Famous military writers - Definition and Overview

This is a list of military writers, alphabetical by last name.

See also list of military theorists.

• Bayo, Anton
• Boyd, John, inventor of the OODA Loop or decision cycle.
• Caesar, Julius, author of Gallic Wars, Alexandrian Wars, etc.
• Clausewitz, Carl von, general and author of On War
• Ercilla, Alonso de y Zúñiga, author of La Araucana
• Frontinus, Sextus Julius , author of the Stratagemata
• Fuller, J.F.C., theoretician of tank warfare
• Goltz, Colmar Freiherr von der, 19th century general and theorist
• Guderian, Heinz, German General, Developed principles of Blitzkrieg, author of Achtung Panzer!
• Guevara, Ernesto Che, Argentinian revolutionary, diary outlined the guerrilla war being fought in Bolivia
• Hart, B.H. Liddell, proponent of the "indirect approach", influential on all 20th century military thinking
• Johns, Michael, foreign policy and national security analyst and writer
• Jomini, Antoine Henri, 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)
• Keegan, John, Military Historian
• Leonhard, Robert, Military Theorist
• Luttwack, Edward, Theorist, identified the 'Dynamic Paradox' of strategy
• Mao Zedong, Chinese leader and guerrilla theorist
• Machiavelli, Niccolo, political theorist, author of The Prince and Dell'arte della guerra (The Art of War)
• Mahan, Alfred Thayer, naval strategist
• Marighela, Carlos, Brazilian "urban guerrilla", wrote Minimanual of the Urban Guerrilla
• Martin, Tyrone G., USS Constitution expert
• Moore, Robin, wrote The Hunt for Bin Laden: Task Force Dagger
• Ryan, Cornelius, wrote The Longest Day, A Bridge Too Far
• Schalk, Emil, Summary of the Art of War
• Simpkin, Richard Military Theorist
• Strachan, Hew Military Historian
• Sun Tzu, general and author of The Art of War
• Thucydides, author of History of the Peloponnesian War
• Verdy du Vernois, Julius von, 19th century general and theorist
• Xenophon, his Anabasis recording the Greeks march out of Asia Minor
• Flavius Arrianus Xenophon known as Arrian in English, author of Anabasis Alexandri The Campaigns of Alexander the Great
• Tsunetomo, Yamamoto, author of Hagakure

See also

• Lists of authors
• Military history
• List of authors in war
• List of military theorists