War & Military
From October to Brest-Litovsk
This account by Trotsky is of the events in Russia from the October Revolution of 1917 in Petrograd, to his signing of the Brest-Litovsk tre…
The Red Battle Flyer
Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918), also widely known as the Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with t…
Gallipoli Diary
Major John Graham Gillam, British Supply Officer, wrote in his World War I Gallipoli Diary that when he sailed from England for the Dardanel…
Stories of the Ships
While most associate the "Great War" with trenches, barbed wire, machine guns, and poison gas, ships played roles in the military …
Simple Sabotage Field Manual
Formed during World War II, the United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS), was organized for special operations and intelligence gath…
A History of the Middle Ages
This overview of the 9th through the 13th centuries in Europe and the Middle East begins with the empire of Charles the Great, which extende…
Four-Fifty Miles to Freedom
Four-Fifty Miles to Freedom is the true but little known story of the escape of eight British Prisoners-of-War from a Turkish POW camp durin…
Famous Sea Fights
I propose to tell in non-technical and popular language the story of some of the most remarkable episodes in the history of sea power. I sha…
England and the Hundred Years' War
This little book by the British military historian, Charles Oman, begins with the accession of the warrior king, Edward III, to the English …
The Art of War
The Art of War (1521) is the only book published by Niccolo Machiavelli during his lifetime, and he saw it as one of his finest achievements…
Army Letters from an Officer's Wife
"There appeared from the bushes in front of me, and right in the path, two immense gray wolves . . . Rollo saw them and stopped instan…
Campaigning With Grant
In the last year of the American Civil War, Horace Porter served as aide-de-camp to General Ulysses S. Grant, then commander of all the armi…
In the Field
I have merely tried to make a written record of some of the hours I have lived through during the course of this war. A modest Lieutenant of…
Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia
The author, who fought as a private in the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War, describes the Confederate soldier’s daily struggl…
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…
In the Line of Battle
“A COLLECTION OF absolutely authentic accounts by privates and non-commissioned officers.... We see a great simplicity and directness of obs…
Recollections And Letters Of General Robert E. Lee
The life of the Confederate States of America general, Robert E. Lee, through the eyes of his youngest son, who was also a Confederate Army …
Aircraft and Submarines
"Aircraft and Submarines" is a history of the development of these forms of transportation and their ultimate use in warfare. Als…
History of the Civil War
Superbly written, this overview of the Civil War, won a Pulitzer Prize in History in 1918. Rhodes covers not only the battles and the gener…
The Recollections of Rifleman Harris
The Recollections of Rifleman Harris offers a vivid firsthand account of a British infantryman’s experiences during the tumultuous Napoleoni…