History - Warfare

The Story of the Great War, Volume 3 History of the European War from Official Sources

The Irish Guards in the Great War, Volume 1 (of 2): The First Battalion

Rudyard Kipling

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3

Edward Gibbon

The third volume of Edward Gibbon’s monumental work continues his sweeping survey of Rome’s final centuries,…

The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3

Frederick Whymper

Frederick Whymper’s The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism is a sprawling survey of…

The regimental records of the British Army: A Historical Résumé Chronologically Arranged of Titles, Campaigns, Honours, Uniforms, Facings, Badges, Nicknames, Etc.

John S. Farmer

The Thirty Years War — Complete

Friedrich Schiller

This volume presents Friedrich Schiller’s “History of the Thirty Years’ War” in a comprehensive English…

Drum-Taps

Walt Whitman

Drum‑Taps is Walt Whitman’s poetic response to the American Civil War, a collection that opens with a…

Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.

United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Ordnance

The work is a formal naval manual issued by the United States Navy’s Bureau of Ordnance in early 1866.

A History of the 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)

Sir J. W. (John William) Fortescue

Fortescue’s work is a regiment‑history of the 17th Lancers, written in 1895 by Sir J. W.

The Civil War Through the Camera

Henry W. Elson

The work is a pictorial chronicle of the American Civil War, assembled by Henry W.

Flag and Fleet: How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas

William Wood

Flag and Fleet is a sweeping historical study that argues the Royal Navy has been the decisive factor in…

The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans

Theodore Roosevelt

The work is a scholarly survey of the United States Navy’s role in the War of 1812, written by Theodore…

A sailor's life under four sovereigns, Volume 3 (of 3)

Sir Henry Keppel

Frederick the Great and the Rise of Prussia

William Fiddian Reddaway

The work is a scholarly history that seeks to trace Frederick the Great’s career and its impact on the…

The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Vol. 1 (of 4)

William Milligan Sloane

The work is a scholarly biography of Napoleon Bonaparte, originally serialized in the Century Magazine in…

A Short History of the Royal Navy, 1217-1815. Volume II, 1689-1815

David Hannay

David Hannay’s A Short History of the Royal Navy, 1217‑1815, Volume II, covering 1689‑1815, offers a concise,…

Original Photographs Taken on the Battlefields during the Civil War of the United States

Francis Trevelyan Miller

This volume presents the first extensive photographic record of the American Civil War, assembled by the…

The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power

John S. C. Abbott

John S. C. Abbott’s work is a sweeping historical survey that treats the Austrian Empire as a single, living…

A voyage to the South Sea: Undertaken by command of His Majesty for the purpose of conveying the bread-fruit tree to the West Indies in His Majesty's ship the Bounty commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh; including an account of the mutiny on board the said ship and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew in the ship's boat from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch settlement in the East Indies

William Bligh

The work is a first‑person account of a Royal Navy expedition commissioned by King George III to transport…

The Fight for the Republic in China

B. L. Putnam Weale

Putnam Weale’s The Fight for the Republic in China is a scholarly survey of the tumultuous years from the…

The war against Germany: Europe and adjacent areas

Kenneth E.; United States. Department of the Army. Office of Military History Hunter

This volume is a pictorial supplement to the United States Army’s official World War II history series,…

Captains of the Civil War: A Chronicle of the Blue and the Gray

William Wood

Captains of the Civil War is a scholarly chronicle that treats the American conflict of 1861‑1865 as a series…

Gallipoli Diary

John Graham Gillam

John Graham Gillam’s Gallipoli Diary is a first‑person account of a supply officer attached to the 29th…

The Diary of John Evelyn (Volume 2 of 2)

John Evelyn

The second volume of John Evelyn’s diary continues the meticulous chronicle of his public duties and courtly…