War & Military
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…
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…
Count Luckner, The Sea Devil
Count Felix von Luckner, German naval war officer of World War One, through the words of Lowell Thomas, relates his adventures at sea as a y…
Liberation
Guam became a territorial possession of the United States with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1899, ending the Spanish-American War. …
The Partition of Europe
Philip Guedalla writes, "History is the most interesting part of geography, and European history is particularly dependent upon the con…
The War Chief of the Ottawas
The War Chief of the Ottawas delves into the pivotal events of Pontiac's Conspiracy, a significant uprising against British rule in North Am…
Project Horizon
The US national policy on space includes the objective of developing and exploiting this Nation's space capability as necessary to achieve n…
Observations of an Orderly
Ward Muir brings us into the heart of an English war hospital, describing scenes of cleanliness, triumph, order and sadness. Through the eye…
Gallipoli
John Masefield was an English novelist and poet who would later be named England's Poet Laureate. In early 1916, immediately after the termi…
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…
Stories of the Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross is the highest military award that can be made to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces for acts of gallan…
The U.S. Army in the Iraq War
The Iraq War has been the costliest U.S. conflict since the Vietnam War. To date, few official studies have been conducted to review what ha…
Toxophilus
Toxophilus is a book about target archery using the English Longbow. The book is divided into two parts: The first part is an extended argum…
The Ukrainians and the European War
The WWI (European war) for Ukrainians was the hope of its nation unity and freedom from Austria-Hungary but mostly from Russian Empire. Gali…
A Study Of Army Camp Life During American Revolution
Housing, Food, Clothing, Health, Sanitation, Recreation, Religion, Duties, Discipline. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the req…
Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi
In the American Civil War, the Vicksburg campaign (December 1862-July 1863) was a pivotal victory for the Union under the generalship of Uly…
Two Essays On Military History, Strategy, and Tactics
One essay (1909) lays out tactics for mountain fighting, focused on British Army experience on the Indian frontier (Afghanistan), penned by …
The Mormon Battalion
A history of the Longest March of Military in History. The Mormon Battalion was the only religious unit in United States military history i…
A Song of the Guns
"A Song of the Guns was written under what are probably the most remarkable conditions in which a poem has ever been composed. The auth…
Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania
On the gently rolling farm lands surrounding the little town of Gettysburg, Pa., was fought one of the great decisive battles of American hi…