16 Best War Books

Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 23

"To learn that the act of killing fellow humans can be raised to an art." - Neil deGrasse Tyson

"Served me well. [...] Advocates keeping one’s cool at all times." - Marc Benioff

"After meeting Mark Zuckerberg, [Evan Spiegel] immediately bought every [Snapchat] employee a copy of 'The Art Of War'." - Business Insider

"Another [book] I have to mention." - Dave Camarillo

Ryan Petersen mentioned this book on Twitter.

Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.

Larry King mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"At the age of twelve I had summoned the nerve to borrow from the headmaster, and to read [this book]." - Christopher Hitchens

Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book.

"One book that I returned to many times." - Nelson Mandela

Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.

"I am re reading now." - Shah Rukh Khan

"I think [Bill Gates] must be some kind of reincarnation of Milo Minderbinder from [this book]." - Larry Ellison

"I used to buy [this book] for a lot of people because I just thought if you hadn’t read it, you had to but maybe that era is over." - Mark Bittman

"A good one!" - Fred Wilson

Ryan Holiday recommended this book on his blog.

Dave Camarillo left this book at Tim Ferriss' house.

"[The author's] central thesis, that war was a continuation of diplomacy by other means, dovetailed with my own instincts." - Nelson Mandela

"There should be a chapter saying 'if you have a decisive technology advantage, you can actually win with minimal casualties.'" - Elon Musk

Paul Graham's (funny) answer to "what are your favourite books with a politics very different to your own?"

"I was thinking of [this book] when Harry saved Cedric’s body." - J.K. Rowling

Stewart Brand recommended this book on his "Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization" blog post.

"Best story ever." - Elon Musk

"One of the greatest books of all time." - Donald Trump

"I became consumed with the subject [of World War I] and got hold of [this book]." - Christopher Hitchens

"The author is helping you to see what they all learned from this terrible conflict. " - Dan Carlin

"It is loaded with hardcore, timeless truths and the story it tells ought to be required reading for every citizen in a democracy." - Steven Pressfield

"An obligation for every student of history." - Ryan Holiday

Matt Mullenweg recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.

"ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS." - Alexis Ohanian

Ryan Shea recommended this book on his website.

"About [the author's] own experience of being a prisoner of war in Dresden." - Jack Edwards

Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 10

"Read this book." - Paul Graham

"I didn’t understand the full impact of what these guys did at Okinawa fighting the Japanese. That had a big impact on me." - Howard Stern

On Jamie Dimon's list of favorite books.

Mark Twain recommended this book in a letter.

"A beautiful book by a writer who fought in Vietnam." - Caroline Paul

"Be forewarned that it contains beautiful prose and graphic violence in equal measure." - Tim Ferriss

"So beautifully written. But more importantly, for me, she was writing about battles and military stuff and things that you don’t imagine that sometimes a woman might be so adept at." - Doris Kearns Goodwin

Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 105