War & Military
Ballads of Peace in War
This is a collection of poetry by Michael Earls, a Jesuit priest, writer, poet, teacher, and administrator. This collection of poetry concer…
Poems
The English poet Wilfred Owen was killed on 4th November 1918 just seven days before the Armistice which ended the First World War. This boo…
Psychological Examining in the United States Army
When, on April 6, 1917, the Nation was called to war a group of experimental psychologists promptly assembled to consider means of psycholog…
The Western Boundary
Moltke’s The Western Boundary was originally published in the journal Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift in 1841. The essay came in the wake of ca…
Campaigns of the Civil War
Published in 1926, "Campaigns of the Civil War" by Walter Geer is a classic military history that provides a comprehensive tactica…
A History of Our Own Times
Volume II of this popular history opens in the revolutionary year, 1848, with the Chartist movement for manhood suffrage and with the rise o…
The Escape of a Princess Pat
The Escape of a Princess Pat recounts the harrowing true story of Corporal Edwards, a soldier in the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infa…
A Narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen's Captivity
Ethan Allen's account of his military exploits and subsequent captivity, riven with drama, adventure and humor. - Summary by Steven Warner
The Capture of Fort William and Mary
The Capture of Fort William and Mary took place in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on December 14, 1774, when local Patriots led by John Langdon …
My Hunt After 'The Captain'
Holmes describes his frantic search through Civil War torn landscapes for his wounded son, the future Supreme Court Justice. Originally publ…
narrative of a light company soldier's service
Shadrach Byfield was a British infantryman in the 41st Regiment of Foot during the War of 1812. Published in England in 1840, his A Narrativ…
Verses of a V. A. D.
This is a collection of poems by Vera M. Brittain, an Englishwoman, who served in World War I as a member of the Voluntary Aid Detachment (V…
Canada's Hundred Days
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…
Andersonville
A comprehensive four-volume history of one soldier's 15 months in Andersonville Prison during the Civil War. The book is divided into 83 cha…
Canada's Hundred Days
This is the incredible story of the actions of the men and women of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Canada's contribution to the Great War…
Night Operations For Infantry
"It must be remembered that many of our men up to the time of their enlistment have passed their lives entirely in large towns, and hav…
A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium
The author was an American diplomat, the Secretary of the American Legation in Brussels, at the beginning of World War I in 1914. This book …
U.S. Marines In Afghanistan
This monograph is more than the story of Marine expeditionary operations in Afghanistan. It describes who our nation's enemies are; how Amer…
Outpost in the North Atlantic
A large volcanic island on the edge of the Arctic Circle, Iceland was strategically located for the air and naval control of the North Atlan…
History of the Thirty Years War
Volume 5 concludes the History of the Thirty Years War in Germany. [Note From the first PG etext of this work: Separate sources indicate th…