History - Warfare
Explore the dramatic realm of warfare history, where battles and strategies change the course of nations. This collection highlights pivotal conflicts and the influential figures behind them, providing insight into the complexities of military tactics and the human stories entwined with them. From ancient wars to modern encounters, discover texts that illuminate the past's turbulent clashes and their enduring impacts on today's world.
Lawrence and the Arabs
A legendary figure journeys through the desert, bridging cultures to lead a revolt and forever alter the course of history.
By Robert Graves
Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, Volume 1, Part 1
Witness one man's journey from his family's immigration to America, to his partaking in some of America's bloodiest conflicts.
By Philip Henry Sheridan
With Those Who Wait
Amidst the chaos of war, everyday people clutch to hope as they await the fate of their loved ones on the battlefield, their lives forever changed by the conflict.
By Frances Wilson Huard
The Romance of War Inventions A Description of Warships, Guns, Tanks, Rifles, Bombs, and Other Instruments and Munitions of Warfare, How They Were Invented & How They Are Employed
Discover the surprising origins and uses of the weapons and machines that shaped wars.
By Thomas W. Corbin
The History of the 7th Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Witness the bravery and brotherhood of a Scottish battalion as they rise from training to face the horrors of World War I battlefields.
By James Walter Sandilands
The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War
On India's northwestern frontier, a clash of cultures ignites into a brutal military campaign, where British forces battle fierce local tribes for control.
By Winston Churchill
Stories and Letters from the Trenches
Experience the Great War through the unfiltered voices of soldiers who lived it, revealing their fears, their friendships, and their fight for survival.
By Various
The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America
A group of colonies declares its independence from Great Britain, citing grievances against the king and asserting its right to self-governance, based on the principles of equality, liberty, and democracy.
By Thomas Jefferson
Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army Gwalior and the Battle of Maharajpore, 1843; the Gold Coast of Africa, 1847-48; the Indian Mutiny, 1857-58; the expedition to China, 1860-61; the Siege of Paris, 1870-71; etc.
From a young medical officer's journey to India to witnessing the horrors of war across the globe, a soldier recounts almost four decades of service, sacrifice, and survival in the British Army.
By Charles Alexander Gordon
The Aeroplane in War
** Discover how nations transformed a fragile flying machine into a powerful weapon that would forever change the landscape of military strategy.
By Claude Grahame-White
Reminiscences of Two Years in the United States Navy
A young surgeon recounts his journey through naval battles and personal goodbyes during the Civil War.
By John M. (John Mullin) Batten
Slavery and four years of war : $b a political history of slavery in the United States, together with a narrative of the campaigns and battles of the Civil War in which the author took part, 1861-1865. Vols. 1-2
Experience a soldier’s account of the war that defined a nation, forever changed by the chains of slavery.
By Joseph Warren Keifer
Armour & Weapons
Journey through history to discover how armor and weapons changed over time, revealing the secrets and societal influences behind medieval warfare.
By Charles John Ffoulkes
Lorraine: A Romance
Amidst rising tensions before a war, a young American and a courageous girl find love as they try to protect her home from enemy threats.
By Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
The War in South Africa, Its Cause and Conduct
In a world of empires and resistance, a clash ignites between settlers fighting for their autonomy and a powerful empire asserting its dominance, resulting in a bloody war in South Africa.
By Arthur Conan Doyle
Our Soldiers: Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign
Witness the valor and the cost of war through the stories of British soldiers battling in distant lands during Queen Victoria's reign.
By William Henry Giles Kingston
Mahan on naval warfare : $b Selections from the writing of Rear Admiral Alfred T. Mahan
Discover how one naval officer believed control of the seas could make or break nations in this collection of historical strategies and insights.
By A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
Ailsa Paige: A Novel
In a world on the brink of war, a young man unearths a life-altering family secret, intertwining his fate with a woman facing her trials, setting the stage for a journey of love and self-discovery.
By Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
Before the War
In a world moving rapidly toward war, a government official recounts the delicate dance between peace efforts and military preparations in the years before the global conflict erupted.
By R. B. Haldane (Richard Burdon Haldane) Haldane
The Green Flag, and Other Stories of War and Sport
Amidst war and historical clashes, conflict arises when soldiers' personal honor is pitted against duty, leading to difficult allegiances.
By Arthur Conan Doyle