This 1976 classic history from the battlefield revisits the three crucial battles at Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme to concentrate on conveying the visceral reality of conflict for the common soldier in the heat of battle.

Rid explores the argument contained within his title, arguing that as of 2013 cyber war had not, was not currently, and would not take place in future.

As a 20-year-old Lieutenant, Paul Fussell led a rifle platoon in the 103rd Infantry Division on the Western Front of World War II and Wartime is his intensely personal yet wide-ranging and informative exploration of the psychological and emotional impact of the war on common soldiers and civilians.

Black Hearts is an unflinching account of the tragedy and horrors of the ‘Black Heart Platoon’ and the factors that contributed to disaster during their deployment to Iraq.

Hailed upon its first publication as a landmark study of the military techniques used to overcome an aversion to killing, On Killing argues that these techniques carry significant psychological cost for the soldiers who experience them, and for society more broadly.

On War is one of the classic theoretical works on the nature of war, and arguably the greatest. Clausewitz, a Prussian general of the Napoleonic Wars era, sought to understand both the internal dynamics of his calling and the function of war as an instrument of policy.

The account of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides is the most comprehensive version of the war, and hence the most prolific. It is a detailed account of the war between Athens and their Allies, and Sparta and theirs.

Corbett’s classic work explores the theoretical and practical foundations of maritime warfare, providing a critical grounding for land practitioners in understanding the maritime environment as a military space.

Strategy is among the 20th Century’s most pivotal theoretical works on warfare, analysing wars from the fifth century B.C. to the middle of the twentieth century, and drawing upon the author’s own experiences in World War I.

Though air power was in its infancy, Douhet considers future military expression, advocating for independent air forces (rather than as auxiliaries to land and maritime forces) as a vital element for military success.