War Books

Two Years in the Forbidden City

Princess Der Ling

Two Years in the Forbidden City is a personal memoir of Princess Der Ling, a Hanjun bannerwoman, the daughter of Yu Keng. Her father was a member of the Hanjun Plain White Banner Corps, and ..

Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places

Archibald Forbes

Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places is a memoir by Archibald Forbes was a Scottish war correspondent. Excerpts:The interval between the declaration of the Franco-German war of 1870-71, and th..

Before the Dawn - A Story of the Fall of Richmond

Joseph A. Altsheler

Before the Dawn: A Story of the Fall of Richmond is a civil war fiction written by Joseph Alexander Altsheler, an American newspaper reporter, editor and author of popular juvenile historical fiction...

Little Wars; a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty

H. G. Wells

A Game for Boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books. With an Appendix on Kriegspiel.Miniature wargaming got its..

A Short History of the Great War

A. F. Pollard

On 28 June 1914 the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir-presumptive to the Hapsburg throne, was shot in the streets of Serajevo, the capital of the Austrian province of Bosnia. Redeemed by the Russo-Turk..

Diario histórico de la rebelion y guerra de los pueblos Guaranis situados en la

Tadeo Xavier Henis

Diario histórico de la rebelion y guerra de los pueblos Guaranis situados en la costa oriental del Rio Uruguay, del año de 1754...

A Lieutenant at Eighteen

Oliver Optic

A Lieutenant at Eighteen is a juvenile fiction story written by Oliver Optic, a noted academic, author, and a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives."A Lieutenant at Eighteen" is the thi..

A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed.

Benjamin Waterhouse

Benjamin Waterhouse was a physician, co-founder and professor of Harvard Medical School. He is most well known for being the first doctor to test the smallpox vaccine in the United States, which he ca..