War & Military
Notes of a War Correspondent
Notes of a War Correspondent offers a vivid glimpse into the life of a journalist navigating the tumultuous landscapes of war. Richard Hardi…
War Surgery
One of the first volumes dedicated to systematized medical treatment of soldiers in modern warfare, including a chapter on specific care for…
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…
Everyman at War
In 1929 editor C. B. Purdom of the British magazine 'Everyman' ... "invited readers to send him accounts of their actual (WW1) war exp…
World's War Events
World's War Events is a 3-volume history of World War I, assembled in 1919 from articles contributed by "statesmen, commanders, histori…
McClellan's Own Story
Memoirs of General George Brinton McClellan, commanding general of the Army of the Potomac during the early years of the American Civil War.…
The Chosin Reservoir Campaign
“Where do we go from here?” would hardly have been an oversimplified summary of the questions confronting UN leaders when it became apparent…
The Diary of a Dead Officer
Published posthumously in 1919, this collection of diary entries presents a scathing picture of army life and is said to be one of the most …
From Makin to Bougainville
In February 1942, Lieutenant General Thomas Holcomb, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, ordered the creation of a new unit designated the 1…
Fort Concho
Fort Concho was a U.S. Army post in central Texas from 1867 to 1889. It figured considerably in the Indian Wars, notably against the Comanch…
The Chronicles of America
Geography is the maker of history. The course of Dutch settlement in America was predetermined by a river which runs its length of a hundred…
The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World
This work is Edward Creasy's best known fundamental work of history. It describes in detail 15 battles of world history, beginning with the …
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte
Memoirs written by Napoleon's private secretary, "a work based on years of intimate friendship and professional association." (Sum…
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…
Civil War Women
This recording comprises two narratives. One is by Cora Mitchel who in 1861 was a girl in her mid-teens. Her Unionist family escaped the C…
Breaching the Marianas
The [15 June 1944] campaign on Saipan…brought many American casualties, and it also heralded the kind of fighting which would be experienced…
The Life of Washington
Volume 2 of The Life begins with some early biography, but moves quickly to Washington's military career as a colonel in the battles against…
Edward the First
Edward I of England (1239-1307) will always be remembered as the "Hammer of the Scots" who condemned William Wallace (Braveheart) …
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…
Sea-Power in the Pacific
During the three decades preceding the Pacific War, the United States placed no small amount of effort in gaming out what a such a conflict …