War & Military
State of the Union Addresses
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William Howard Taft
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…
The Greek War of Independence
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Charles D. Chambers
Written in the style and language of Thucydides, and intended for students in the early stages of learning to read Ancient Greek, this brief…
Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs
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Commissioner of Indian Affairs and Commissioner Of Indian Affairs
Because the US Constitution gives the power of relating to (and control over) Indian tribes to the federal government, Congress requires upd…
The Life of Frederick William von Steuben
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Friedrich Kapp
The Life of Frederick William Von Steuben: Major General in the Revolutionary Army - tells the story of Baron Steuben, who had been an offic…
The Battle of Allatoona
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William Ludlow
This is an account of the Union army's strategies and activities in protecting a Union garrison at Allatoona in Bartow Country, Georgia duri…
A History of the Papacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome
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Mandell Creighton
In this volume of Creighton's history, the popes conduct themselves as Italian princes. Pope Alexander VI's daughter, Lucretia Borgia, becom…
A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium
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Hugh Gibson
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 Capture of Fort William and Mary
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Charles Lathrop Parsons
The Capture of Fort William and Mary took place in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on December 14, 1774, when local Patriots led by John Langdon …
Yanks - A.E.F. Verse from WWI
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Various
Introduced by Stars and Stripes editor, John T. Winterich (1891-1970) this is a compilation of poetry by members of the American Expeditiona…
Up The Slot
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Charles D. Melson
In December that year (1942), patrol flights taking off from Henderson Field on Guadalcanal and from the decks of U.S. fleet carriers in the…
Great Captains Unveiled
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B. H. Liddell Hart
"Great Captains Unveiled" by the eminent military historian Sir Basil Liddell Hart comprises the biographies of six commanders who…
Soldat im Prager Korps
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Egon Erwin Kisch
Kisch dokumentiert in seinen autobiografischen Aufzeichnungen schonungslos den soldatischen Alltag während des österreichisch-serb…
The British Soldier
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Edward John Hardy
The Reverend Edward John Hardy, ordained in the Church Of Ireland, was a chaplain in the British army for thirty one years. His 1915 collec…
A History of the Papacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome
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Mandell Creighton
Volume Four of Creighton's "History of the Papacy" opens with the election of Pope Paul II, whom the author describes as "a m…