I assume because you are here you are interested in scholarly works? Would you accept works in Hebrew? Either way, the classic starting point would be https://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Companion-Rabbinic-Literature-Companions/dp/0521605083 which can help you center your question. If you can read Hebrew, I recommend the scholarship of Yuval Shachar, particular his chapter on the great revolt (not the BK revolt).