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The Life and Times of Queen Victoria; Vol. 3 of 4

Robert Wilson

Robert Wilson’s third volume in his four‑part chronicle of Queen Victoria is a dense, encyclopedic account…

The Art of War

The Art of War

Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

The work is a systematic treatise on the principles of warfare written by the French military analyst Antoine…

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 Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland

The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland

Pearson, George; Edwards, Edward

The work is a first‑hand wartime memoir that blends a personal diary with official records to recount the…

Studi intorno alla storia della Lombardia negli ultimi trent'anni e delle cagioni del difetto d'energia dei lombardi

Studi intorno alla storia della Lombardia negli ultimi trent'anni e delle cagioni del difetto d'energia dei lombardi

Cristina Belgioioso

Il volume di Cristina Belgioioso è un saggio storico‑culturale che si propone di tracciare le trasformazioni…

"Brother Bosch", an Airman's Escape from Germany

"Brother Bosch", an Airman's Escape from Germany

Gerald Featherstone Knight

Gerald Featherstone Knight’s “Brother Bosch” is a first‑person wartime memoir that blends combat narrative…

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A Prisoner of Morro; Or, In the Hands of the Enemy

Upton Sinclair

A short‑story adventure set against the backdrop of the 1898 Spanish‑American War, Sinclair’s A Prisoner of…

The Greater Love

The Greater Love

George T. McCarthy

The Greater Love is a first‑person account by George T. McCarthy, a U.S.

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 (commanding 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles) Dated November 4th, 1914-March 11th, 1915

Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie (commanding 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles) Dated November 4th, 1914-March 11th, 1915

G. B. Laurie

This volume is a collection of letters written by Lieutenant‑Colonel George Brenton Laurie, commander of the…

Cover of Roster of the Rainbow division (Forty-Second) Major General Wm. A. Mann commanding

Roster of the Rainbow division (Forty-Second) Major General Wm. A. Mann commanding

Harold Stanley Johnson

Harold Stanley Johnson’s work is a straightforward military register, compiled in the autumn of 1917 for the…

Hilaire Belloc, the man and his work

Hilaire Belloc, the man and his work

Mandell, C. Creighton; Shanks, Edward

The book is a scholarly appraisal of Hilaire Belloc, written by C.

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A History of the Inquisition of Spain; Vol. 1

Henry Charles Lea

The work is a scholarly history of the Spanish Inquisition, written by Henry Charles Lea and published in…

Great Indian Chief of the West; Or, Life and Adventures of Black Hawk

Great Indian Chief of the West; Or, Life and Adventures of Black Hawk

Benjamin Drake

The work is a nineteenth‑century historical narrative that sets out to chronicle the Sauk and Fox peoples,…

The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.)

The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.)

C. R. M. F. Cruttwell

The work is a regimental history of the 1/4 Battalion of the Royal Berkshire Regiment, compiled by C. R. M.

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 Documents presented to Viscount Grey of Fallodon

The treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire Documents presented to Viscount Grey of Fallodon

The volume is a compiled dossier of contemporary testimonies, official reports, and newspaper extracts that…

Cover of The peace negotiations between the governments of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, and the representatives of the British government, which terminated in the peace concluded at Vereeniging on the 31st May, 1902

The peace negotiations between the governments of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, and the representatives of the British government, which terminated in the peace concluded at Vereeniging on the 31st May, 1902

Kestell, J. D. (John Daniel); Velden, D. E. van

This work is a formal record of the diplomatic talks that ended the South African War, compiled by J. D.

Cover of Sun Tzŭ on the Art of War: The Oldest Military Treatise in the World

Sun Tzŭ on the Art of War: The Oldest Military Treatise in the World

active 6th century B.C. Sunzi

This volume presents the seventh part of the 18th‑century French collection “Mémoires concernant l’histoire,…

A military dictionary: or, Explanation of the several systems of discipline of different kinds of troops, infantry, artillery, and cavalry: The Principles of Fortification, and All the Modern Improvements in the Science of Tactics: comprising the pocket gunner, or little bombardier, the military regulations of the United States: The Weights, Measures, and Monies of All Nations: the technical terms and phrases of the art of war in the French language: particularly adapted to the use of the military institutions of the United States

A military dictionary: or, Explanation of the several systems of discipline of different kinds of troops, infantry, artillery, and cavalry: The Principles of Fortification, and All the Modern Improvements in the Science of Tactics: comprising the pocket gunner, or little bombardier, the military regulations of the United States: The Weights, Measures, and Monies of All Nations: the technical terms and phrases of the art of war in the French language: particularly adapted to the use of the military institutions of the United States

William Duane

The work is a sprawling reference manual that bills itself as a “Military Dictionary” covering everything…

The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War

The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War

Annie Heloise Abel

Annie Heloise Abel’s work is a scholarly study of the political and military maneuvering that placed Indian…

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Great Britain at War

Jeffery Farnol

Jeffery Farnol’s Great Britain at War is a wartime reportage assembled from a series of articles the author…

Cover of Naval battles of the world: Great and decisive contests on the sea ... with an account of the Japan-China war and the recent battle of the Yalu; the growth, power, and management of our new Navy.

Naval battles of the world: Great and decisive contests on the sea ... with an account of the Japan-China war and the recent battle of the Yalu; the growth, power, and management of our new Navy.

Edward Shippen

The work is a sweeping survey of naval warfare that begins with a broad argument for the relevance of sea…

Cover of The Invasion of India by Alexander the Great as described by Arrian, Q. Curtius, Diodoros, Plutarch and Justin: Being Translations of such portions of the Works of these and other Classical Authors as describe Alexander's Campaigns in Afghanistan, the Panjâb, Sindh, Gedrosia and Karmania

The Invasion of India by Alexander the Great as described by Arrian, Q. Curtius, Diodoros, Plutarch and Justin: Being Translations of such portions of the Works of these and other Classical Authors as describe Alexander's Campaigns in Afghanistan, the Panjâb, Sindh, Gedrosia and Karmania

John Watson McCrindle

This volume is a scholarly compilation that brings together the surviving passages of Arrian, Quintus…

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宋史

Tuotuo

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Psychological Warfare

Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

Psychological Warfare is a nonfiction manual that blends memoir, field report, and doctrinal overview of the…

Tactics, Volume 1 (of 2). Introduction and Formal Tactics of Infantry

Tactics, Volume 1 (of 2). Introduction and Formal Tactics of Infantry

W. Balck

Balck’s “Tactics, Volume 1” is a scholarly treatise on infantry warfare written at the turn of the twentieth…