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The Warfare & Military History Collection brings together the firsthand accounts, staff histories, and strategic analyses that document humanity’s long experience of organized violence. Julius Caesar’s Gallic Wars and the campaigns of Napoleon through the eyes of his marshals stand alongside Ulysses S. Grant’s justly celebrated Personal Memoirs — all available as free, cleanly-formatted EPUB downloads.

The shelf spans ancient siege warfare and medieval chivalry through the naval battles of the age of sail and the industrialized carnage of the American Civil War and the First World War. Field dispatches, regimental histories, and the theoretical writings of Clausewitz and his successors give the collection both experiential immediacy and analytical seriousness.

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A Farewell to ArmsErnest Hemingway
The Memoirs of the ConquistadorBernal Díaz del Castillo
The Anabasis of AlexanderArrian
The Waterloo Roll CallCharles Dalton
The Memoirs of Admiral Lord BeresfordBaron Charles William De la Poer Beresford Beresford
The Red Badge of CourageStephen Crane
Personal Memoirs of U. S. GrantUlysses S. Grant
Simple Sabotage Field ManualUnited States. Office of Strategic Services
The Art of Waractive 6th century B.C. Sunzi
Air Service Boys FlyingCharles Amory Beach
On WarCarl von Clausewitz
The History of the Peloponnesian WarThucydides
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900George Henry Makins
The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. DidoSir Henry Keppel
The War in the Air, Vol. 1Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh
Sea Power in its Relations, Vol. 2A. T. Mahan
Memoirs of the Court of George IVDuke of Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville Buckingham and Chandos
Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral, Vol. 2Sir John Ross
The Campaign of 1776 aroundHenry Phelps Johnston
Three Years in the Sixth CorpsGeorge T. Stevens
Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914–1918Sir C. E. Callwell
History of the WarGreat Britain. War Office
Famous Sea Fights, from Salamis to Tsu-ShimaA. Hilliard Atteridge
A Sailor of King GeorgeCaptain Frederick Hoffman
The Wars of the JewsFlavius Josephus
Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral, Vol. 1Sir John Ross
Impressions of a War CorrespondentGeorge Lynch
Sea Power in its Relations, Vol. 1A. T. Mahan
My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer WarBen J. Viljoen
Manual of Military TrainingJames A. Moss
Story of the WarA. T. Mahan
The Naval History, Vol. 2Willis J. Abbot
Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole GeneralsHenry Morford
By Conduct and CourageG. A. Henty
NapoleonHerman Théodore Chappuis
Old Fort Snelling, 1819–1858Marcus Lee Hansen
The Second Battalion Royal DublinCecil Francis Romer
With Haig on the SommeD. H. Parry
The Two Great Retreats of HistoryGeorge Grote
The Influence of Sea PowerA. T. Mahan
Ride Proud, Rebel!Andre Norton
An Undivided UnionOliver Optic
World's War Events, Vol. II
From Sail to SteamA. T. Mahan
Khartoum Campaign, 1898Bennet Burleigh
The Story of a CommonLeander Stillwell
The Naval History, Vol. 1Willis J. Abbot
The Stars and StripesUnited States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
Detailed Minutiae of Soldier LifeCarlton McCarthy
With the Naval Brigade in Natal, 1899-1900C. R. N. Burne
A Journal of a YoungBenjamin Waterhouse
The 28thHerbert Brayley Collett
"Brother Bosch", an Airman's Escape from GermanyGerald Featherstone Knight
The Conquest of Canada, Vol. 1George Warburton
