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The 15 Best War Stories Ever Told

Melissa StangerDec 16, 2014, 01:24 IST

Despite the heartbreak and gruesomeness that often accompanies war, there's no doubt that the subject is fascinating to read about.

Michael Inman, Curator of Rare Books at The New York Public Library, and curator of the current exhibition Over Here: WWI and the Fight for the American Mind, picked out the best nonfiction books about war.

These books are a selection of scholarly histories, journalism, first-hand accounts, and works on the tactics and theory of warfare from the crusades to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.