War & Military
Army Life in a Black Regiment
These pages record some of the adventures of the First South Carolina Volunteers, the first slave regiment mustered into the service of the …
The U-boat Hunters
The author takes the listener on a tour of various ships used in WW1. He discusses the boats and the seamen who occupy them and their encoun…
The Backwash Of War
Ellen Newbold La Motte (1873–1961) was an American nurse, journalist and author. … and in 1915 volunteered as one of the first American war …
Fighting France
American novelist Edith Wharton was living in Paris when World War I broke out in 1914. She obtained permission to visit sites behind the li…
Closing In
Sunday, 4 March 1945, marked the end of the second week of the U.S. invasion of Iwo Jima. By this point the assault elements of the 3d, 4th,…
Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War
Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War delves into the pioneering era of aerial combat during World War I, exploring the revolutionary impact of a…
An Explorer in the Air Service
Explorer Hiram Bingham discovered Machu Picchu in 1911, as recounted in his book Inca Lands, now released on LibriVox at http://librivox.org…
South African Memories
Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Wilson was the aunt of Winston Spencer Churchill. In 1899 she became the first woman war correspondent when she …
Nurse and Spy in the Union Army
The “Nurse and Spy” is simply a record of events which have transpired in the experience and under the observation of one who has been on th…
Across the Reef
"Tarawa Atoll is 2085 miles southwest of Pearl Harbor and 540 miles southeast of Kwajalein in the Marshalls. Betio is the principal isl…
A History of Our Own Times
An engaging history of Great Britain in the heyday of Queen Victoria and of her empire by the liberal Irish Member of Parliament, Justin McC…
The Good Soldier
“Here are boys, all sorts of boys: French, English, Italian, American… These are soldiers’ letters written home. But reading, one finds t…
The Bomb
These two publications put out by the U.S. government are about the Trinity site in New Mexico where in 1945 the first atomic bomb was teste…
Eighteen Months in the War Zone
In "Eighteen Months in the War Zone," Kate John Finzi offers a poignant memoir of her experiences during a tumultuous period of co…
Strange Stories Of The Civil War
Here are twelve narratives of some events in the American Civil War, most told by a participant or contemporary observer. - Summary by David…
Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland
The American Civil War battle at Antietam, Maryland,(called Sharpsburg by the Confederacy) on 17 September 1862, has been called the bloodie…
The Martyrdom of Man
William Winwood Reade (1838 - 1875) was a British historian, explorer, and philosopher.His most famous work, the Martyrdom of Man (1872)—who…
The Wars of the Roses
The Wars of the Roses, 1377-1471, were a series of English civil wars fought for the control of the throne of England between two rival cade…
A History of the Papacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome
Volume I of the "History of the Papacy" by the Anglican Lord Bishop of London, Mandell Creighton, deals with the popes, princes, a…
Little Wars
A Game for Boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books…