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Selections from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War - Herman Melville
Selections from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War - Herman Melville
- Author: Herman Melville
- Genre: Single author / War & Military
Published in 1866, Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War is a collection of poems about the Civil War by Herman Melville. Many of the poems are inspired by second- and third-hand accounts from print news sources (especially the Rebellion Record) and...
Some Famous Women - Louise Creighton
Some Famous Women - Louise Creighton
- Author: Louise Creighton
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography / Medical
Louise Creighton (1850-1936) was a British author and women's rights activist. The wife of the Anglican bishop of London, she was the mother of seven children. In this short book, Creighton gives us chapters on such well-known women as Joan of Arc,...
Four Weeks in the Trenches - Fritz Kreisler
Four Weeks in the Trenches - Fritz Kreisler
- Author: Fritz Kreisler
- Genre: War & Military
A brief record of the fighting on the Eastern front in the great war by a participant in that great conflict(Summary by FNH)...
Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 - Frances M. A. Roe
Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 - Frances M. A. Roe
- Author: Frances M. A. Roe
- Genre: War & Military / Memoirs / Letters
"There appeared from the bushes in front of me, and right in the path, two immense gray wolves . . . Rollo saw them and stopped instantly, giving deep sighs, preparing to snort, I knew . . . To give myself courage, I talked to the horse, slowly...
A Rebel's Recollections - George Eggleston
A Rebel's Recollections - George Eggleston
- Author: George Eggleston
- Genre: War & Military
George Cary Eggleston's Civil War memoir begins with a separate essay on the living conditions and political opinions of Virginiaβs citizenry before secession. The body of the work contains vivid descriptions and accounts of the men and women of the...
Fighting the Flying Circus - Eddie Rickenbacker
Fighting the Flying Circus - Eddie Rickenbacker
- Author: Eddie Rickenbacker
- Genre: *Non-fiction / War & Military / Memoirs
This is the WWI memoirs of Medal of Honor winner, Capt Eddie Rickenbacker. He fought in and eventually became commander of the 94th "Hat-in-the-Ring" Squadron, which ended the war with the highest number of air victories of any American squadron....
King and Baronage (A.D. 1135-1327) - William Holden HUTTON
King and Baronage (A.D. 1135-1327) - William Holden HUTTON
- Author: William Holden HUTTON
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography / Law
William Holden Hutton (1860-1930) was a British historian and Dean of Winchester Cathedral. In this slim volume, Hutton writes of the long period of feudal anarchy following the death of King Henry I in 1135, during which Henry's implacable...
The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon - Siegfried SASSOON
The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon - Siegfried SASSOON
- Author: Siegfried SASSOON
- Genre: Single author / War & Military
Siegfried Sassoon was one of the first to write poetry about the brutal reality of war, based on his real-life experiences in the trenches. He served in World War I on the Western Front and was awarded the Military Cross for bravery under fire....
Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi - William C. EVERHART
Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi - William C. EVERHART
- Author: William C. EVERHART
- Genre: War & Military
In the American Civil War, the Vicksburg campaign (December 1862-July 1863) was a pivotal victory for the Union under the generalship of Ulysses S. Grant, who as a result was promoted by President Lincoln to command of all the Northβs military...
Night Operations For Infantry - Compiled For The Use Of Company Officers (1916) - Charles Tyrwhitt DAWKINS
Night Operations For Infantry - Compiled For The Use Of Company Officers (1916) - Charles Tyrwhitt DAWKINS
- Author: Charles Tyrwhitt DAWKINS
- Genre: War & Military
"It must be remembered that many of our men up to the time of their enlistment have passed their lives entirely in large towns, and have rarely been beyond the range of street lamps. Such men, when first taken out in the dark, are helpless; they...
