TWE Book and Film Recommendations

Over the decade since I began blogging at The Water’s Edge I have periodically recommended books to read and films to watch. I have also occasionally asked colleagues to recommend books and movies. Given the number of recommendations we have made, I thought it would be useful to assemble them all in one place. This is that place.

Movies Worth Watching

• Seven Movies Worth Watching About 9/11 (2021)
• Eight More Foreign-Policy Movies Worth Watching (2021)
• Five Movies Worth Watching About Foreign-Policy Conspiracies (2021)
• Five Foreign-Policy Movies Worth Watching About Being in Combat (2021)
• Five Foreign-Policy Movies Worth Watching About Real-Life Heroism (2021)
• Five Foreign-Policy Movies Worth Watching About Actual World Events (2021)
• Five Foreign-Policy Movies Worth Watching About Human Rights (2021)
• Five Movies Worth Watching About Conflict at Sea (2021)
• Five Movies Worth Watching About Love and War (2021)
• Five Movies Worth Watching About UFOs (2021)
• Ten More Foreign-Policy Movies Worth Watching (2020)
• Five Anti-War Movies Worth Watching (2020)
• Five Movies About Foreign Intrigue Worth Watching (2020)
• Five Movies About World War II Worth Watching (2020)
• Five Movies Worth Watching About the Threat of Nuclear War (2020)
• Five Foreign-Policy Movies Worth Watching About Journalists (2020)
• Five Movies About Revolts, Rebellions, and Revolutions Worth Watching (2020)
• Five Foreign-Policy Comedies Worth Watching (2020)
• Five POW Movies Worth Watching (2020)
• Five Movie Biographies Worth Watching (2020)
• Five Foreign-Policy Movies with Women in the Lead (2020)
• Five Foreign-Policy Satires Worth Watching (2020)
• Ten More Vietnam War Movies Worth Watching (2017)
• Top Ten Vietnam War Movies (2015)
• Ten Cold War Films Worth Watching (2014)
• TWE Remembers: Top Ten World War I Films (2014)
• CFR at the Oscars (Killing in the Name) (2011)

The World Next Week Reading and Viewing Specials 

• The World Next Week: What to Read and Listen to This Summer (2022)
• The World Next Week: What to Read This Summer (2021)
• The World Next Week: What to Read, Watch, and Listen to This Summer (2020)
• Back-to-School Reading Special (2019)
• What’s Worth Reading This Summer? (2018)
• What’s Worth Reading This Summer? (2017)
• What’s Worth Reading This Summer? (2016)
• What’s Worth Reading This Summer? (2015)
• More Books to Read This Summer (2014)
• The World Next Week: Books to Read This Summer (2014)
• The World Next Week: Books to Read This Summer (2013)

Resources Worth Exploring About 9/11

• More Resources Worth Exploring About 9/11
• Seven Reflections Worth Reading About 9/11
• Seven Documentaries Worth Watching About 9/11
• Seven Movies Worth Watching About 9/11
• 9/11 Online Exhibits and Resources Worth Viewing
• Seven Resources Debunking 9/11 Conspiracy Theories
• Seven Podcasts Worth Listening to About 9/11
• Seven More Books Worth Reading About 9/11 and Its Aftermath

Books Worth Reading About the Cold War

• Ten Histories of the Cold War Worth Reading
• Ten Cold War Memoirs Worth Reading
• Ten Cold War Novels Worth Reading

Books Worth Reading About the Vietnam War

• The Best Histories of the Vietnam War
• The Ten Best Memoirs of the Vietnam War
• Ten Vietnam War Novels to Read

Books Worth Reading About World War I

• TWE Remembers: World War I Histories
• TWE Remembers: World War I Novels
• TWE Remembers: World War I Poetry

Books Worth Reading on Specific Historical Events

• Lessons Learned: Bay of Pigs Invasion
• Lessons Learned: General MacArthur’s Dismissal
• Lessons Learned: Hitler’s Rearmament of Germany
• Lessons Learned: Japanese-American Internment During WWII
• Lessons Learned: LBJ Announces He Will Not Seek Reelection
• Lessons Learned: Nelson Mandela’s Release from Prison
• Lessons Learned: Nixon in China
• Lessons Learned: North Atlantic Treaty Signing
• History Lessons: The America First Committee Forms
• Lessons Learned: The Articles of Confederation
• Lessons Learned: The Firebombing of Tokyo
• History Lessons: The Munich Agreement
• History Lessons: The Oslo Accords
• Lessons Learned: The Tet Offensive
• Lessons Learned: Tokyo Sarin Gas Attack

