War & Military
U.S. Marine Operations In Korea
In March 1952 the 1st Marine Division redeployed from the East-Central front to West Korea. This new sector, nearly 35 miles in length, anch…
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…
From Mud to Mufti
This second volume of memories from the Great War (WWI) by the celebrated war cartoonist and social observer, begins with Bairnsfather's rec…
High altars
A first-hand account of World War I, with detailed descriptions of scenes from the front. - Summary by Victor Dorff
Battle of New Orleans
Rather than being a synopsis of the Battle of New Orleans as a military victory, the book also touches upon the greater significance of the …
Cromwell's Place in History
In the autumn of 1896, the renowned historian of the 17th century, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, delivered six lectures on "Cromwell's Place …
Autobiography of a Seaman
This second volume of the biography of Lord Cochrane deals with his fall from grace, imprisonment for debt, loss of honours, and attempts to…
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…
The Great Sallies
This is the fourth of a four-volume history of the First World War, coming in during 1917, when Germany is reorganizing and Russia is about …
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…
The Fringes Of The Fleet
The Fringes of the Fleet is a poignant collection of essays and poems by Rudyard Kipling, reflecting on the experiences of the British Navy …
A Narrative of a Light Company Soldier's Service
Shadrach Byfield was a British infantryman in the 41st Regiment of Foot during the War of 1812. Published in England in 1840, his A Narrativ…
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, …
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…
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…
George Castriot, surnamed Scanderbeg, King of Albania
This is an early account of the life of George Castriot, Dominus Albaniae; An Albanian princeling and Ottoman military commander who rebelle…
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte
Memoirs written by Napoleon's private secretary, "a work based on years of intimate friendship and professional association." - S…
Gun Running for Casement
Sir Roger David Casement was a British public servant renowned for his Congo Report (1904) and his Putumayo Report (1912) both of which expo…
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…