Hew Strachan
Sir Hew Strachan was Chichele Professor of the History of War at the University of Oxford until 31 March 2015 and is now Professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews. He is an Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford and a Life Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
Books by Hew Strachan
“It’s 1,139 pages. You need pretty strong wrists if you want to read it in bed … You get a very real sense of how the war moved from being just a bunch of Europeans fighting each other into a World War, both in terms of the European war sucking in the resources of the world to add fuel to the fire but also in terms of the war being exported to Africa, to Asia, to the Americas.” Read more...
Jonathan Boff, Historian
“It’s a collection of essays that has to do with the contemporary direction of war and how to use history, historical examples, and some strategic theories to clarify what’s going on and what needs to happen.” Read more...
The best books on Military Strategy
Antulio Echevarria II, Military Historians & Veteran
Clausewitz's on War: A Biography
by Hew Strachan
Clausewitz’s On War is one of our most recommended history books and clearly a vital book to read if you take history seriously. It’s quite hard to listen to as an audiobook, however. As a result, we recommend listening, instead, to the audiobook of Clausewitz’s on War: A Biography by military historian Sir Hew Strachan. It’s part of a series called ‘books that changed the world’ published by Grove Atlantic. It’s fascinating—not least to see how the reputation of an important book evolves over time.
Narrator: Simon Vance
Length: 5 hours and 28 minutes
Interviews with Hew Strachan
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On War
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Yorck and the Era of Prussian Reform 1807
by Peter Paret -
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L'or et le sang: Les buts de guerre économiques de la Première Guerre mondiale
by Georges-Henri Soutou -
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Vessel of Sadness
by William Woodruff -
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The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One
by David Kilcullen
The Best Military History Books, recommended by Hew Strachan
The Best Military History Books, recommended by Hew Strachan
It’s no longer enough for military history to be just about battles told from the winning side. One of the great military historians of our time, Sir Hew Strachan, talks us through what makes a great military history.
Interviews where books by Hew Strachan were recommended
The best books on Military Strategy, recommended by Antulio Echevarria II
Texts about military strategy take us back into the mists of time but what it is, and what the nature of war is, remains hotly debated. Antulio Echevarria II of the US Army War College talks us through key books, both old and new, on military strategy.
The best books on World War I, recommended by Jonathan Boff
It’s been 100 years since World War I ended, but there is still very little consensus about what caused it, or what its consequences were. Historian Jonathan Boff talks us through the latest books and best modern interpretations of World War I.