The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World - Sir Edward Shepherd CREASY
The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World - Sir Edward Shepherd CREASY
- Author: Sir Edward Shepherd CREASY
- Genre: War & Military
This work is Edward Creasy's best known fundamental work of history. It describes in detail 15 battles of world history, beginning with the Battle of Marathon of 490 BC and ending with the Battle of Waterloo of 1815. Each chapter is illustrated with...
History of the Thirty Years War, Volume 4 - Friedrich Schiller
History of the Thirty Years War, Volume 4 - Friedrich Schiller
- Author: Friedrich Schiller
- Genre: War & Military / Early Modern
Volume Four covers the battle of Lutzen (November, 1633) to the death of Wallenstein (February, 1634) focusing on the reaction of the Protestant forces following the death of Gustavus Adolphus at Lutzen, and Wallenstein's actions leading to his...
The Art of War (Version 4) - Sun Tzu εζ¦
The Art of War (Version 4) - Sun Tzu εζ¦
- Author: Sun Tzu εζ¦
- Genre: War & Military
The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise attributed to Sun Tzu, a high-ranking military general, strategist and tactician. The text is composed of 13 chapters, each devoted to one aspect of warfare. It is commonly considered to be the...
Army Life in a Black Regiment - Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Army Life in a Black Regiment - Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Author: Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Genre: War & Military / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology) / Memoirs
These pages record some of the adventures of the First South Carolina Volunteers, the first slave regiment mustered into the service of the United States during the late civil war. It was, indeed, the first colored regiment of any kind so mustered,...
The Private Soldier Under Washington - Charles Knowles BOLTON
The Private Soldier Under Washington - Charles Knowles BOLTON
- Author: Charles Knowles BOLTON
- Genre: War & Military / Early Modern
Much was been written about the American Revolution, but our knowledge of the private solders of the patriot army is confined chiefly to Washingtonβs description of their sufferings at Valley Forge. This 1902 book by a Harvard University librarian...
Extracts from a Diary Kept by the Rev. R. Burrows during Heke's War in the North, in 1845 - Robert BURROWS
Extracts from a Diary Kept by the Rev. R. Burrows during Heke's War in the North, in 1845 - Robert BURROWS
- Author: Robert BURROWS
- Genre: War & Military
An eye-witness account of the so-called Flagstaff War, fought between Maori warriors, led by Hone Heke, and British troops between March 1845 and January 1846 in and around the Bay of Islands. Ostensibly triggered by the cutting down of the...
Stories of the Victoria Cross - Frank Mundell
Stories of the Victoria Cross - Frank Mundell
- Author: Frank Mundell
- Genre: War & Military
The Victoria Cross is the highest military award that can be made to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces for acts of gallantry and valour βin the face of the enemyβ.The medal was instituted by Royal Warrant in 1856 by Queen...
A Visit to Three Fronts: June 1916 - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A Visit to Three Fronts: June 1916 - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: War & Military
In the course of May 1916, the Italian authorities expressed a desire that some independent observer from Great Britain should visit their lines and report his impressions. It was at the time when our brave and capable allies had sustained a...
War the Creator - Frank Gelett BURGESS
War the Creator - Frank Gelett BURGESS
- Author: Frank Gelett BURGESS
- Genre: War & Military
Gelett Burgess, an American writer, penned this gripping account of the profound change that war caused in a young Frenchman he knew. βBecause he was my friend, because he was so lovable, because he suffered much, I want to try to tell the story of...
Fourteen Months in American Bastiles - Francis Key HOWARD
Fourteen Months in American Bastiles - Francis Key HOWARD
- Author: Francis Key HOWARD
- Genre: War & Military / Memoirs / Modern (19th C)
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 the same location where his grandfather was inspired to write the national anthem about the "land of the free,"...
The Dawn of Mediaeval Europe: 476-918 - John Howard Bertram MASTERMAN
The Dawn of Mediaeval Europe: 476-918 - John Howard Bertram MASTERMAN
- Author: John Howard Bertram MASTERMAN
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography / Political Science
This volume by the British historian J.H.B. Masterman (1867-1933) is a short survey of the first four centuries after the fall of Rome. The author writes of Theodoric, King of the Ostrogoths, who sought to impose order on a shattered Italy, of the...
