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The following is a list of military writers, alphabetical by last name.:
- Sidney Allinson, Canadian military historian and historical novelist, author of The Bantams: The Untold Story Of World War One and Kruger's Gold: A novel of the Anglo-Boer War.
- Alberto Bayo, Latin American revolutionary, author, A Manual of Guerilla Warfare.
- André Beaufre.
- Don Bendell, author, Crossbow, The B-52 Overture, Valley of Tears, Snake-Eater, and Criminal Investigation Detachment.
- Ivan Bloch.
- John Boyd, inventor of the OODA Loop or decision cycle.
- Gary Brecher, author of War Nerd.
- Ahron Bregman, author, books on the Arab-Israeli conflict.
- Bernard Brodie.
- Caleb Carr, military historian, author, Lessons of Terror, The Devil Soldier. others.
- Lazare Carnor.
- Chanakya, author, Arthashastra.
- Robert M. Citino, author, German Way of War, Quest for Decisive Victory, Blitzkrieg to Desert Storm, Death of the Wehrmacht, several others.
- Tom Clancy, author, Rainbow Six, Splinter Cell, Net Force, others.
- Carl von Clausewitz, General, author, On War.
- John Colomb.
- Julian Corbett, Edwardian British Naval theorist, author, Some Principles of Maritime Strategy.
- Antoine de Jomini
- Giulio Douhet
- Mikhail Dragomirov, Russian military theoretician.
- Ardant du Picq, French military theorist, author, Battle Studies.
- Jeff Edwards, author, Torpedo.
- Alonso de Ercilla author, La Araucana.
- Ferdinand Foch.
- Frederick II of Prussia.
- Sextus Julius Frontinus, author, Stratagemata.
- J.F.C. Fuller, theoretician of tank warfare.
- Pierre Marie Gallois.
- Vo Nguyen Giap, Vietnamese general responsible for success of the North Vietnamese in the Vietnam War, decisive in victory at Dien Ben Phu.
- Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, 19th century general and theorist.
- Robert Greene (The 33 Strategies of War, The 48 Laws of Power).
- Heinz Guderian, German general, developed principles of Blitzkrieg, author of Achtung Panzer!
- Ernesto Che Guevara, Argentinian revolutionary, diary outlined the guerrilla war being fought in Bolivia.
- Arthur Currie.
- B.H. Liddell Hart, proponent of the "indirect approach", influential on all 20th century military thinking.
- Herodotus.
- Jacques Antoine Hippolyte, Comte de Guibert.
- Liu Ji, co-author, Huolongjing.
- Michael Johns, foreign policy and national security analyst and writer.
- Antoine Henri Jomini, General, wrote on the Napoleonic Wars including Precis de l'Art de la Guerre (Precis on the Art of War) and Traité des grandes opérations militaires (Treatise on Grand Military Operations).
- Josephus, author The Wars of the Jews.
- John Keegan, military historian.
- Howard Kippenberger, New Zealand General and military historian.
- Henry Kissinger.
- Shen Kuo (Dream Pool Essays).
- John Knox Laughton.
- T. E. Lawrence.
- Leo VI the Wise, Byzantine emperor (Taktika).
- Zhuge Liang, famous strategist from The Three Kingdoms era (Thirty-Six Stratagems).
- B. H. Liddell-Hart.
- Stephen B. Luce.
- Edward Luttwack, theorist, identified the 'Dynamic Paradox' of strategy.
- Douglas Macgregor.
- Niccolò Machiavelli, political theorist, author of The Prince and Dell'arte della guerra (The Art of War).
- Alfred Thayer Mahan, naval strategist.
- Dennis Hart Mahan, military theorist and Engineering professor at West Point, wrote Advanced Guard, Outpost and Detachment Service of Troops, with essential Principles of Strategy and Grand Tactics, commonly known as Outpost.
- Mao Zedong, Chinese leader and guerrilla theorist.
- Carlos Marighella, Brazilian "urban guerrilla", author, Minimanual of the Urban Guerrilla.
- Tyrone G. Martin, USS Constitution expert.
- Maurice, Byzantine Emperor and traditional author of the military treatise Strategikon.
- John Frederick Maurice, soldier, military writer.
- Maurice of Nassau.
- Billy Mitchell.
- François-Henri de Montmorency.
- Robin Moore, author, The Hunt for Bin Laden: Task Force Dagger.
- Miyamoto Musashi, author, The Book of Five Rings.
- Napoleon I of France.
- Michel Ney.
- Lucien Poirier.
- Polyaenus.
- Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus (De Re Militari).
- Erwin Rommel, German field marshal during WWII, author Infantry Attacks (Infanterie greift an), armored battle theory.
- Arthur Rosenberg, political historian, author, A history of Bolshevism from Marx to the first five years' plan.
- Cornelius Ryan, author, The Longest Day, A Bridge Too Far.
- Richard Simpkin, military theorist.
- Hew Strachan, military historian.
- Sun Bin, claimed descent from Sun Tzu, and was considered Sun Tzu II. Author of Sun Bin Bing Fa.
- Sun Tzu, general, author of The Art of War.
- Alexander Suvorov, General, author of The Science of Victory.
- Aeneas Tacticus.
- Thucydides.
- Eduard Totleben.
- Hugh Trenchard.
- Yamamoto Tsunetomo, author of Hagakure.
- Mikhail Tukhachevsky.
- Sebastien le Prestre de Vauban.
- Vegetius.
- Menno van Coehoorn.
- Martin van Creveld, expanded theory of war proponent.
- Friedrich von Bernhardi.
- Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz.
- Helmuth von Moltke the Elder.
- Sigismund von Schlichting, 19th century infantry theorist.
- Julius von Verdy du Vernois, 19th century general and theorist.
- Khalid ibn Walid.
- H. G. Wells.
- Bing West, military historian.
- Garnet Wolseley.
- Wu Qi, author, Wuzi.
- Xenophon.
- Wang Xiangsui, author, Unrestricted Warfare.
- Jiao Yu.
See also
- Lists of authors
- list of military theorists
- Military history
- List of authors in war
- List of military theorists
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