War & Military
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 22)
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
This is volume 4 chapter 22 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resum…
With The American Ambulance Field Service In France; Personal Letters Of A Driv…
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Leslie Buswell
This 1915 publication collects letters written by a driver for the American ambulance service. The incidents they relate occurred before the…
The Cellar-House of Pervyse
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Mairi Chisholm
Mairi Chisholm and Elsie Knocker were two British nurses and ambulance drivers whose staggeringly heroic efforts during World War I saved co…
The Age of Elizabeth
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Mandell Creighton
This short history by the eminent British historian, Mandell Creighton, places Elizabeth and her reign within the context of 16th century Eu…
The Romance Of Modern Sieges; Describing The Personal Adventures, Resource And …
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Edward Gilliat
Lively narratives of some of the great siege battles of war. The book was written before World War I, in 1908. Some of the narratives contai…
The Story of Gladstone's Life
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Justin Mccarthy
William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), four times Prime Minister of Great Britain, dominated the Liberal Party for thirty years, but ultimatel…
Who Burnt Columbia?
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Augustine T. Smythe
This LibriVox reading consists of selections from depositions in a lawsuit brought after the end of the American Civil War by some businessm…
Daring Deeds of Famous Pirates
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Edward Keble Chatterton
Edward Chatterton, a prolific British author of maritime adventures, presents fascinating stories of pirates and their exploits from earlies…
History of the Thirty Years War, Volume 5
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Friedrich Schiller
Volume 5 concludes the History of the Thirty Years War in Germany. [Note From the first PG etext of this work: Separate sources indicate th…
The Roswell Report: Case Closed
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James Mcandrew
The “Roswell Incident” has assumed a central place in American folklore since the events of the 1940s in a remote area of New Mexico. In Jul…
Hospital Transports; A Memoir Of The Embarkation Of The Sick And Wounded From T…
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Frederick Law Olmsted
In the American Civil War, The United States Sanitary Commission, staffed by volunteers, may be viewed as a precursor to The Red Cross. It s…
Unhappy Far-Off Things
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Lord Dunsany
Better known today for his influential fantasy writings, Lord Dunsany also wrote a number of sketches during World War One. This compilation…
Regulations for the order and discipline of the troops of the United States : p…
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Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron Von Steuben
More commonly know as "The Blue Book" written by "Baron von Steuben" this publication was key to organizing the young Am…
Stories of the Victoria Cross
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Frank Mundell
The Victoria Cross is the highest military award that can be made to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces for acts of gallan…
Campaign For Petersburg
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Richard Wayne Lykes
In the American Civil War the Union victory in the ten-month campaign for the city of Petersburg, Virginia (June 1864-March 1865), led direc…
King and Parliament (A.D. 1603-1714)
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George Henry Wakeling
This slim volume by the Oxford University lecturer, George Henry Wakeling, deals with the period in British history from the reign of King J…
Army Mental Tests
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Robert Mearns Yerkes and Clarence Stone Yoakum
Prepared in cooperation with the staff of the surgeon general's office as a source of information and printed materials concerning psycholog…
Over There: War Scenes On The Western Front
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Arnold Bennett
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 …
The U.S. Army in the Iraq War Volume 1: Invasion Insurgency Civil War 2003 – 20…
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Various
In September 2013, Chief of Staff of the Army General Raymond T. Odierno directed the Operation Iraqi Freedom Study Group to research and wr…
Philip Augustus
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William Holden Hutton
Philip Augustus (Philip II of France 1165-1223), grandfather of Saint Louis, was one of France's greatest kings. While England's Henry II wa…