The Histories
Herodotus · Ancient · History
Subject guide
War
Explore 47 works associated with War in The Western Canon. This page is generated from reviewed catalog classifications and links directly to each featured work.
Featured works
History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides · Ancient · History, political thought
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy · 19th Century · Novel, history
Journey to the End of the Night
Louis-Ferdinand Céline · Modern · Novel
Catch-22
Joseph Heller · Postwar · Novel / satire
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut · Postmodern · Novel
The Iliad
Homer · Ancient · Epic poetry
The Persians
Aeschylus · Ancient · Drama / tragedy
Seven Against Thebes
Aeschylus · Ancient · Drama / tragedy
Hippolytus
Euripides · Ancient · Drama / tragedy
The Clouds
Aristophanes · Ancient · Comedy / satire
The Trojan Women
Euripides · Ancient · Drama / tragedy
The Birds
Aristophanes · Ancient · Comedy / satire
Electra
Euripides · Ancient · Drama / tragedy
Lysistrata
Aristophanes · Ancient · Comedy
Iphigenia at Aulis
Euripides · Ancient · Drama / tragedy
The Frogs
Aristophanes · Ancient · Comedy / satire
Orlando Furioso
Ludovico Ariosto · Renaissance · Epic poetry
The Good Soldier
Ford Madox Ford · Modernism · Novel
The Return of the Soldier
Rebecca West · Modern · History / criticism / fiction
Parade’s End
Ford Madox Ford · Modernism · Novel
In Our Time
Ernest Hemingway · Modernism · Novel / stories
Red Cavalry
Isaac Babel · Modern · Stories
The Threepenny Opera
Bertolt Brecht · Modern · Drama / poetry
And Quiet Flows the Don
Mikhail Sholokhov · Modern · Novel
A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway · Modernism · Novel / stories
Odessa Stories
Isaac Babel · Modern · Stories
Death on Credit
Louis-Ferdinand Céline · Modern · Novel
The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway · Modernism · Novel / stories
Mother Courage and Her Children
Bertolt Brecht · Modern · Drama / poetry
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Ernest Hemingway · Modernism · Novel / stories
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
Rebecca West · Modern · History / criticism / fiction
The Good Person of Szechwan
Bertolt Brecht · Modern · Drama / poetry
The Life of Galileo
Bertolt Brecht · Modern · Drama / poetry
The Naked and the Dead
Norman Mailer · Postwar · Novel / reportage
Billiards at Half-Past Nine
Heinrich Böll · Postwar · Novel
Mother Night
Kurt Vonnegut · Postwar · Novel / satire
Cat’s Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut · Postwar · Novel / satire
A Moveable Feast
Ernest Hemingway · Modernism · Novel / memoir
The Armies of the Night
Norman Mailer · Postwar · Novel / reportage
Breakfast of Champions
Kurt Vonnegut · Postwar · Novel / satire
Something Happened
Joseph Heller · Postwar · Novel / satire
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
Heinrich Böll · Postwar · Novel
The Garden of Eden
Ernest Hemingway · Modernism · Novel / memoir
Prometheus Bound
Aeschylus · Ancient · Drama / tragedy
The Jewish War
Josephus · Ancient · History
Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus · Ancient · History