History - Warfare

A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 1, 1807-1809: From the treaty of Fontainbleau to the battle of Corunna

Charles Oman

This volume is Charles Oman’s first installment of a comprehensive history of the Peninsular War, covering…

The Tournament—Its Periods and Phases

R. Coltman Clephan

The work is a scholarly survey of medieval tournament practice, written by the antiquarian R.

Current History, Vol. VIII, No. 3, June 1918 A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times

Various

Current History, Vol. VIII, No. 3, June 1918 is a contemporary news‑magazine produced by the New York Times…

War Letters of a Public-School Boy

Henry Paul Mainwaring Jones

The work is a memoir‑driven compilation of the wartime correspondence of Lieutenant Henry Paul Mainwaring…

Military Architecture in England During the Middle Ages

A. Hamilton Thompson

The work is a scholarly survey of English military architecture from the Roman era to the early modern…

My Year of the Great War

Frederick Palmer

Frederick Palmer’s My Year of the Great War is a first‑hand account by an American correspondent who spent…

The Officer's Manual: Napoleon's Maxims of War

Emperor of the French Napoleon I

The work is a compact handbook of military doctrine compiled under Napoleon’s name, presented as a series of…

Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe From the Iron Period of the Northern Nations to the End of the Thirteenth Century

John Hewitt

The work is a scholarly survey of medieval martial equipment, tracing the development of armor and weapons…

Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents

Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of

Memoirs of the Court of George IV offers a detailed chronicle of the tumultuous first decade of his reign,…

Paris under the Commune The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs)

John Leighton

John Leighton’s work is a sprawling illustrated chronicle of the Paris Commune of 1871, presented as a…

A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies Or, a faithful NARRATIVE OF THE Horrid and Unexampled Massacres, Butcheries, and all manner of Cruelties, that Hell and Malice could invent, committed by the Popish Spanish Party on the inhabitants of West-India, TOGETHER With the Devastations of several Kingdoms in America by Fire and Sword, for the space of Forty and Two Years, from the time of its first Discovery by them.

Bartolomé de las Casas

This work is a polemical chronicle written by Bartolomé de las Casas, a Dominican‑turned‑bishop who witnessed…

History of the Wars, Books III and IV: The Vandalic War

Procopius

The work is Procopius’s continuation of his famed “Wars,” covering the Persian conflict’s aftermath and then…

Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada, from the mss. of Fray Antonio Agapida

Washington Irving

The work is a sprawling chronicle of the final phase of the Spanish conquest of Granada, assembled from the…

History of the World War: An authentic narrative of the world's greatest war

March, Francis A., Jr.; Beamish, Richard J.

History of the World War is a comprehensive, fact‑driven chronicle of the conflict from 1914 to 1918,…

Narrative, of a five years' expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana on the Wild Coast of South America; from the year 1772 to 1777 ... Volume 1 (of 2)

John Gabriel Stedman

John Gabriel Stedman’s two‑volume work is a first‑hand chronicle of a five‑year military campaign (1772‑1777)…

The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain

A. T. Mahan

The work is a scholarly biography that treats Admiral Horatio Nelson not merely as a hero of the Napoleonic…

In Stahlgewittern, aus dem Tagebuch eines Stoßtruppführers

Ernst Jünger

Der Text ist ein Tagebuch eines Infanterieführers aus dem Ersten Weltkrieg, das Ernst Jünger aus seinen…

The 42nd (East Lancashire) Division 1914-1918

Frederick P. Gibbon

The book is a regimental history of the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division, written by Frederick P.

Military schools and courses of instruction in the science and art of war, in France, Prussia, Austria, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Sardinia, England, and the United States. Drawn from recent official reports and documents. Revised Edition

This work is a comprehensive reference on the organization and curricula of military schools across Europe…

The ships and sailors of old Salem: the record of a brilliant era of American achievement

Ralph Delahaye Paine

Ralph Delahaye Paine’s work is a historical compilation that chronicles the rise and decline of Salem’s…

Washington the Soldier

Henry B. Carrington

The work is a scholarly military study that treats George Washington primarily as a commander rather than a…

The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36

Livy

Livy’s History of Rome Books 27‑36 is a sprawling annal of the Republic’s mid‑second‑century crises,…

The Annual Register 1914 A Review of Public Events at Home and Abroad for the Year 1914

Anonymous

The Annual Register 1914 is a comprehensive chronicle of the political, military and social currents that…

Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61

Abner Doubleday

The work is a first‑hand memoir by Abner Doubleday, a career army officer who was stationed at Fort Moultrie…