Cardinal de Richelieu - Eleanor C. PRICE
Cardinal de Richelieu - Eleanor C. PRICE
- Author: Eleanor C. PRICE
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography
Armand-Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu (1585-1642), the dreaded red eminence, mentor and manager of Louis XIII, skilled in logistics, he subdued in battle the unruly Huguenot aristocracy, successfully resisted France's encirclement by the...
Gallipoli Diary - John Graham GILLAM
Gallipoli Diary - John Graham GILLAM
- Author: John Graham GILLAM
- Genre: War & Military / Memoirs
Major John Graham Gillam, British Supply Officer, wrote in his World War I Gallipoli Diary that when he sailed from England for the Dardanelles in March, 1915, he had visions of βtrekking up the Gallipoli Peninsula with the Navy bombarding a way for...
Aircraft and Submarines - Willis J. ABBOT
Aircraft and Submarines - Willis J. ABBOT
- Author: Willis J. ABBOT
- Genre: *Non-fiction / War & Military
"Aircraft and Submarines" is a history of the development of these forms of transportation and their ultimate use in warfare. Also a brief history of submarine use in commercial applications. A thoroughly enjoyable piece for anyone interested in the...
Postage stamps of war (1854-1914) - Douglas B. ARMSTRONG
Postage stamps of war (1854-1914) - Douglas B. ARMSTRONG
- Author: Douglas B. ARMSTRONG
- Genre: War & Military / Modern (19th C)
A very brief introduction to postal stamps used and issued during times of war. The principal focus might be said to be placed upon the Great War which just erupted in Europe and across much of the globe. - Summary by KevinS...
Autobiography of a Seaman, Vol. 1 - Lord Thomas COCHRANE
Autobiography of a Seaman, Vol. 1 - Lord Thomas COCHRANE
- Author: Lord Thomas COCHRANE
- Genre: War & Military / Memoirs
This two volume work is the autobiography of Lord Cochrane, a naval captain of the Napoleonic period. His adventures are seminal to the development of naval fiction as a genre. Marryat sailed with Cochrane, while later writers borrowed incidents...
The British Army From Within - E. Charles VIVIAN
The British Army From Within - E. Charles VIVIAN
- Author: E. Charles VIVIAN
- Genre: War & Military / History
This 1914 book gives a picture of the British Army structure and life in the early hours of World War I. Summary by david wales...
Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War - Ambrose Bierce
Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War - Ambrose Bierce
- Author: Ambrose Bierce
- Genre: War & Military / Memoirs / Modern (19th C)
At the outset of the American Civil War, [the writer Ambrose] Bierce enlisted in the Union Army's 9th Indiana Infantry Regiment....In February 1862 he was commissioned First Lieutenant, and served on the staff of General William Babcock Hazen as a...
Jesse James, My Father - Jesse JAMES, JR.
Jesse James, My Father - Jesse JAMES, JR.
- Author: Jesse JAMES JR.
- Genre: *Non-fiction / War & Military / Biography & Autobiography
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 drove him to become a Confederate guerrilla during the Civil War; his life after the war and how he became a...
Bullets & Billets - Bruce BAIRNSFATHER
Bullets & Billets - Bruce BAIRNSFATHER
- Author: Bruce BAIRNSFATHER
- Genre: War & Military / Humor / Modern (20th C)
A front-line view of life in the trenches of the Western Front in the early part of 1914-1915. Told by Lieutenant (later Captain) Bruce Bairnsfather, cartoonist, whose Alf, Bert, and Old Bill were forerunners to Bill Mauldin and his Willie and Joe...
