mechanical_fish

and, even more so, Catch-22

the great modern literary works on the subject are Slaughterhouse Five

"Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution" by Steven Levy.

I might recommend starting with that, actually

Not that the Definitive Guide isn't also a very good book.

An excellent book.

You sound like you're looking for something like Jones' The Art of War in the Western World

Fussell's Wartime was interesting

which is even better: a very good book by a guy from the front lines in the Pacific