• The best books on American Naval History - US Navy: A Concise History by Craig L. Symonds
  • The best books on American Naval History - Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy by Ian W. Toll
  • The best books on American Naval History - Sea of Glory: America’s Voyage of Discovery by Nathaniel Philbrick
  • The best books on American Naval History - The Two-Ocean War: A Short History of the United States Navy in the Second World War by Samuel Eliot Morison
  • The best books on American Naval History - Learning War: The Evolution of Fighting Doctrine in the U.S. Navy by Trent Hone

The best books on American Naval History, recommended by John Kroger

The story of the American navy is deeply intertwined with that of the nation, says John Kroger—former Chief Learning Officer to the US Navy—although we don’t always afford naval history the attention it deserves. Here he selects five of the best books about American naval history and predicts a renewed focus on Pacific naval defenses in the coming decades.

  • The best books on Thucydides - Pericles of Athens by Vincent Azoulay
  • The best books on Thucydides - Nemesis: Alcibiades and the Fall of Athens by David Stuttard
  • The best books on Thucydides - The Invention of Athens: The Funeral Oration in the Classical City by Nicole Loraux
  • The best books on Thucydides - Histories by Herodotus
  • The best books on Thucydides - The Landmark Xenophon's Hellenika by Xenophon

The best books on Thucydides, recommended by Johanna Hanink

The Greek historian and general Thucydides wanted his History of the Peloponnesian War “to be a possession for all time.” In that, he’s been remarkably successful, with his name still echoing in the corridors of power. But what lessons should we take away from his great work? Translator and classicist Johanna Hanink talks us through books to better understand Thucydides and the mythical Athens he lived in and wrote about.

  • The best books on The Thirty Years War - Westphalia: the Last Christian Peace 1643-48 by Derek Croxton
  • The best books on The Thirty Years War - Monro, His expedition with the worthy Scots regiment (called Mac-Keyes-regiment) levied in August 1626 by Robert Monro
  • The best books on The Thirty Years War - Wallenstein: His Life Narrated by Golo Mann
  • The best books on The Thirty Years War - European Weapons and Warfare 1618–1648 by Eduard Wagner
  • The best books on The Thirty Years War - Tagebuch Eines Soldners Aus Dem Dreissigjahrigen Krieg Peter Hagendorf (ed. Jan Peters)

The best books on The Thirty Years War, recommended by Peter Wilson

It was a war that devastated Europe and left more than one-fifth of the German population dead. The complex peace agreement that ended it, the Treaty of Westphalia, is still credited with establishing our modern state system. Peter Wilson, Chichele Professor of the History of War at Oxford University and author of the most recent general history of the war, Europe’s Tragedy: A New History of the Thirty Years War, recommends books to read for a nuanced picture of Europe’s cataclysmic 17th-century conflict.