Seven Statesmen of the Later Republic - Charles William Chadwick Oman
Seven Statesmen of the Later Republic - Charles William Chadwick Oman
- Author: Charles William Chadwick Oman
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography
While there are many general histories of the decline and fall of the Roman Republic, the Oxford historian, Charles Oman, writes that his little book is rather "a series of studies of the leading men of the century, intended to show the importance...
War Letters From A Young Queenslander - Robert Marshall ALLEN
War Letters From A Young Queenslander - Robert Marshall ALLEN
- Author: Robert Marshall ALLEN
- Genre: War & Military / Modern (20th C) / Letters
Letters from a Brisbane doctor posted to the Western Front from 1914 to December 1915. He tells anecdotes of World War I including stories of "de-lousing" an entire regiment, the precise arrangements of the urine trenches and his eyewitness accounts...
Commentaries on the Gallic War - Gaius Julius CAESAR
Commentaries on the Gallic War - Gaius Julius CAESAR
- Author: Gaius Julius CAESAR
- Genre: War & Military / Antiquity
Commentarii de Bello Gallico (English: Commentaries on the Gallic War) is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a third-person narrative. In it Caesar describes the battles and intrigues that took place in the nine years...
A History of the Four Georges in Four Volumes, Volume 2 - Justin McCarthy
A History of the Four Georges in Four Volumes, Volume 2 - Justin McCarthy
- Author: Justin McCarthy
- Genre: War & Military
Justin McCarthy (1830-1912), liberal member of Parliament and historian. He brings the great 18th Century personalities to life: Walpole and Swift, Bolingbroke and Mary Wortley Montagu, the Old Pretender, Bonnie Prince Charlie, and the four King...
Five Months at Anzac - Joseph Lievesley BEESTON
Five Months at Anzac - Joseph Lievesley BEESTON
- Author: Joseph Lievesley BEESTON
- Genre: War & Military / Modern (20th C)
A Narrative of Personal Experiences of the Officer Commanding the 4th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force . From his leaving Australia December 1914 till his evacuation due to illness after 5 months at Gallipoli. Read to remember those who...
The Normans in European History - Charles Homer HASKINS
The Normans in European History - Charles Homer HASKINS
- Author: Charles Homer HASKINS
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography / History
Wherever their ships took them, the Normans (Northman) were ruthless conquerors but gifted governors. These eight lectures, given in Boston in 1915 by the eminent Harvard medievalist, Charles Homer Haskins, chronicle the achievements of these...
The Romance Of Modern Sieges; Describing The Personal Adventures, Resource And Daring of Besiegers and Besieged In All Parts Of The World - Edward GILLIAT
The Romance Of Modern Sieges; Describing The Personal Adventures, Resource And Daring of Besiegers and Besieged In All Parts Of The World - Edward GILLIAT
- Author: Edward GILLIAT
- Genre: War & Military / Modern (19th C)
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 contain language which was common in 19th and early twentieth century usage but which listeners today may find...
The Chronicles of America Volume 10 - Conquest of New France - George WRONG
The Chronicles of America Volume 10 - Conquest of New France - George WRONG
- Author: George WRONG
- Genre: War & Military / Religion / Early Modern
The English colonies, holding a great stretch of the Atlantic seaboard, increased in number and power. New France also grew stronger. The steady hostility of the rivals never wavered. There was, indeed, little open warfare as long as the two Crowns...
Simple Sabotage Field Manual - UNITED STATES OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES
Simple Sabotage Field Manual - UNITED STATES OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES
- Author: UNITED STATES OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES
- Genre: War & Military / Education
Formed during World War II, the United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS), was organized for special operations and intelligence gatheringand analysis. Included in its mission was the implementation of, and training of foreign forces in,...
Running the Blockade - Thomas E. TAYLOR
Running the Blockade - Thomas E. TAYLOR
- Author: Thomas E. TAYLOR
- Genre: War & Military
The first-person experiences and adventures of blockade runner during the American civil war. - Summary by Delmar H. Dolbier...