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ReadA photographic record of the Russo-Japanese war
ReadThe Tenth (Irish) Division in Gallipoli
Bryan Cooper
The work is a regimental history that concentrates on the 10th (Irish) Division’s service in the Gallipoli…
ReadThe Autobiography of Phineas Pett
Phineas Pett
The work is an autobiographical manuscript of Phineas Pett, a senior ship‑wright and naval commissioner who…
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Vol. 2 (of 4)
William Milligan Sloane
This volume, the second of four by William Milligan Sloane, continues his scholarly survey of Napoleon’s rise…
ReadMatthew Calbraith Perry: A Typical American Naval Officer
William Elliot Griffis
The work is a nineteenth‑century biography of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, written by William E.
Pickle the Spy; Or, the Incognito of Prince Charles
Andrew Lang
The work is a scholarly reconstruction of the Jacobite episode that followed the 1745–1746 rebellion,…
Military Instructors Manual
Cole, J. P. (James Perry); Schoonmaker, Oliver
The work is a practical handbook for United States Army officers, compiled by James Perry Cole and Oliver…
ReadA history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 5, Oct. 1811-Aug. 31, 1812: Valencia, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Madrid
Charles Oman
This fifth volume of Charles Oman’s exhaustive history of the Peninsular War picks up the narrative where the…
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 3, no. 18, November, 1851
Various Harper
Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, vol. 3, no. 18 (November 1851) offers a single, expansive historical essay…
ReadHistorical Record of the Thirty-sixth, or the Herefordshire Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1701, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1852
Richard Cannon
This work is a regimented chronicle of the 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot, compiled by Richard Cannon…
Ten Days That Shook the World
John Reed
John Reed’s Ten Days That Shook the World is a first‑hand chronicle of the November 1917 Revolution, written…
ReadThe Niagara River
Archer Butler Hulbert
The work is a scholarly survey of the Niagara River and its surrounding region, presented as a single‑volume…
ReadFrance and England in North America, Part V: Count Frontenac, New France, Louis XIV
Francis Parkman
Francis Parkman’s volume is a scholarly narrative that treats the turbulent era of New France through the…
ReadThe Desert Mounted Corps An Account of the Cavalry Operations in Palestine and Syria 1917-1918
R. M. P. Preston
The work is a detailed regimental history of the British‑led Desert Mounted Corps, written by…
ReadSevastopol
Leo Tolstoy
The work is a sprawling, first‑person narrative that places the reader amid the siege of Sevastopol in…
ReadAngola and the River Congo, vol. 2
Joachim John Monteiro
Monteiro’s second volume is a first‑hand travelogue that blends geographic description with ethnographic…
ReadHistorical Record of the Thirty-first, or, the Huntingdonshire Regiment of Foot; Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1702, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1850
Richard Cannon
The work is a regiment‑specific history, compiled by Richard Cannon to record the formation of the 31st…
The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore
J. R. Hutchinson
The work is a scholarly study of the British practice of impressment, focusing on how the Crown compelled…
ReadTrial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 06
Various
The volume is a primary‑source record of the Nuremberg Military Tribunal, specifically the proceedings that…
Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes
W. H. Fitchett
Fitchett’s Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes is a nineteenth‑century compendium of British…
ReadHistory of the Royal Sappers and Miners, Volume 2 (of 2) From the Formation of the Corps in March 1712 to the date when its designation was changed to that of Royal Engineers
T. W. J. Connolly
History of the Royal Sappers and Miners, Volume 2 is a meticulously compiled chronicle of the British corps…
ReadThe Old Northwest: A Chronicle of the Ohio Valley and Beyond
Frederic Austin Ogg
Frederic Austin Ogg’s work is a detailed historical narrative that charts the transition of the Old Northwest…
ReadThe Book of War: The Military Classic of the Far East The Articles of Suntzu; The Sayings of Wutzu
Sunzi, active 6th century B.C.; Wu, Qi
The Book of War gathers the early Chinese military treatises of Sunzi and Wu, two sixth‑century B.C.
ReadThe Waterloo Campaign, 1815
William Siborne
The work is a meticulously researched military history of the 1815 Waterloo Campaign, presented as the…