War & Military
The Acadian Exiles
The name Acadia, which we now associate with a great tragedy of history and song, was first used by the French to distinguish the eastern or…
Rough Talks by a Padre
Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy MC was an ordained Anglican priest, who in the early stages of World War I volunteered for duty as a chap…
With The Royal Army Medical Corps in Egypt
Throughout the First World War, members of the Royal Army Medical Corps provided constant support for British and Allied military troops whe…
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte
Memoirs written by Napoleon's private secretary, "a work based on years of intimate friendship and professional association." - S…
The Romance Of Modern Sieges
Lively narratives of some of the great siege battles of war. The book was written before World War I, in 1908. Some of the narratives contai…
Causes Of The American Civil War
Some of the states who rebelled against the Federal Government in the American Civil War issued statements by nascent governing bodies expla…
WWII News and Related Sound files
Explore the fascinating world of Old Time Radio with this collection of WWII news and related sound files from 1934. These recordings provid…
Fourteen Months in American Bastiles
Francis Key Howard recounts in this book his life as a political prisoner of the United States. He points out that he was held captive at th…
What Are We Fighting For?
In 1942, CBS produced a series of six 15-minute programs that were broadcast from Army camps around the country. Each episode of What Are We…
The Father of British Canada
Carleton’s first eight years as governor of Canada were almost entirely occupied with civil administration. The next four were equally occup…
The Geneva Conventions
"This Convention represents the fourth updated version of the Geneva Convention on the wounded and sick following those adopted in 1864…
The Partition of Europe
Philip Guedalla writes, "History is the most interesting part of geography, and European history is particularly dependent upon the con…
An American in England
"An American in England" was a docu-drama broadcast during World War II, detailing the story of Norman Corwin's visit to wartime B…
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte
Memoirs written by Napoleon's private secretary, "a work based on years of intimate friendship and professional association." (Sum…
Rendezvous With Death
Rendezvous With Death is an eye-witness documentary about the sinking of the Lusitania on May 7, 1915. The story is narrated by the last sur…
History of the Thirty Years War
Volume Four covers the battle of Lutzen (November, 1633) to the death of Wallenstein (February, 1634) focusing on the reaction of the Protes…
The Reign of Queen Anne
Anne Stuart (1665-1714), Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, succeeded William III to the throne in 1702. She was the daughter of the d…
Hospital Transports
In the American Civil War, The United States Sanitary Commission, staffed by volunteers, may be viewed as a precursor to The Red Cross. It s…
Mobilizing Woman-Power
Harriot Stanton Blatch, a suffragist in her own right, was the daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton who was one of the champions of women’s ri…
The Five Nations
Rudyard Kipling was the first English recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature and the youngest at the time to be so rewarded. His childr…