King’s College London’s suggested reading list for MA War Studies students.
- Just War or Just Peace? (Lawrence Freedman, ed., 1994)
- Man, the State and War (Kenneth Waltz, 1959)
- War in European History (Michael Howard, 1976)
- The First World War and British Military History (B.J. Bond, ed., 1991)
- Liddell Hart: A Study of His Military Thought (Brian Bond, 1977)
- On War (Carl von Clausewitz) – KCL recommends the Graham translation, but we prefer the Howard & Paret translation
- Clausewitz: Philosopher of War (Raymond Aron, 1983)
- The Strategy of Conflict (Thomas C. Schelling, 1960)
- The Transformation of War (Martin van Creveld, 1991)
- Swords Into Plowshares (Inis L. Claude Jr., 1971)
- The Soldier and the State (Samuel P. Huntington, 1957)
- Just and Unjust Wars (Michael Walzer, 2000)