War & Military
State of the Union Addresses
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…
Canada in War-Paint
There is no attempt made in the little sketches which this book contains to deal historically with events of the war. It is but a small Souv…
Imperialism and World Politics
Moon’s Iᴍᴘᴇʀɪᴀʟɪsᴍ ᴀɴᴅ Wᴏʀʟᴅ Pᴏʟɪᴛɪᴄs is perhaps the best-known work of the Columbia University professor and political scientist; It was pu…
Cromwell's Place in History
In the autumn of 1896, the renowned historian of the 17th century, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, delivered six lectures on "Cromwell's Place …
Everyman at War
In 1929 editor C. B. Purdom of the British magazine 'Everyman' ... "invited readers to send him accounts of their actual (WW1) war exp…
Yorkshire Battles
Edward Lamplough describes 22 battles that all occurred in Yorkshire over many time periods and political contexts. - Summary by lightcryst…
Speeches of Prince 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…
U.S. Marine Operations In Korea
In March 1952 the 1st Marine Division redeployed from the East-Central front to West Korea. This new sector, nearly 35 miles in length, anch…
State of the Union Addresses
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…
State of the Union Addresses
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…
War Impressions
A personal account of the second Boer War by Australian expatriate artist Mortimer Menpes. Menpes travelled to South Africa as a corresponde…
A Magnificent Fight
It is Monday, 8 December 1941. On Wake Island, a tiny sprung paper-clip in the Pacific between Hawaii and Guam, Marines of the 1st Defense B…
Imperialism and World Politics
Moon’s Iᴍᴘᴇʀɪᴀʟɪsᴍ ᴀɴᴅ Wᴏʀʟᴅ Pᴏʟɪᴛɪᴄs is perhaps the best-known work of the Columbia University professor and political scientist; It was pu…
Breaching the Marianas
The [15 June 1944] campaign on Saipan…brought many American casualties, and it also heralded the kind of fighting which would be experienced…