War & Military
Andersonville Diary
John L. Ransom was the quartermaster of Company A, 9th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry during the American Civil War and a Union prisoner in the …
History of the World War
This is a popular narrative history of the world's greatest war. Written frankly from the viewpoint of the United States and the Allies, it…
War Is a Racket
Marine Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler's expose of American Corporate Imperialism. Butler said, “I served in all commissioned ranks from second lie…
Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War
At the outset of the American Civil War, [the writer Ambrose] Bierce enlisted in the Union Army's 9th Indiana Infantry Regiment....In Februa…
Hardtack and Coffee
Hard Tack and Coffee: The Unwritten Story of Army Life (1887) is a memoir by John D. Billings, a veteran of the 10th Massachusetts Volunteer…
Boots and Saddles
Elizabeth Custer has penned an engaging portrait of 1870’s life on a U.S. cavalry post in the Dakotas, just before her husband and his troop…
A Confederate Girl's Diary
Sarah Morgan Dawson was a young woman of 20 living in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, when she began this diary. The American Civil War was raging. …
High Adventure
High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France by James Norman Hall; you will find this book although an exciting narrative has an unp…
Sherman's March To The Sea
This librivox recording comprises part of chapter 22 and all of chapter 23 (The March To The Sea – From Atlanta To Savannah – November And D…
Famous Sea Fights
I propose to tell in non-technical and popular language the story of some of the most remarkable episodes in the history of sea power. I sha…
Sir Francis Drake
In this short book, the British Naval historian, Julian Stafford Corbett, chronicles the adventurous career of Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596)…
Four Weeks in the Trenches
Four Weeks in the Trenches offers a firsthand account of the harrowing experiences faced by soldiers on the Eastern Front during World War I…
Six Years with the Texas Rangers
James Gillet recounts his adventures with the Texas Rangers 1856-1937. In a very entertaining style he recounts personal stories of wars, …
Hero Tales from American History
Its purpose … is to tell in simple fashion the story of some Americans who showed that they knew how to live and how to die; who proved thei…
Twelve Years in the Saddle
Sergeant Sullivan tells the story of his life as a Texas Ranger for 12 incredible years in the late 1800s. (Summary by Will Nuessle)
Between the Lines
This book, all of which has been written at the Front within sound of the German guns and for the most part within shell and rifle range, is…
The Red Battle Flyer
Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918), also widely known as the Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with t…
Inventions Of The Great War
“… this war was not one of mere destruction. It set men to thinking as they had never thought before. It intensified their inventive faculti…
The Naval War of 1812
Somewhat detailed history of naval engagements between the United States and England during the War of 1812, from a decidedly American persp…
Commentaries on the Gallic War
Commentarii de Bello Gallico (English: Commentaries on the Gallic War) is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a…