War Books

The Art of War

Sun Tzu

Napoleon read it. As did General MacArthur, Mao Tse-tung, and Tony Soprano. But Sun Tzu's Art of War is more than the most influential and famous book on military strategy: it's also a great everyday ..

Gettysburg Address

Abraham Lincoln

At Gettysburg, the famous Civil War battleground, Abraham Lincoln said: "The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here." This is something..

The Last of the Mohicans

James Fenimore Cooper

This book gives an entertaining and accurate historical view of the Colonies during the French and Indian war. This is what set the stage for the american Revolution, and it is masterfully told by one..

The Iliad

Homer

The Iliad is an epic poem by Homer dating from around the 8th century BC. It takes place during the Trojan war, and it depicts the battles and events that occur during a fight between King Agamemnon a..

The Red Badge of Courage

Stephen Crane

An amazing account of a boy becoming a man on the battlefield. Heartbreaking and thrilling. A high school classic, Crane's novel is a masterpiece of writing. Few authors have conveyed since, the horro..

The Odyssey

Homer

Homer's Odyssey is the sequel to the Iliad, and it's synonymous with epic adventure. Once again we're faced with some potential Greco-Roman confusion, as the hero this time is Odysseus, or Ulysses, de..

History of the American Negro in the Great World War

W. Allison Sweeney

History of the American Negro in the Great World War is a biographical work by W. Allison Sweeney narrating the participation of Negro's in the word war. Preface from the book follows.Lies the st..

History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War

Edward A. Johnson

History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War is a collection of biographical work narrating the participation of Negro Soldiers in the war. Many causes led up to the Spanish-American war. Cub..