War & Military
Speeches of Prince Bismarck
Read by Alister
Otto Von Bismarck
A collection of Bismarck’s speeches translated by art historian Edmund von Mach and published in 1914 as part of THE GERMAN CLASSICS—an exte…
France, Spain and the Rif
Read by Alister
Walter Burton Harris
The Guerra del Rif—the Rif War. 1921 to 1926. It was the slogging bloody 5-year long climax of Spain’s effort to secure dominion over a terr…
Rough Talks by a Padre
Read by Steve C
Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy
Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy MC was an ordained Anglican priest, who in the early stages of World War I volunteered for duty as a chap…
Richelieu
Read by Pamela Nagami
George Joseph Gustave Masson and George Joseph Gustave Masson
This short biography of the dreaded red eminence, by the Anglo-French writer and educator, Gustave Masson, combines French wit and English c…
The History of the Peloponnesian War
Read by Peter Dann
Thucydides
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Such may be the reaction of many listeners to Thucydides' compelling and rightly celebr…
Pictorial History of the War for the Union
Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Ann Stephens
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…
Shall It Be Again?
Read by Ted Lienhart
John Kenneth Turner
While we now view America’s entry into World War I as a necessary step to save Europe from German domination, it was actually one of the mos…
Everyman at War
Read by Ted Lienhart
Charles B. Purdom
In 1929 editor C. B. Purdom of the British magazine 'Everyman' ... "invited readers to send him accounts of their actual (WW1) war exp…
A Life of Napoleon
Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Ida M. Tarbell
Ida Tarbell is best known today as the investigative journalist whose pieces on workings of the Standard Oil Company led to the creation of …
U.S. Marines In Afghanistan
Read by Aaron Bennett
Nathan S. Lowrey
This monograph is more than the story of Marine expeditionary operations in Afghanistan. It describes who our nation's enemies are; how Amer…
The Needs of Europe
Read by Ted Lienhart
Fight The Famine Council
In October 1920, the International Economic Conference in London gathered invitees to review post-war Europe's ravaged economies. Speakers i…
America's
Read by Ted Lienhart
Henry J. Reilly
"What part did we take in the Great War? Did we only lend money to our Allies, or did we really fight?" Henry …
The Captain Called It Mutiny
Read by Mark Harrington
Frederic Van De Water
On December 1, 1842, three crew members of the U.S. Navy brig Somers were hanged for mutiny. The alleged leader was eighteen-year-old Philip…
Opening Moves
Read by Aaron Bennett
Henry I. Shaw, Jr.
On 1 September 1939, German armored columns and attack aircraft crossed the Polish border on a broad front and World War II began. At Marin…