South Africa and the TransvaalLouis Creswicke
World's War Events, Vol. I
The Armed Forces OfficerUnited States. Department of Defense
The Doings of the FifteenthLord Edward Gleichen
A Yeoman’s LettersP. T. Ross
“The Red Watch”John Allister Currie
PyrrhusJacob Abbott
The Art of War Antoine-Henri Jomini
The Narrative of a Blockade-RunnerJ. Wilkinson
Pushed and the Return PushGeorge Herbert Fosdike Nichols
Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911United States. War Department
Policing the PlainsR. G. MacBeth
Tam o' the ScootsEdgar Wallace
Destruction and ReconstructionRichard Taylor
The Life of Gordon, Volume IIDemetrius Charles Boulger
With the Guards’ BrigadeEdward P. Lowry
Ins neue LandGabriele Reuter
The Peace NegotiationsJ. D. Kestell
The Battle of New OrleansZ. F. Smith
War and the WeirdForbes Phillips
Hilaire Belloc, the Man and His WorkC. Creighton Mandell
The Story of a CannoneerEdward Alexander Moore
Mud and KhakiVernon Bartlett
Memoirs of the Jacobites, Vol. 3Mrs. A. T. Thomson
Some Principles of Maritime StrategyJulian Corbett
A Prisoner of MorroUpton Sinclair
A Treatise on the TacticalFrancis J. Lippitt
Sound Military DecisionNaval War College
The Boy Volunteers with the Submarine FleetKenneth Ward
The Escape of a Princess PatGeorge Pearson
Napoleon’s Maxims of WarNapoleon Bonaparte
Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military PrisonsJohn McElroy
Studi intorno alla storia dellaCristina Belgioioso
The Blot on the Kaiser's 'ScutcheonNewell Dwight Hillis
The Life of Gordon, Volume IDemetrius Charles Boulger
The U-boat HuntersJames B. Connolly
The Greater LoveGeorge T. McCarthy
HannibalJacob Abbott
The Campaign of Waterloo John Codman Ropes
Norman Ten HundredA. Stanley Blicq
The Autobiography of Sir Harry Smith Sir Harry Smith
Through St Dunstan’s to LightJames H. Rawlinson
Rupert, Prince Palatine Eva Scott
Paris under the Commune John Leighton
Incidents of the WarAlfred Burnett
Elements of Military Art and ScienceHenry W. Halleck
The Life of a Regimental Officer During the Great War A. F. Mockler-Ferryman
Grapes of WrathBoyd Cable
Paul JonesHutchins Hapgood
The Red Cross in Peace and WarClara Barton
How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves W. H. G. Kingston
The Victories of Wellington W. H. Maxwell
Q-Ships and Their StoryE. Keble Chatterton
From Manassas to AppomattoxJames Longstreet
The History of the Indian RevoltGeorge Dodd
China’s Revolution, 1911–1912Edwin John Dingle
The Story of the PhilippinesMurat Halstead
They Shall Not PassFrank H. Simonds
The Story of the British ArmyCharles Cooper King
The Waterloo Campaign William Siborne
The Story of Commodore John BarryMartin I. J. Griffin
Voyage of H.M.S. PandoraEdward Edwards and George Hamilton
Sinking of the TitanicLogan Marshall
The History of the Rifle Brigade William Henry Cope
The Flags of Our Fighting ArmyStanley C. Johnson
Indian Fights and FightersCyrus Townsend Brady
A History of Canada, 1763–1812 Charles Lucas
The American Expedition Fighting the BolshevikiJoel R. Moore and others
The Japan-Russia WarSydney Tyler
History of the World War for Human RightsKelly Miller
Ten Days That Shook the World John Reed
The Great ConspiracyJohn A. Logan
Battle StudiesArdant du Picq
British and Foreign Arms and Armour Charles Henry Ashdown
The Reality of WarStewart L. Murray
Ten Years’ Captivity in the Mahdi’s CampJosef Ohrwalder
My Life on the PlainsGeorge A. Custer
The Life of Francis MarionWilliam Gilmore Simms
The Battle for Khe Sanh Moyers S. Shore
Good-bye to All ThatRobert Graves
The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment G. le M. Gretton
