War Books

1914

John French

For years past I had regarded a general war in Europe as an eventual certainty. The experience which I gained during the seven or eight years spent as a member of the Committee of Imperial Defence, an..

In the Year 2889

Jules Verne

In the Year 2889 is an 1889 short story published under the name of Jules Verne, but now believed to be mainly the work of his son Michel Verne, based on his father's ideas...

Between the Lines

Boyd Cable

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 an attempt to tell something of the manner of struggle that..

Admiral Farragut

Alfred Thayer Mahan

In preparing this brief sketch of the most celebrated of our naval heroes, the author has been aided by the very full and valuable biography published in 1878 by his son, Mr. Loyall Farragut, who has ..

The Appetite of Tyranny

G. K. Chesterton

The Appetite of Tyranny: Including Letters to an Old Garibaldian is a historic work written by G.K. Chesterton. ..

The Life of Kit Carson

Edward S. Ellis

Christopher Carson, or as he was familiarly called, Kit Carson, was a man whose real worth was understood only by those with whom he was associated or who closely studied his character. He was more th..

De val van Antwerpen (october 1914)

Jozef Muls

Tegen het einde van Juli 1914 ging eenieder gedrukt onder de hevige spanning die over heel Europa was gekomen. Men voelde het naderen van de verschrikkelijke orkaan die ging losbarsten. Het was ontste..

Blood Brothers - A Medic's Sketch Book

Eugene C. Jacobs

The purpose of Blood Brothers is to acquaint the reader with a series of harrowing incidents experienced by the isolated U.S. Armed Forces in the Far East during World War II. We might well be voicing..