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What to read after On War by Carl Von Clausewitz: 24 titles sharing themes of Strategy, Military Science, International Relations, and Wars & Conflicts, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

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Conflict The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Gaza — David Petraeus

Conflict The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Gaza

Themes: Strategy • Military Science • International Relations

Conflict The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine — David Howell Petraeus

Conflict The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

David Howell Petraeus

Themes: Strategy • Military Science • International Relations

Napoleon on War — Napoleon I (Emperor of the French)

Napoleon on War

Napoleon I (Emperor of the French)

Themes: Strategy • Military Science • International Relations

Europe Since the Cold War — various

Europe Since the Cold War

Themes: Strategy • Military Science • International Relations

The Future of War A History — Lawrence Freedman

The Future of War A History

Lawrence Freedman

Themes: Strategy • Military Science • International Relations

War, Peace and International Relations An Introduction to Strategic History — Colin Gray

War, Peace and International Relations An Introduction to Strategic History

Themes: Strategy • Military Science • International Relations

Confronting Saddam Hussein George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq — Melvyn P. Leffler

Confronting Saddam Hussein George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq

Melvyn P. Leffler

Themes: Strategy • Military Science • International Relations

Privatizing War A Moral Theory — William Feldman

Privatizing War A Moral Theory

William Feldman

Themes: Strategy • Military Science • International Relations

Behavioural Conflict Why Understanding People and Their Motivations Will Prove Decisive in Future Conflict — Andrew Mackay

Behavioural Conflict Why Understanding People and Their Motivations Will Prove Decisive in Future Conflict

Themes: Strategy • Military Science • International Relations

American Foreign Policy — Various

American Foreign Policy

Themes: Strategy • Military Science • International Relations

Strategy A History — Lawrence Freedman

Strategy A History

Lawrence Freedman

Themes: Strategy • Military Science • International Relations

Europe, Small Navies and Maritime Security Balancing Traditional Roles and Emergent Threats in the 21st Century — Robert McCabe

Europe, Small Navies and Maritime Security Balancing Traditional Roles and Emergent Threats in the 21st Century

Themes: Strategy • Military Science • International Relations

NATO’s Return to Europe Engaging Ukraine, Russia, and Beyond — Rebecca R. Moore

NATO’s Return to Europe Engaging Ukraine, Russia, and Beyond

Rebecca R. Moore

Themes: Strategy • Military Science • International Relations

Military Strategy A Global History — Jeremy Black

Military Strategy A Global History

Themes: Strategy • Military Science • International Relations

Law, Force and Diplomacy at Sea (Routledge Revivals) — Ken Booth

Law, Force and Diplomacy at Sea (Routledge Revivals)

Themes: Strategy • Military Science • International Relations

Deterrence Theory and Chinese Behavior — Abram N. Shulsky

Deterrence Theory and Chinese Behavior

Abram N. Shulsky

Themes: Strategy • Military Science • International Relations

Africa’s Lost Leader South Africa’s Continental Role Since Apartheid — James Hamill

Africa’s Lost Leader South Africa’s Continental Role Since Apartheid

Themes: Strategy • Military Science • International Relations

Winning at War Seven Keys to Military Victory Throughout History — Christian P. Potholm

Winning at War Seven Keys to Military Victory Throughout History

Christian P. Potholm

Themes: Strategy • Military Science • International Relations

Iraq From War to a New Authoritarianism — Toby Dodge

Iraq From War to a New Authoritarianism

Themes: Strategy • Military Science • International Relations

Reconceptualizing Deterrence Nudging Toward Rationality in Middle Eastern Rivalries — Elli Lieberman

Reconceptualizing Deterrence Nudging Toward Rationality in Middle Eastern Rivalries

Themes: Strategy • Military Science • International Relations

Uncertain Future The JCPOA and Iran’s Nuclear and Missile Programmes — Mark Fitzpatrick (Senior fellow for non-proliferation)

Uncertain Future The JCPOA and Iran’s Nuclear and Missile Programmes

Mark Fitzpatrick (Senior fellow for non-proliferation)

Themes: Strategy • Military Science • International Relations

The Cold War and Its Origins, 1917-1960 Volume One 1917-1950 — D. F. Fleming

The Cold War and Its Origins, 1917-1960 Volume One 1917-1950

Themes: Military Science • International Relations • Wars & Conflicts

Film & Radio Propaganda in World War II — K. R. M. Short

Film & Radio Propaganda in World War II

Themes: Military Science • International Relations • Wars & Conflicts

Vichy France and the Resistance Culture and Ideology — Roderick Kedward

Vichy France and the Resistance Culture and Ideology

Roderick Kedward

Themes: Military Science • International Relations • Wars & Conflicts

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Strategy, Military Science, International Relations — the same threads that run through On War by Carl Von Clausewitz. Among the authors featured: David Petraeus, David Howell Petraeus, Napoleon I (Emperor of the French), Various, and others.

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