 | On War (Oxford World's Classics) by Carl von Clausewitz
Buy used from: £23.16 Classic text on warfare still being studied. Timeless but difficult.
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 | Clausewitz: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Michael Howard
Buy new: £4.78 / Used from: £2.50 The great military historian Michael Howard gives a short introduction to Clausewitz for students and newcomers.
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 | The Art of War/The Book of Lord Shang (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) by Tzu Sun
Buy new: £2.93 / Used from: £0.01 Classic work of military strategy
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 | Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power by Victor Davis Hanson
Buy new: £9.23 / Used from: £7.98 A heavyweight defense of Western civilization and its values.
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 | Ripples of Battle: How Wars of the Past Still Determine How We Fight, How We Live, and How We Think by Victor Davis Hanson
Buy new: £8.76 / Used from: £2.29 Three main battles which continue to shape and effect us today. Another terrific Hanson book.
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 | A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War by Victor Davis Hanson
Greece v Sparta......The lessons are still relevant. Essential reading with Kagan and Thucydides.
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 | The Peloponnesian War: Athens and Sparta in Savage Conflict 431-404 BC by Donald Kagan
Buy new: £6.97 / Used from: £4.47 A classic for expert or general reader alike. A neoconservative favourite.
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 | The Peloponnesian War (Classics) by Thucydides
Buy new: £7.66 / Used from: £0.72 The classical masterpiece. Read it along with Kagan and Hanson. Weakness invites aggression.
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 | The Culture of War by Martin Van Creveld
Buy used from: £12.99 Another classic by Van Creveld. A realistic and accurate review of human nature, and a scholarly and insighful study.
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 | Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam by John A. Nagl
Buy new: £9.11 / Used from: £6.51 Essential reading for all US (and British) soldiers. Transforming the US Military in the new war of the 21st century.
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 | The U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual by United States
Buy new: £8.62 / Used from: £8.92 Re-written by General David Petraeus. Will be studied and used for decades to come in this new war.
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 | Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice (PSI Classics in the Counterinsurgency Era) by David Galula
Buy new: £16.81 / Used from: £22.10 New addition of classic counterinsurgency manual.
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 | The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World by Rupert Smith
Buy new: £7.66 / Used from: £4.47 Important book by a former British General.
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 | Pacification in Algeria: 1956-1958 by David Galula
Buy new: £19.94 / Used from: £22.02 Counterinsurgency. Another must-read.
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 | The Arab Mind by Raphael Patai
Buy used from: £25.79 Republished classic. It is being used by US military academies and soldiers. Should have been required reading in 2003.
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 | Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph (Penguin Modern Classics) by T.E. Lawrence
Buy new: £7.69 / Used from: £2.22 Study the culture, history and people.
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 | The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power by Max Boot
Buy new: £9.99 / Used from: £6.44 The case for interventionism and a defense of US policy. Opposes the Powell doctrine. Controversial and much debated.
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 | War Made New: Weapons, Warriors, and the Making of the Modern World by Max Boot
Buy new: £9.33 / Used from: £3.88 One of the best books I have ever read. Boot is a great intellectual and military specialist.
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 | Finding the Target: The Transformation of American Military Policy by Frederick Kagan
Buy new: £9.89 / Used from: £3.93 Kagan is military expert and co-author of Petraeus "surge" strategy called "Choosing Victory". A seminal book on change and future of the US Military.
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 | Acts of War: The Behaviour of Men in Battle (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by Richard Holmes
Buy new: £6.74 / Used from: £0.64 The human condition of being a soldier. Holmes is a great historian and empathetic writer.
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 | On Killing: Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society by Dave Grossman
Buy used from: £2.95 One of the most powerful books I have ever read,
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 | Warrior Politics by Robert Kaplan
Buy new: £8.09 / Used from: £1.48 Why leadership demands a pagan ethos. Another classic by the author of "Imperial Grunts"
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 | On the Origins of War: And the Preservation of Peace by Donald Kagan
Buy used from: £7.18 The great classics scholar gives us two ancient wars, two modern wars and the Cuban Missile Crisis to ponder over. Brilliant.
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 | Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen and Leadership in Wartime by Eliot A. Cohen
Buy used from: £3.60 A modern masterpiece written by a brilliant neoconservative scholar, and former military officer. The relationship between civilian leaders and military leaders -- studying four great examples.
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 | The Soldier and the State (Belknap Press) by SP Huntington
Buy new: £20.85 / Used from: £12.87 Samuel Huntington's classic and much debated study on the dynamic between the military leadership and the civilian leadership. Differs from Cohen in two main respects, but remains indispensible.
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