The Voyages and Services of the Nemesis W. D. Bernard
A Minor War HistoryMartin A. Haynes
Lectures on Land WarfareAnonymous
Now It Can Be ToldPhilip Gibbs
Hardtack and CoffeeJohn D. Billings
The Buccaneers and Marooners of AmericaA. O. Exquemelin
Artillery Through the AgesAlbert C. Manucy
The Seventeenth Highland Light InfantryAnonymous
Fire and Sword in the Sudan Rudolf Slatin
My Adventures as a Spy Robert Baden-Powell
America’s War for HumanityThomas Herbert Russell
Memories Lord Fisher
History of the Conquest of Peru William H. Prescott
History of the Expedition to Russia Philippe-Paul de Ségur
Recollections of Thirty-Nine Years in the Army Sir Charles Alexander Gordon
The Egyptian Campaigns, 1882 to 1885 Charles Royle
The Interest of America in Sea Power Alfred Thayer Mahan
Military Career of Napoleon the Great Montgomery B. Gibbs
Warships and Their Story R. A. Fletcher
A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War James H. Hare
Bismarck and the Foundation of the German EmpireJ. W. Headlam
Records John Fisher
Military Manners and Customs James Anson Farrer
Flags: Some Account of Their History and Uses Andrew Macgeorge
Three Years’ War Christiaan de Wet
Three Frenchmen in Bengal S. C. Hill
The Balkan Wars, 1912-1913 Jacob Gould Schurman
The History of Napoleon Buonaparte J. G. Lockhart
Decisive Battles of America Ripley Hitchcock
A History of the Zulu Rebellion, 1906 James Stuart
A Soldier’s Experience Timothy Gowing
History of the Revolt of the Netherlands Friedrich Schiller
Navies of the World Edward W. Very
The History of Lumsden’s Horse Henry H. S. Pearse
The Rough Riders Theodore Roosevelt
Army Life in a Black RegimentThomas Wentworth Higginson
Half Hours on the Quarter-Deck Anonymous
Life of William Tecumseh Sherman Willis Fletcher Johnson
The Great Civil War in Lancashire Ernest Broxap
War and the Arme Blanche Erskine Childers
The Defence of Duffer’s Drift Ernest Swinton
The Afghan War of 1879-80 Howard Hensman
The Death of Lord Nelson William Beatty
Wellington’s Men W. H. Fitchett
Matthew Calbraith Perry William Elliot Griffis
Memoir of the Services of the Bengal Artillery Edmond Buckle
The Colored Regulars in the United States Army T. G. Steward
General Gatacre Lady Beatrix Gatacre
History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War Edward A. Johnson
On the Spanish Main John Masefield
Cavalry in Future Wars Friedrich von Bernhardi
The Story of Napoleon Harold F. B. Wheeler
From Midshipman to Field Marshal Evelyn Wood
The British Navy Book Cyril Field
Naval Battles of the World Edward Shippen
A Gunner Aboard the Yankee Russell Doubleday
The War of Chupas Pedro de Cieza de León
Famous Fighters of the Fleet Edward Fraser
The Battle of Chateauguay W. D. Lighthall
Ladysmith: The Diary of a Siege Henry W. Nevinson
The Boys of ’98 James Otis
The Unveiling of Lhasa Edmund Candler
Sea Life in Nelson’s Time John Masefield
Fifty-two Stories of the British Navy Alfred H. Miles
History of the Pirates Who Infested the China Sea Yuan Yung-lun
A History of the 17th Lancers J. W. Fortescue
The Battles of the British Army Robert Melvin Blackwood
The Campaign of Sedan George Hooper
Types of Naval Officers Alfred Thayer Mahan
A Voice from Waterloo Edward Cotton
Memoirs of Sergeant Bourgogne Adrien Bourgogne
My Fight for Irish Freedom Dan Breen
Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places Archibald Forbes
Pirate Tales from the Law Arthur M. Harris
Reminiscences of Captain Gronow Rees Howell Gronow
1812: Napoleon I in Russia Vasily Vereshchagin
Recollections of a Military Life John Adye
The Pacification of Burma Charles Crosthwaite
Pickle the Spy Andrew Lang
