War
Its glory, its waste and what it does to those who fight.
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Virgil The AeneidThe AeneidVirgil · 29-19 BCEOn 9 lists
Thomas Hobbes LeviathanLeviathanThomas Hobbes · 1651On 9 lists
Homer The IliadThe IliadHomer · c. 750 BCEOn 8 lists
Herodotus The HistoriesThe HistoriesHerodotus · c. 430 BCEOn 8 lists
Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian WarHistory of the Peloponnesian WarThucydides · c. 431-400 BCEOn 7 lists
The OresteiaAeschylus · 458 BCEOn 6 lists
Leo Tolstoy War and PeaceWar and PeaceLeo Tolstoy · 1865-1869On 5 listsAgamemnonAeschylus · 458 BCEOn 3 lists
Livy History of RomeHistory of RomeLivy · 20 BCEOn 3 lists
Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireThe Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireEdward Gibbon · 1776-1789On 3 lists
LysistrataAristophanes · 411 BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksPhiloctetesSophoclesPhiloctetesSophocles · 409 BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksHistoriesTacitusHistoriesTacitus · c. 105-110On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe Song of RolandAnonymousThe Song of RolandAnonymous · c. 1100On 2 listsThe Great BooksTroilus and CriseydeGeoffrey ChaucerTroilus and CriseydeGeoffrey Chaucer · c. 1382-1386On 2 listsThe Great BooksGargantua and PantagruelFrançois RabelaisFrançois Rabelais Gargantua and PantagruelGargantua and PantagruelFrançois Rabelais · 1532-1564On 2 lists
The Gettysburg AddressAbraham Lincoln · 1863On 2 lists
SamuelThe Bible · c. 7th c. BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksThe Trojan WomenEuripidesThe Trojan WomenEuripides · 415 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksThe Bhagavad GitaAnonymousThe Bhagavad GitaAnonymous · c. 2nd c. BCEOn 1 list
Polybius The HistoriesThe HistoriesPolybius · c. 150-118 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksGeorgicsVirgilGeorgicsVirgil · 29 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksGermanyTacitusGermanyTacitus · 98On 1 list
Anonymous The NibelungenliedThe NibelungenliedAnonymous · c. 1200On 1 listThe Great BooksChroniclesJean FroissartJean Froissart ChroniclesChroniclesJean Froissart · c. 1370-1400On 1 listThe Great BooksLe Morte d'ArthurThomas MaloryThomas Malory Le Morte d'ArthurLe Morte d'ArthurThomas Malory · 1469On 1 listThe Great BooksEl RequerimientoCouncil of CastileEl RequerimientoCouncil of Castile · 1513On 1 list
On the American IndiansFrancisco de Vitoria · 1539On 1 listThe Great BooksJourneys in Diverse PlacesAmbroise ParéJourneys in Diverse PlacesAmbroise Paré · 1585On 1 listThe Great BooksHenry VWilliam ShakespeareHenry VWilliam Shakespeare · 1599On 1 listThe Great BooksTroilus and CressidaWilliam ShakespeareTroilus and CressidaWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1602On 1 listThe Great BooksSir Francis Drake RevivedPhilip NicholsSir Francis Drake RevivedPhilip Nichols · c. 1593On 1 listThe Great BooksAndromacheJean RacineAndromacheJean Racine · 1667On 1 listThe Great BooksMinna von BarnhelmGotthold Ephraim LessingMinna von BarnhelmGotthold Ephraim Lessing · 1767On 1 listThe Great BooksWashington's Farewell AddressGeorge WashingtonWashington's Farewell AddressGeorge Washington · 1796On 1 listThe Great BooksHermann and DorotheaJohann Wolfgang von GoetheHermann and DorotheaJohann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1797On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Haitian Declaration of IndependenceJean-Jacques DessalinesThe Haitian Declaration of IndependenceJean-Jacques Dessalines · 1804On 1 list
Lord Byron Don JuanDon JuanLord Byron · 1819-1824On 1 list
Carl von Clausewitz On WarOn WarCarl von Clausewitz · 1832On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Charterhouse of ParmaStendhalStendhal The Charterhouse of ParmaThe Charterhouse of ParmaStendhal · 1839On 1 listThe Great BooksEssay on AlgeriaAlexis de TocquevilleEssay on AlgeriaAlexis de Tocqueville · 1841On 1 listThe Great BooksEvangelineHenry Wadsworth LongfellowEvangelineHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1847On 1 listThe Great BooksSelected SpeechesAbraham LincolnSelected SpeechesAbraham Lincoln · 1838-1865On 1 listSecond Inaugural AddressAbraham Lincoln · 1865On 1 listThe Great BooksBilly BuddHerman MelvilleBilly BuddHerman Melville · 1886On 1 listThe Great BooksHadji MuratLeo TolstoyHadji MuratLeo Tolstoy · 1896On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Prussian OfficerD. H. LawrenceThe Prussian OfficerD. H. Lawrence · 1914On 1 list
Thoughts for the Times on War and DeathSigmund Freud · 1915On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Souls of White FolkW. E. B. Du BoisThe Souls of White FolkW. E. B. Du Bois · 1910On 1 listThe Great BooksMourning Becomes ElectraEugene O'NeillMourning Becomes ElectraEugene O'Neill · 1931On 1 list
Arnold J. Toynbee A Study of HistoryA Study of HistoryArnold J. Toynbee · 1934-1961On 1 listThe Great BooksMother Courage and Her ChildrenBertolt BrechtMother Courage and Her ChildrenBertolt Brecht · 1939On 1 listThe Great BooksCivilization on TrialArnold J. ToynbeeCivilization on TrialArnold J. Toynbee · 1948On 1 list
The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of MexicoMiguel León-Portilla (ed.) · 1959On 1 list
The Wretched of the EarthFrantz Fanon · 1961On 1 list