War & Military
The Western Boundary
Moltke’s The Western Boundary was originally published in the journal Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift in 1841. The essay came in the wake of ca…
Murat
Amidst the political winds from Napoleon’s downfall, this tale turns our attention to the flight of a former French marshal and King of Napl…
With the Turks in Palestine
While Belgium is bleeding and hoping, while Poland suffers and dreams of liberation, while Serbia is waiting for redemption, there is a litt…
Spy Proof America!
A very impassioned piece from the first World War, introducing a volunteer civilian anti-spy organization to root out enemy spies from the U…
Songs of Action
Songs of Action is a compelling collection of poems by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that explores the themes of war, action, and adventure. Throug…
Cape Gloucester
On the early morning of 26 December 1943, Marines poised off the coast of Japanese-held New Britain could barely make out the mile-high bulk…
A Textbook of European History
This short work opens in 1815, at the close of a period of twenty-five years of almost continuous war. The Congress of Vienna assembled to c…
The New Army in Training
Kipling's brief assessment of the British New Army being assembled to fight in the Great War. Concerns itself with training and logistics bu…
A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium
The author was an American diplomat, the Secretary of the American Legation in Brussels, at the beginning of World War I in 1914. This book …
The Winning of Canada
Any life of Wolfe can be artificially simplified by treating his purely military work as something complete in itself and not as a part of a…
With The American Ambulance Field Service In France
This 1915 publication collects letters written by a driver for the American ambulance service. The incidents they relate occurred before the…
Great Poems of the World War
A selection of poems written during or immediately after the First World War (1914-1918). Most are by men (American, British, Canadian or Au…
Tactical Studies on the Battles around Plevna
Tactical Studies on the Battles around Plevna, or in German, Der Kampf um Plewna, examines with a critical eye the actions and engagements o…
War and Women
"The sending of a Women’s Convoy Corps to the Balkans was the result of Mrs. Stobart’s keen desire to demonstrate the ability of women …
Andersonville
A comprehensive four-volume history of one soldier's 15 months in Andersonville Prison during the Civil War. The book is divided into 83 cha…
narrative of a light company soldier's service
Shadrach Byfield was a British infantryman in the 41st Regiment of Foot during the War of 1812. Published in England in 1840, his A Narrativ…
The Capture of Fort William and Mary
The Capture of Fort William and Mary took place in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on December 14, 1774, when local Patriots led by John Langdon …
Extracts from a Diary Kept by the Rev. R. Burrows during Heke's War
An eye-witness account of the so-called Flagstaff War, fought between Maori warriors, led by Hone Heke, and British troops between March 184…
Is War Diminishing?
A study In the prevalence of war in Europe from 1400 to the present day. This small book summarises historical periods of peace compared to …
Nocturne of Remembered Spring
Written at the height of the Great War, the poems of this volume are suffused with a sense of melancholy and tragedy. Some of the poems (su…