This is an alphabetical version. For a subjective ranked version see: Ranked: War
This is a list of various books that contain descriptions of wars and battles. The reasons for them. The strategies involved.
This does not include general histories of the people. For more holistic understanding of conflicts, see related intriguing connections in the book page, or the list Get To Know This Worlds' Peoples, Regions, Cities, Nations, and Empires
General War Framework
- The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
- Conquests and Cultures: An International History by Thomas Sowell
- On War by Carl von Clausewitz
- War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges
General War Framework / The Tools Of War
- (Circa 1945 Century - 2020 C.E.) Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology by Chris Miller
21st Century Conflicts
Various / Specific To Russian Conflicts
Cyberwarfare
War on Terrorism
- 9-11: Was There an Alternative? by Noam Chomsky
- Citizenship Papers by Wendell Berry
Potential
- Asia's Cauldron: The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific by Robert D. Kaplan
20th Century Conflicts
Various
- After War: The Political Economy of Exporting Democracy by Christopher J. Coyne
- Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky
- Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations by Amy Chua
- The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein
Various / Specific To Russian Conflicts
Russia VS Ukraine
- (Circa 1910s-1940s C.E.) Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine by Anne Applebaum
South African Apartheid
- (Circa 1995 - Late 20th Century C.E.) The Mandela Revolution: A British Soldier's Inside View of His Rise to Power by Huw Lawford
Vietnam War (US, France, Vietnam)
- The Approaching Storm: Conflict in Asia. 1945-1965 by Edward J. Marolda
WWI (US, Germany, Ottoman Empire, Russia, UK)
WWII (US, Germany, Russia, UK, Japan)
- Alliance: The Inside Story Of How Roosevelt, Stalin And Churchill Won One War And Began Another by Jonathan Fenby
- Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed
- Red Storm on the Reich: The Soviet March on Germany, 1945 by Christopher Duffy
- The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson
WWII / Philosophical Background
- The Open Society and Its Enemies by Karl Popper
WWII / Fiction
- Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
19th Century Conflicts
Native American Indian Wars (U.S.A., Native American Indians)
- The Battle of the Little Bighorn: A Good Day To Die by Francis Hayes
- The Native American Experience: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, The Fetterman Massacre, and Creek Mary's Blood by Dee Brown
France, Various
- (Circa late 18th Century - 1820s C.E.) Napoleon: A Life by Andrew Roberts
18th Century Conflicts
War for Independence: U.S.A. (British Empire, American Colonialists, France, Native American Indians)
- Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson
France VS Russia
- Hybrid Warfare: The Russian Approach to Strategic Competition & Conventional Military Conflict by Curtis L. Fox
France, Various
- (Circa late 18th Century - 1820s C.E.) Napoleon: A Life by Andrew Roberts
16th Century Conflicts
The Protestant Reformation (UK, France, Christianity [Protestant, Catholic])
- When Women Ruled The World by Maureen Quilligan
12-15th Century Conflicts
Mongol Advance (Mongolia, Russia, Islam, Christianity)
- The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World by Marie Favereau
12th Century Conflicts
Crusades (Christianity, Islam)
- (Circa 11th -13th Century C.E.) The Crusades: A History from Beginning to End by Henry Freeman
10-11th Century Conflicts
Viking Expansion
- Vikings: The Viking Age From Beginning To End by Stephan Weaver
8-9th Century Conflicts
Viking Expansion
- Vikings: The Viking Age From Beginning To End by Stephan Weaver
Frank Empire Conflicts
- Charlemagne by Johannes Fried
1th Century B.C.E. Conflicts
Crisis of the Roman Republic (Roman Republic)
- Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland
4th-3rd Century B.C.E. Conflicts
Macedonia Succession Wars
7th-6th Century B.C.E. Conflicts
Greco-Persian Wars (Greece, Persia)
14th-7th Century B.C.E. Conflicts
Various