• Seven More Books Worth Reading About 9/11 and Its Aftermath

• Seven Best Books on 9/11 and the U.S. Response

Books Worth Reading About the U.S. Air Force

• Happy 75th Birthday to the United States Air Force (2022)
  • Recommendations by Col. Erin Staine-Pyne
• The United States Air Force Celebrates Its 74th Birthday Tomorrow (2021)
  • Recommendations by Col. Douglas D. Jackson
• The United States Air Force Celebrates Its 73rd Birthday Today (2020)
  • Recommendations by Col. Jon Eberlan
• The United States Air Force Celebrates Its 72^nd Birthday Today (2019)
  • Recommendations by Col. Curtis R. Bass
• The United States Air Force Celebrates Its 71^st Birthday Today (2018)
  • Recommendations by Col. John Klein
• The United States Air Force Celebrates Its 70^th Birthday Today (2017)
  • Recommendations by Col. George “Marty” Reynolds
• The United States Air Force Celebrates Its 69^th Birthday Today (2016)
  • Recommendations by Col. Brian R. Bruckbauer
• The United States Air Force Celebrates Its 67^th Birthday Today (2014)
  • Recommendations by Col. Samuel C. Hinote 
• The United States Air Force Celebrates Its 66^th Birthday Today (2013)
  • Recommendation by Col. Robert Spalding
• The United States Air Force Celebrates Its 65^th Birthday Today (2012)
  • Recommendations by Col. Brian Killough

Books Worth Reading About the U.S. Army

• Happy Birthday to the U.S. Army! (2022)
  • Recommendations by Col. Myles B. Caggins III
• Happy Birthday to the U.S. Army! (2021)
  • Recommendations by Col. Mark G. Kappelmann
• Happy Birthday to the U.S. Army! (2020)
  • Recommendations by Col. Michael J. Jackson
• Happy Birthday to the U.S. Army! (2019)
  • Recommendations by Col. Erica C. Nelson
• Happy Birthday to the U.S. Army! (2018)
  • Recommendations by Col. Daniel S. Morgan
• Happy Birthday to the U.S. Army! (2017)
  • Recommendations by Alex Ameter
• Belated Birthday Wishes to the United States Army! (2016)
  • Recommendations by Col. Michael Fenzel 
• Birthday Wishes to the United States Army! (2015)
  • Recommendations by Col. Mike Rauhut
• Birthday Wishes to the United States Army! (2014)
  • Recommendations by Col. Patrick J. Mahaney 
• Birthday Wishes to the United States Army! (2013)
  • Recommendations by Col. John S. Kolasheski
• Birthday Wishes to the United States Army! (2011)
  • Recommendation by Col. Gian Gentile

Books Worth Reading About the U.S. Coast Guard

• Happy 232^nd Birthday to the U.S. Coast Guard! (2022)
  • Recommendations by Captain Jeffrey K. Randall
• Happy 231^st Birthday to the U.S. Coast Guard! (2021)
  • Recommendations by Captain Sean P. Regan
• Happy 230^th Birthday to the U.S. Coast Guard! (2020)
  • Recommendations by Captain Jay Vann

Books Worth Reading About the U.S. Marine Corps

• Happy 246^th Birthday to the United States Marine Corps! (2021)
  • Recommendations by Col. James A. Ryan II
• Happy 245^th Birthday to the United States Marine Corps! (2020)
  • Recommendations by Col. Walker M. Field 
• Happy 244^th Birthday to the United States Marine Corps! (2019)
  • Recommendations by Col. Michael A. Brooks
• Happy 243^rd Birthday to the United States Marine Corps! (2018)
  • Recommendations by Col. Matthew S. Reid
• Happy Birthday to the United States Marine Corps! (2017)
  • Recommendations by Col. Todd P. Simmons
• The United States Marine Corps Celebrates Its 241^st Birthday Today (2016)
  • Recommendations by Col. Tom Gordon
• Happy Birthday to the United States Marine Corps! (2015)
  • Recommendations by Col. Christopher McPhillips
• Happy Birthday to the United States Marine Corps! (2014)
  • Recommendations by Col. Stephen Liszewski
• Happy Birthday to the United States Marine Corps! (2013)
  • Recommendations by Col. Scott Campbell
• Birthday Wishes to the United States Marine Corps! (2010)
  • Recommendations by Col. Daniel Yoo 

Books Worth Reading About the U.S. Navy

• Happy 246^th Birthday to the U.S Navy! (2021)
  • Recommendations by Captain William A. Patterson
• Happy 245^th Birthday to the U.S. Navy! (2020)
  • Recommendations by Captain Robert C. Francis Jr. 
• Happy 244^th Birthday to the U.S. Navy! (2019)
  • Recommendations by Captain Brian L. Sittlow
• Happy 243^rd Birthday to the U.S. Navy! (2018)
  • Recommendations by Captain Kevin M. Brand
• Happy 239^th Birthday to the U.S. Navy! (2014)
  • Recommendations by Captain Robert A. Newson 

Other Recommendations

• Eleven More Classic Vietnam War Protest Songs (2017)
• Five Foreign Policy Books the Next President Should Read (2016)
• The Twenty Best Vietnam Protest Songs (2015)
• TWE Remembers: World War I on the World Wide Web (2014)
• TWE Mailbag: CTBT Recommended Readings (2011)