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The soldier-horse relationship was nurtured by The British Army because it made the soldier and his horse into an effective fighting unit. Soldiers and their Horses explores a complex relationship f……続きを見る

Tatiana L. Dubinskaya’s autobiographical novel of life in the Russian army marked the first major work published by a female World War I soldier in the Soviet Union. Often compared to All Quiet on t……続きを見る

The dramatic story of the last fifty years of the Speyer banking dynasty, a Jewish family of German descent, is surprisingly little known today, yet at the turn of the 20th century, Speyer was the t……続きを見る

The Punjab region of India sent more than 600,000 combatants to assist the British war effort during World War I. Their families back home, thousands of miles from the major scenes of battle, were d……続きを見る

A widespread policy prescription among defense experts of the Atlantic Alliance is the strengthening of conventional forces to reduce dependence on the early use of nuclear weapons in the event of S……続きを見る

Delville Wood in the Somme was the most famous battle ever fought by South Africans. Through this action other nations learnt to respect the fighting qualities of the men from the fledgling Union of……続きを見る

The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells, first serialized in 1897 by Pearson's Magazine in the UK and by Cosmopolitan magazine in the US. The novel's first app……続きを見る

The Turkish ordeal: Being the further memoirs of Halide Edib, incorporates the author’s personal account of the Turkish War of Independence. About the Author Halide Edip Adivar (1884-1964) was a Tur……続きを見る

Excerpt: "If the intelligent foreigner, who is supposed to make so many interesting and novel observations on the aspect of the countries he visits, and on the manners of the people among whom he tr……続きを見る

Written in 1865 by the war correspondent of the Times (London), William H. Russell, this book tells the story of the 1865 attempt to lay the Atlantic Cable from the Great Eastern, Brunel's mammoth s……続きを見る

This is an assessment of the contribution of a man called Pinckney to the drafting of the US constitution. 続きを見る

Russell's dispatches via telegraph from the Crimea remain as his legacy; for the first time he brought the realities of war home to readers. This helped diminish the distance between the home front ……続きを見る

Excerpt: "The Russians advanced down the hill at a slow canter, which they changed to a trot, and at last nearly halted. Their first line was at least double the length of ours ー it was three times……続きを見る

Excerpt: "There is a general admission that the means to such an end are wanting, and that the desire cannot be gratified. But the admiration for monarchical institutions on the English model, for p……続きを見る

Excerpt: “There was a young man in my squadron whom I shall call Frank Gillham. He was the son of a Wisconsin farmer, and had enlisted in the ranks as a patriotic duty. Frank was young and handsome,……続きを見る

Excerpt: "As we arrived a steady down-pour of rain was falling from an inky sky; the white men who met us on the wharf appeared ghostly and wraith-like, and the very negroes seemed pale and wan. The……続きを見る

This book tells us the story of the fifteen military engagements (from Marathon to Waterloo) which, had a significant impact on world history. The selection reflects the worldview of a 19th-century ……続きを見る

A rare and poignant testimony of a survivor of the Armenian genocide. The twentieth century was an era of genocide, which started with the Turkish destruction of more than one million Armenian men, ……続きを見る

In 'Over There: War Scenes on the Western Front' by Arnold Bennett, readers are taken on a gripping journey through the trenches of World War I. Bennett's stark and vivid descriptions place the read……続きを見る

There was more to World War I than the Western Front. This history juxtaposes the experiences of a monarch and a peasant on the Eastern Front. Franz Josef I, emperor of Austria-Hungary, was the firs……続きを見る

G. A. Henty's 'The Young Franc Tireurs, and Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War' is a gripping historical novel that follows the journey of a group of young French patriots who become involv……続きを見る

Harriet Julia Campbell Lady Jephsons 'A War-time Journal, Germany 1914 and German Travel Notes' offers a captivating firsthand account of her experiences in Germany during World War I. Through her d……続きを見る

In 'The Southern Soldier Boy: A Thousand Shots for the Confederacy' by James Carson Elliott, readers are taken on a poignant journey through the experiences of a young soldier fighting for the Confe……続きを見る

In 'The Coming Conquest of England' by August Niemann, the author presents a political and military analysis of the potential for German invasion of England. Written in a captivating and suspenseful……続きを見る

In Rudyard Kipling's 'The Eyes of Asia,' the book delves into the intricacies of British colonial rule in India through a series of beautifully written short stories and essays. Kipling's literary s……続きを見る

In 'The Young Castellan: A Tale of the English Civil War' by George Manville Fenn, readers are transported to the tumultuous era of the 17th-century English Civil War. Through vivid descriptions and……続きを見る

Arthur Conan Doyle's 'The War in South Africa, Its Cause and Conduct' is a meticulously researched and compelling analysis of the Boer War. Doyle's writing style in this book mirrors that of a seaso……続きを見る

Sheila Kaye-Smith's novel, 'The Four Roads,' is a gripping tale set in rural England during the early 20th century. Kaye-Smith's descriptive and evocative prose brings the countryside to life, paint……続きを見る

In E. F. Benson's novel, 'The White Eagle of Poland,' readers are invited to delve into the gripping tale of an aristocratic family in war-torn Poland. Set during the tumultuous times of the Polish-……続きを見る

Graf von Helmuth Moltke's 'The Franco-German War of 1870-71' provides a detailed and comprehensive account of the historical events surrounding the conflict between France and Germany during this im……続きを見る