The Boer in Peace and War Arthur M. Mann
The Siege of Kimberley T. Phelan
Our War with Spain for Cuba’s Freedom Trumbull White
Jane Austen’s Sailor Brothers J. H. Hubback
The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence William Lawrence
Human Bullets Tadayoshi Sakurai
The Truth About Port Arthur E. K. Nojine
Ian Hamilton’s March Winston Churchill
Baden-Powell of Mafeking J. S. Fletcher
Great Captains Theodore Ayrault Dodge
The Matabele Campaign Robert Baden-Powell
History of the Zulu War and Its Origin Frances E. Colenso
Recollections of James Anthony Gardner James Anthony Gardner
A Narrative of the Siege of Delhi Charles John Griffiths
The War With the United States William Wood
The Afghan Wars, 1839–42 and 1878–80 Archibald Forbes
The Book of the V.C. A. L. Haydon
Historical Record of the Royal Irish Fusiliers Richard Cannon
Historical Record of the Thirty-First Regiment Richard Cannon
History of the Gatling Gun Detachment at Santiago John H. Parker
Twelve Years of a Soldier’s Life in India W. S. R. Hodson
The Pleasant History of the Conquest of the West India Francisco López de Gómara
The Depot for Prisoners of War at Norman Cross Thomas James Walker
The Nineteenth and Their Times John Biddulph
From Capetown to Ladysmith G. W. Steevens
The Life and Adventures of John Paul Jones John S. C. Abbott
The Pirates of Panama Alexandre Exquemelin
Wars and Treaties, 1815 to 1914 Arthur Ponsonby
Four Months Besieged H. H. S. Pearse
Border Raids and Reivers Robert Borland
In the Shadow of Death P. H. Kritzinger
Mafeking F. D. Baillie
Real Soldiers of Fortune Richard Harding Davis
My Experiences at Nan Shan and Port Arthur Nikolai Tretyakov
On Commando Dietlof Van Warmelo
Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris Henry Labouchere
The Two Spies Benson J. Lossing
The Tale of the Great Mutiny W. H. Fitchett
The Boke of Noblesse William Worcester
The Record of a Regiment of the Line Mainwaring George Jacson
Commodore Paul Jones Cyrus Townsend Brady
A British Rifle Man George Simmons
Adventures in the Rifle Brigade John Kincaid
Blue Shirt and Khaki James F. J. Archibald
A Detailed Account of the Battle of Austerlitz Karl von Stutterheim
Annals of a Fortress Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc
History of the Late Polish Revolution Joseph Hordynski
Recollections of Rifleman Harris Benjamin Harris
Port Arthur Richard Barry
The Story of the Highland Regiments Frederick Watson
The Adventures of Kimble Bent James Cowan
Spies and Secret Service Hamil Grant
Brave British Soldiers and the Victoria Cross Samuel Orchart Beeton
The Romance of Modern Sieges Edward Gilliat
Flag and Fleet William Wood
The World’s Navies in the Boxer Rebellion Charles Cabry Dix
The Armies of Europe Fedor von Köppen
Submarine Warfare, Past, Present, and Future Herbert C. Fyfe
Deeds that Won the Empire W. H. Fitchett
Historical Record of the 88th Regiment, the Connaught Rangers Richard Cannon
Famous Fights of Indian Native Regiments Reginald Hodder
The Petticoat Commando Johanna Brandt
Historical Record of the Fifth Regiment, the Northumberland Fusiliers Richard Cannon
Memoirs of General Count Rapp Jean Rapp
Historical Record of the 39th, or Dorsetshire Regiment Richard Cannon
The World’s Greatest Military Spies George Barton
Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute Theophilus F. Rodenbough
The Cavaliers of Fortune James Grant
The Story of Wellington Harold F. B. Wheeler
Adventures with the Connaught Rangers William Grattan
Historical Record of the First, or Royal Regiment of Foot Richard Cannon
English Battles and Sieges in the Peninsula William Napier
Ten Months in the Field with the Boers Anonymous
