Warfare & defence books

Experience the drama and ingenuity of siege warfare through the ages in Edward Gilliat's ""The Romance of Modern...  Read More >>

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and...  Read More >>

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free When the push made a hack of him. Now he's paid me back. I had struck a snag, And must creep through the battle...  Read More >>

As Britain embarked on a naval arms race, Statham offered engaging and entertaining stories of the pirate's close...  Read More >>

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England has declared war on Germany! We were working on a pumphouse, on the Columbia River, at Trail, British Columbia,...  Read More >>

""Fighting in Flanders"" by E. Alexander Powell offers a compelling firsthand account of World War I as it unfolded...  Read More >>

The Story of Our Submarines from John Graham Bower. Irish colonial official of the British Empire (1848-1933)....  Read More >>

""A Journal of the Disasters in Affghanistan, 1841-2"" offers a firsthand account of one of the British Empire's...  Read More >>

Notes of a War Correspondent from Richard Harding Davis. Journalist and writer of fiction and drama (1864-1916)....  Read More >>

""The Submarine in War and Peace: Its Development and its Possibilities"" by Simon Lake offers a fascinating historical...  Read More >>

""An Account of the Campaign in the West Indies, in the Year 1794,"" by Cooper Willyams, offers a detailed firsthand...  Read More >>

""Mr. Punch on the Warpath: Humours of the Army, The Navy and The Reserve Forces"" offers a satirical glimpse into...  Read More >>

Ways of War and Peace from Delia Austrian. American journalist (1874 - 1928).  Read More >>

D. M. Matheson's ""Poems"" offers a poignant and powerful collection of war poetry from a Canadian perspective....  Read More >>

Explore centuries of Great Britain's coastal fortifications with George Clinch's ""English Coast Defences: From...  Read More >>

Explore the public life and military service of Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, a key figure in British North...  Read More >>

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Excerpt: ... it with as dense a population as they now have in Japan, where they sustain 30,000,000 rural people...  Read More >>

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""The Peace Negotiations"" by J. D. Kestell and D. E. van Velden offers a vital historical account of the negotiations...  Read More >>

""The Memoirs of Admiral Lord Charles Beresford"" offers a compelling firsthand account of British naval history...  Read More >>

Julian Corbett's ""Monk"" delves into the life and career of George Monck, Duke of Albemarle, a pivotal figure in...  Read More >>

""The Officer's Manual: Napoleon's Maxims of War"" offers a fascinating glimpse into the mind of one of history's...  Read More >>