History - Warfare

The Life of Gordon, Volume I

Demetrius Charles Boulger

The work is a biographical study of General Charles George Gordon, the celebrated British officer of the…

War and the Weird

Phillips, Forbes; Hopkins, R. Thurston

War and the Weird is a hybrid of war memoir and speculative essay that uses the First‑World War as a…

The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 2 (of 2)

Polybius

The work is a continuation of Polybius’ comprehensive survey of Roman and Mediterranean history, focusing on…

All quiet on the Western Front

Erich Maria Remarque

The novel is a first‑person war story set in the trenches of World War I, narrated by the nineteen‑year‑old…

Some Principles of Maritime Strategy

Julian Stafford Corbett

Julian Stafford Corbett’s Some Principles of Maritime Strategy is a scholarly treatise that argues for the…

A History of Sea Power

Stevens, William Oliver; Westcott, Allan F.

This work is a concise survey of naval history that aims to trace the development and influence of sea power…

"De Bello Gallico" and Other Commentaries

Julius Caesar

The work is a scholarly commentary on Julius Caesar’s own accounts of the Gallic Wars and the subsequent…

A history of Canada, 1763-1812

Sir Charles Prestwood Lucas

Charles Prestwood Lucas’s work is a scholarly survey of Canada’s formative years from the 1763 proclamation…

Secret armies: the new technique of Nazi warfare

John L. Spivak

John L. Spivak’s Secret Armies is a polemical investigation into Nazi espionage and propaganda networks that,…

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics

Various

The November 1864 issue of The Atlantic Monthly presents a vivid, first‑person account of the Union’s…

Narrative and Critical History of America, Vol. 6 (of 8) The United States of North America, Part I

Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete

William T. Sherman

This work is the autobiographical memoir of General William Tecumseh Sherman, a Union commander whose life…

With the Naval Brigade in Natal, 1899-1900: Journal of Active Service

C. R. N. Burne

The work is a personal journal kept by Lieutenant‑Commander C. R. N.

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From the Accession of George III. to the Twenty-Third Year of the Reign of Queen Victoria

Farr, Edward; Nolan, E. H.

The work is a comprehensive historical chronicle that sweeps from the accession of George III through the…

Rupert, Prince Palatine

Eva Scott

The work is a scholarly portrait of Prince Rupert, Prince Palatine, tracing his life from birth in the…

They Shall Not Pass

Frank H. Simonds

They Shall Not Pass is a first‑hand wartime account that reads as a blend of travelogue and battlefield…

The Great Civil War in Lancashire (1642-1651)

Ernest Broxap

Ernest Broxap’s work is a scholarly regional study of the English Civil War, concentrating on the battles,…

American Prisoners of the Revolution

Danske Dandridge

American Prisoners of the Revolution is a scholarly compilation that gathers scattered primary accounts of…

A history of the Zulu Rebellion, 1906, and of Dinuzulu's arrest, trial, and expatriation

James Stuart

James Stuart’s work is a detailed, first‑hand chronicle of the 1906 Zulu Rebellion and the subsequent arrest,…

Annals of the early Caliphate from the death of Mahomet to the Omeyyad and Abbaside dynasties A.H. XI-LXI (A.D. 632-680) from original sources

Sir William Muir

Sir William Muir’s work is a scholarly continuation of his earlier “Life of Mahomet,” picking up at the…

The Boy Volunteers with the Submarine Fleet

Kenneth Ward

The novel is a wartime adventure aimed at younger readers, set against the backdrop of World War I naval…

U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953, Volume 4 (of 5) The East-Central Front

United States. Marine Corps; Hicks, Norman W.; Kuokka, Hubard D.; Montross, Lynn

This volume is the fourth of a five‑part official history of United States Marine Corps operations in the…

Forty-one years in India: From Subaltern to Commander-in-chief

Frederick Sleigh Roberts

Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Earl Roberts, offers a sweeping autobiographical account that blends personal…

History of the Royal Sappers and Miners, Volume 1 (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

This work is a detailed historical memoir of the Royal Sappers and Miners, tracing the corps from its…