War & Military
Philip Augustus
Read by Pamela Nagami
William Holden Hutton
Philip Augustus (Philip II of France 1165-1223), grandfather of Saint Louis, was one of France's greatest kings. While England's Henry II wa…
The Daredevil of the Army - Experiences as a ''Buzzer'' and Despatch Rider
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Austin Patrick Corcoran
At just twenty-six years of age, the author – A P Corcoran had already led an adventurous life, having twice sailed around the world, experi…
The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80, Part 2
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Archibald Forbes
This Part 2 of "The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80" discusses the 1878-80 war, which was one of the major conflicts during the Gr…
The Age of the Condottieri: A Short History of Mediaeval Italy from 1409-1530
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Oscar Browning
Italy from 1409 to 1530 is synonymous with the Renaissance, but this was also the age of the condottieri, Italian captains of mercenary comp…
The U.S. Army in the Iraq War Volume 1: Invasion Insurgency Civil War 2003 – 20…
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Various
In September 2013, Chief of Staff of the Army General Raymond T. Odierno directed the Operation Iraqi Freedom Study Group to research and wr…
The Roman Triumvirates
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Charles Merivale
In this short volume, the British historian, Charles Merivale, describes the long conflict by which the rule of one man replaced the Roman R…
Pitt
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Archibald Primrose
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, liberal prime minister (1894-1895), wrote this short biography of William Pitt, the Younger (1759-…
The New Army in Training
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Rudyard Kipling
Kipling's brief assessment of the British New Army being assembled to fight in the Great War. Concerns itself with training and logistics bu…
The Romance of the Romanoffs
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Joseph Martin Mccabe
The eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were periods of stark contrast between the opulent lifestyle of the rich and the ex…
History of Company B 307th Infantry
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Julius Klausner, Jr
The history of Company B, 307 Infantry's participation in The First World War. A part of the 77th Division it trained at Camp Upton, New Yor…
Vietnam: The Advisory Years to 1965
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Robert Futrell
This book explains the policy of the United States and France toward Vietnam beginning after World War II until the beginning of America's e…
With The Royal Army Medical Corps in Egypt
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Tickner Edwardes
Throughout the First World War, members of the Royal Army Medical Corps provided constant support for British and Allied military troops whe…
Angels of the Battlefield
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George Barton
"Angels of the Battlefield: A History of the Labors of the Catholic Sisterhoods in the Late Civil War" chronicles the compassionat…
Full Speed Ahead: Tales From The Log Of A Correspondent
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Henry Beston
“These tales are memories of several months spent as a special correspondent attached to the forces of the American Navy on foreign service……
Stupor Mundi: The Life and Times of Frederick II Emperor of the Romans King of …
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Lionel Allshorn
Frederick II (1194-1250), under whose reign the Holy Roman Empire reached its greatest territorial extent, was called by his contemporaries …
The Emancipation of South America
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Bartolomé Mitre
THREE great names stand forth conspicuous in the annals of America, those of Washington, Bolívar, San Martin. Of Washington, the grea…
Mazarin
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Arthur Hassall
Guilio Raimondo (Cardinal Mazarin, 1602-1661), Richelieu's designated successor as chief minister of France, was a master of diplomacy. Thou…
What the ''Boys'' Did Over There
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Henry Fox
Personal accounts and recollections of soldiers coping with body lice, poisonous gas, rats, and death in the trenches during WWI. - Summary …
Canada's Hundred Days: With the Canadian Corps from Amiens to Mons, Aug. 8 - No…
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John Frederick Bligh Livesay
This is Part Three of the incredible story of the actions of the men and women of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Canada's contribution to…
The French Revolution Volume 2 The Constitution
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Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle, the Scottish essayist, philosopher, and historian, wrote this three-volume work, first published in 1837 (with a revised edi…