia goes to War Brendan Taylor
Flashpoints   George Friedman


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