War & Military
A School History of the Great War
A brief history of The Great War (World War I) designed for students in grades seven and eight. Special emphasis on European history leading…
Over There
Bennett's served in many capacities in the WWI war effort. After a visit to the Western Front he wrote this 1915 collection of essays about …
Nothing of Importance
Fighting in France during the Great War, Bernard Adams, an officer with a Welsh battalion, was moved to chronicle what he saw and experience…
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 …
News From No Man's Land
James Green (1864-1948) was a Methodist minister who was a chaplain to Australian troops in the Boer War and in the Australian Imperial Forc…
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…
Five Months at Anzac
A Narrative of Personal Experiences of the Officer Commanding the 4th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force . From his leaving Australi…
In Ship and Prison
The incidents of this book are taken largely from the log-book of Captain Tucker, and are intended to picture the stirring times in which he…
On War
On War is a seminal exploration of the philosophy and strategy behind warfare, penned by the Prussian military theorist Carl Von Clausewitz.…
U.S. Marine Operations in Korea
The Inchon Landing was a major amphibious operation, planned in record time and executed with skill and precision. Even more, it was an exem…
Running the Blockade
The first-person experiences and adventures of blockade runner during the American civil war. - Summary by Delmar H. Dolbier
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…
Our Army at the Front
During the US deployment in Europe in the final years of the Great War (WWI), the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) was accompanied by nota…
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 Woman's Experiences in the Great War
An eye-witness account of the fall of Antwerp to the Germans in the opening months of World War I, Mack’s story has passages of extraordinar…
The Making of the British Empire
At its height, the British Empire was the largest in history. This short volume traces its development through the long 18th century, from 1…
Captain Bill McDonald, Texas Ranger
"William Jesse "Bill" McDonald (1852 - 1918) in the 1880s served as a deputy sheriff in Wood County. After moving to Hardeman…
The History of the Peloponnesian War
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Such may be the reaction of many listeners to Thucydides' compelling and rightly celebr…
The Last Days of Pekin
The author was an officer in the French navy. This book is a compilation of his experiences when stationed in China in 1900 during and immed…
The Korean War
A collection of brief histories addressing the major campaigns or phases of the Korean War. (Summary by KevinS)