War & Military
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…
The Guards Came Through
The Guards Came Through is a poignant collection of poems by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, reflecting on the profound experiences of war. Publishe…
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…
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…
St. Clair's Defeat
St. Clair's defeat was a battle fought between the United States and the Western Confederacy of Native Americans on November 4, 1791, during…
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…
The Geneva Conventions
"This Convention represents the fourth updated version of the Geneva Convention on the wounded and sick following those adopted in 1864…
Mobilizing Woman-Power
Harriot Stanton Blatch, a suffragist in her own right, was the daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton who was one of the champions of women’s ri…
Up The Slot
In December that year (1942), patrol flights taking off from Henderson Field on Guadalcanal and from the decks of U.S. fleet carriers in the…
The British Soldier
The Reverend Edward John Hardy, ordained in the Church Of Ireland, was a chaplain in the British army for thirty one years. His 1915 collec…
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 …
Secrets of Crewe House
Campbell Stuart, a Canadian, was involved in British efforts of propaganda during the two World Wars. His most active work was done during t…
Six Women and the Invasion
A true tale of the wartime resilience of six Frenchwomen whose country town was invaded by the Germans during World War I. - Summary by Jael…
Cape Gloucester
On the early morning of 26 December 1943, Marines poised off the coast of Japanese-held New Britain could barely make out the mile-high bulk…
Pictorial History of the War for the Union
Pictorial History of the War for the Union, Volume 1, is an indispensable read for any Civil War buff. Written during the Civil War, Ann Ste…
Yorkshire Battles
Edward Lamplough describes 22 battles that all occurred in Yorkshire over many time periods and political contexts. - Summary by lightcryst…
A Textbook of European History
This short work opens in 1815, at the close of a period of twenty-five years of almost continuous war. The Congress of Vienna assembled to c…
The New Army in Training
Kipling's brief assessment of the British New Army being assembled to fight in the Great War. Concerns itself with training and logistics bu…
Extracts from a Diary Kept by the Rev. R. Burrows during Heke's War
An eye-witness account of the so-called Flagstaff War, fought between Maori warriors, led by Hone Heke, and British troops between March 184…
The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald
Lord Cochrane was a Napoleonic-era sea captain, whose adventures were the source material for many popular series of naval fiction. He start…