War Books

A School History of the Great War

Charles A. Coulomb

This brief history of the world's greatest war was prepared upon the suggestion of the National Board for Historical Service. Its purpose is to expand into an historical narrative the outline of the s..

Peace Theories and the Balkan War

Norman Angell

Peace Theories and the Balkan War is a political science work written by English writer Sir Ralph Norman Angell and Nobel Peace Prize winner.Mr. Norman Angell's theory was one to enable the citiz..

His Sombre Rivals

Edward Payson Roe

His Sombre Rivals is a ficiton story based on US Civil War written by the American novelist Edward Payson Roe, whose other works are He Fell in Love with His Wife, A Young Girl's Wooing, Barriers Burn..

The Evidence in the Case

James M. Beck

The Evidence in the Case, A Discussion of the Moral Responsibility for the War of 1914, as Disclosed by the Diplomatic Records of England, Germany, Russia.Introduction from the book:For five months no..

The Green Flag, and Other Stories of War and Sport

Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle was deeply affected by the many wars fought during his lifetime. As many other writers, he used the material for short stories, a collection of which is presented here. The stories ..

Hospital Sketches

Louisa May Alcott

A considerable portion of this volume was published in successive numbers of The Commonwealth, newspaper, of Boston. The sudden popularity the Sketches won from the general public, and the praise they..

Won By the Sword - a tale of the Thirty Years' War

G. A. Henty

Author's Preface: In my preface to the Lion of the North I expressed a hope that I might some day be able to continue the history of the Thirty Years' War. The deaths of Gustavus and his great ri..

In Freedom's Cause - A Story of Wallace and Bruce

G. A. Henty

There are few figures in history who have individually exercised so great an influence upon events as William Wallace and Robert Bruce. It was to the extraordinary personal courage, indomitable persev..