War & Military
Army Letters from an Officer's Wife
"There appeared from the bushes in front of me, and right in the path, two immense gray wolves . . . Rollo saw them and stopped instan…
How I Filmed the War
How I Filmed the War offers a unique perspective on World War I through the eyes of Geoffrey H. Malins, an early cinematographer who documen…
From October to Brest-Litovsk
This account by Trotsky is of the events in Russia from the October Revolution of 1917 in Petrograd, to his signing of the Brest-Litovsk tre…
Rome and Carthage
The Punic Wars (264-146 B.C.) were a series of conflicts between the rapidly expanding Roman Republic and the Phoenician Sea empire, Carthag…
Jesse James, My Father
A biography of Jesse James as told by his son, Jesse James, Jr. We are treated to inside tales of Jesse's childhood and home life; what dro…
The World Crisis
An inside view of the critical years leading up to World War I, as well as the first few key months. Told by (at the time) Britain's First L…
The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War
"The Conspiracy of Pontiac" was Parkman's first history book and first published in 1851. It covers the Indian wars of 1763 to 176…
Recollections And Letters Of General Robert E. Lee
The life of the Confederate States of America general, Robert E. Lee, through the eyes of his youngest son, who was also a Confederate Army …
The Final Campaign
The three-month-long battle of Okinawa covered a 700-mile arc fromFormosa to Kyushu and involved a million combatants--Americans,Japanese, B…
Psychological Warfare
Psychological warfare and propaganda have been used extensively in warfare since the earliest times. This book explores the functions, limit…
The Red Battle Flyer
Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918), also widely known as the Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with t…
A History of the Middle Ages
This overview of the 9th through the 13th centuries in Europe and the Middle East begins with the empire of Charles the Great, which extende…
Loss of the Sultana
April, 1865. The country was in turmoil. The U.S. Civil War had come to an end, thousands of Union prisoners of war had recently been releas…
Life in a Tank
Richard Haigh was an Infantry lieutenant in the 2nd Royal Berkshire Infantry Regiment serving in the Somme area in 1916. Shortly after Tanks…
The Naval War of 1812
Somewhat detailed history of naval engagements between the United States and England during the War of 1812, from a decidedly American persp…
Warwick the Kingmaker
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428-1471), wealthy and powerful peer of England, was one of the leaders of the Wars of the Roses (14…
Stories of the Ships
While most associate the "Great War" with trenches, barbed wire, machine guns, and poison gas, ships played roles in the military …
The Recollections of Rifleman Harris
The Recollections of Rifleman Harris offers a vivid firsthand account of a British infantryman’s experiences during the tumultuous Napoleoni…
Custer Battlefield
It should be noted that this national park is now called the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. “The long, tragic history of Ind…
Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War
Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War is a book combining a biography and military history of Confederate Lt. General Thomas Jonathan…