War & Military

The Recollections of Rifleman Harris

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Benjamin Randell Harris



The recollections of a British infantryman who served in the British army during the Napoleonic Wars. (Summary by Graham Keeling)

The Life of Charlemagne

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Thomas Hodgkin



Charlemagne (Charles the Great) c. 742-814 was King of the Franks, conqueror of Lombard Italy, and on Christmas day 800, was crowned by Pope…

Jesse James, My Father

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Jesse James, Jr.



A biography of Jesse James as told by his son, Jesse James, Jr. We are treated to inside tales of Jesse's childhood and home life; what dro…

Nurse and Spy in the Union Army

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Sarah Emma Edmonds



The “Nurse and Spy” is simply a record of events which have transpired in the experience and under the observation of one who has been on th…

Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 (version 2)

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Abner Doubleday



Abner Doubleday was a busy man. He rose to be a major general during the American Civil War, started the first cable car company in San Fran…

Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nu…

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International Military Tribunal



Recognizing the importance of establishing for history an authentic text of the Trial of major German WWII war criminals, the International …

Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War

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Frederick A. Talbot



"Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War" is an interesting read of the beginnings of air warfare in World War I. Anyone interested in ea…

War

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Pierre Loti



Pierre Loti [Julien Viaud] (1850-1923) was a French naval officer and novelist. The present book is one of his few works of non-fiction, a s…

South African Memories

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Lady Sarah Wilson



Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Wilson was the aunt of Winston Spencer Churchill. In 1899 she became the first woman war correspondent when she …

In the Field (1914-1915)

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Marcel Dupont



I have merely tried to make a written record of some of the hours I have lived through during the course of this war. A modest Lieutenant of…

Sherman’s Military Lessons Of The American Civil War, From His Memoirs

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William Tecumseh Sherman



This LibriVox recording comprises chapter 25 (Conclusion – Military Lessons Of The War) of Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman’s Memo…

England and the Hundred Years' War

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Charles William Chadwick Oman



This little book by the British military historian, Charles Oman, begins with the accession of the warrior king, Edward III, to the English …

Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort

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Edith Wharton



American novelist Edith Wharton was living in Paris when World War I broke out in 1914. She obtained permission to visit sites behind the li…

Eighteen Months in the War Zone: A Record of a Woman's Work on the Western Front

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Kate John Finzi



"But it is not for those who heard the call in the later months so much as in memory of those early heroes of Mons, who knew the bitter…

The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 2

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Jefferson Davis



The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government (1881) is written by Jefferson Davis, former President of the Confederate States of America …

Five Months at Anzac

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Joseph Lievesley Beeston



A Narrative of Personal Experiences of the Officer Commanding the 4th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force . From his leaving Australi…

The Normans in European History

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Charles Homer Haskins



Wherever their ships took them, the Normans (Northman) were ruthless conquerors but gifted governors. These eight lectures, given in Boston …

Four-Fifty Miles to Freedom

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Maurice Andrew Brackenreed Johnston, Maurice Andrew Brackenreed Johnstonandkenneth Darlaston Yearsley and Maurice Andrew Brackenreed Johnston And Kenneth Darlaston Yearsley



Four-Fifty Miles to Freedom is the true but little known story of the escape of eight British Prisoners-of-War from a Turkish POW camp durin…

Aircraft and Submarines

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Willis J. Abbot



"Aircraft and Submarines" is a history of the development of these forms of transportation and their ultimate use in warfare. Als…

In the Line of Battle

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Walter Wood



“A COLLECTION OF absolutely authentic accounts by privates and non-commissioned officers.... We see a great simplicity and directness of obs…

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