This article on Thucydides by Julia Kindt via The Conversation allows you to ‘dip your toe in the water’ and gain a baseline understanding before venturing into the heavier text and getting lost. The article explains that Thucydides created a work that still resonates in the disciplines of history, international relations, and political science.

This video is a symposium that was presented at the University of Cambridge in 2016 by Professor Sir Hew Strachan and General Sir Nick Houghton. Professor Strachan proposes 8 propositions/paradoxes about war that are fundamental in developing our understanding.

Watch John Green explain 'War and Human Nature' in this episode of the 'Crash Course in World History' educational series.

The U.S. Army War College has generously shared this security and strategy primer: 'U.S Army War College Guide to National Security Issues, Volume 1: Theory of War and Strategy'. This 2012 version covers the theory of war and strategy in three parts: Strategic Theory, Instruments and Elements of Power, and Strategic Interests and Considerations.

A video demonstration of a War Game

A Video demonstrating a Concept of Operations Brief.

This video, produced by ALPC, provides a comprehensive explanation and demonstration of a 'ground brief.