My Days of Adventure Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
Indiscreet Letters from Peking B. L. Putnam Weale
Campaign of the Indus T. W. E. Holdsworth
Ten Years in the Ranks, U.S. Army Augustus Meyers
The Great Sieges of History William Robson
The Military Career of John Shipp John Shipp
The Story of the Zulu Campaign Waller Ashe
War’s Brighter Side Julian Ralph
My Adventures During the Late War Donat Henchy O’Brien
The Old First Massachusetts Coast Artillery Frederick Morse Cutler
In the Ranks of the C.I.V. Erskine Childers
History of the Zulu War Alexander Wilmot
Lessons of the War Spenser Wilkinson
The War in Nicaragua William Walker
Red Dusk and the Morrow Paul Dukes
Historical Record of the Fourteenth, or Buckinghamshire Regiment Richard Cannon
Historical Record of the Ninety-Second Regiment Richard Cannon
A History of the War of 1812 Rossiter Johnson
The Secrets of the German War Office Armgaard Karl Graves
The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth Edward Osler
Liberation: Marines in the Recapture of Guam Cyril J. O’Brien
The Mosquito Fleet Bern Keating
With Rimington L. March Phillipps
An Apache Campaign in the Sierra Madre John G. Bourke
Historical Record of the Seventh Hussars Richard Cannon
Captain Cuellar’s Adventures in Connaught and Ulster Hugh Allingham
Military Memoirs of Captain George Carleton Daniel Defoe
With an Ambulance During the Franco-German War Charles Edward Ryan
The Battle of Wavre and Grouchy’s Retreat William Hyde Kelly
The Balkan Peninsula Frank Fox
An Historical Review of the Royal Marine Corps Alexander Gillespie
A Treatise on Gunshot Wounds Thomas Longmore
Yorkshire Battles Edward Lamplough
From the Yalu to Port Arthur William Maxwell
The Spanish Armada Tapestries John Pine
Adventures of a Soldier Edward Costello
Under the Dragon Flag James Allan
The Sepoy Edmund Candler
Historical Record of the 14th Light Dragoons Richard Cannon
Robert Fulton and the Submarine William Barclay Parsons
Sir William Wallace A. F. Murison
The Boys’ Book of Buccaneers A. Hyatt Verrill
Historical Record of the 34th Cumberland Regiment Richard Cannon
With Methuen’s Column on an Ambulance Train Ernest N. Bennett
Sergeant York and His People Sam K. Cowan
Historical Record of the 4th King’s Own Regiment Richard Cannon
Thirty Years from Home Samuel Leech
Historical Record of the Royal Irish Regiment Richard Cannon
The Aeroplane in War Claude Grahame-White and Harry Harper
Historical Record of the 13th Somerset Light Infantry Richard Cannon
The Land of the Boxers Gordon Casserly
Naval Warfare James R. Thursfield
The Powers of Europe and Fall of Sebastopol Anonymous
The City Guard Company B, First Regiment, N.G.C.
A Week at Waterloo in 1815 Lady De Lancey
The Details of the Rocket System William Congreve
General Wauchope William Baird
The Great Fortress William Wood
The Siege of Mafeking Angus Hamilton
Dewey and Other Naval Commanders Edward S. Ellis
From Libau to Tsushima Eugene Politovsky
Recollections of the Eventful Life of a Soldier Joseph Donaldson
The Wyoming Military Establishment Charles Tubbs
English Coast Defences George Clinch
Soldiers and Sailors Old Humphrey
Letters from the Peninsula, 1808–1812 Sir William Warre
The Battle of San Jacinto Louis Wiltz Kemp
The Relief of Chitral Francis Younghusband
A West Pointer with the Boers John Y. F. Blake
The Story of the Guides G. J. Younghusband
Campaigns at Washington and New Orleans George Robert Gleig
Waterloo Hilaire Belloc
The Battle of Bayan and Other Battles James Edgar Allen
The Campaign of Königgrätz Arthur L. Wagner
From Yauco to Las Marias Karl Stephen Herrman