War & Military
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 …
The Life of Washington
Volume 3 of The Life continues the Revolutionary War from the incursion into Jersey in 1778 to its conclusion with the surrender of Lord Cor…
A History of the Great War
This is the second of a four-volume history of the First World War, covering the period from the opening of the Dardenelles Campaign in Sept…
A History of the Papacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome
Volume Four of Creighton's "History of the Papacy" opens with the election of Pope Paul II, whom the author describes as "a m…
The Last Days of Pekin
The author was an officer in the French navy. This book is a compilation of his experiences when stationed in China in 1900 during and immed…
Sherman’s Military Lessons Of The American Civil War
This LibriVox recording comprises chapter 25 (Conclusion – Military Lessons Of The War) of Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman’s Memo…
Our Army at the Front
During the US deployment in Europe in the final years of the Great War (WWI), the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) was accompanied by nota…
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…
Who Burnt Columbia?
This LibriVox reading consists of selections from depositions in a lawsuit brought after the end of the American Civil War by some businessm…
The Emancipation of South America
THREE great names stand forth conspicuous in the annals of America, those of Washington, Bolívar, San Martin. Of Washington, the grea…
A History of Our Own Times
The fourth and concluding volume of this history of Victorian Britain opens with the brutal repression in 1865 of a rebellion by ex-slaves i…
Untimely Papers
This is a posthumous collection of essays by Randolph Bourne. Many originally appeared in the journal "The Seven Arts," before the…
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 Charge of the Light Brigade
This poem was published just six weeks after the event, its lines emphasize the valour of the cavalry in bravely carrying out their orders, …
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…
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…
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.…
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…
Five Months at Anzac
A Narrative of Personal Experiences of the Officer Commanding the 4th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force . From his leaving Australi…