PDF Books in Military History
The Western Front
by Sir Muirhead BoneThe Western Front is a non-fiction work by Sir Muirhead Bone in which he has tried to portrait the life of the soldiers in a country which undergone war destruction. The western front soldiers and their tough living conditions in various climates is well illustrated in the drawings. As a whole this book is for anyone who is interested in real accou..
A Blue Devil of France
by Gustav P. CapartA Blue Devil of France written by Gustav P. Capart is a real account which explores Epic figures and stories of the Great War, 1914-1918. Author's Preface from the book:The reader will regret, perhaps, the absence of continuity in the following chapters; that will rapidly disappear, however, when he sees the characteristic figures he should be..
Psychological Warfare
by Paul M. A. LinebargerPsychological Warfare is a non-fiction work written by the American science fiction novelist Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger better known by his pen name Cordwainer Smith. Other than this work, his notable writings include "Scanners Live in Vain", "Atomsk", "Ria", "Carola", and You Will Never Be The Same. He has been credited for ma..
Across The Reef - The Marine assault of Tarawa
by Joseph H. AlexanderAcross The Reef: The Marine assault of Tarawa is a real account of world War II, written by Colonel Joseph H. Alexander who was serving the U.S.Marine Corps. The author narrates the incidents during August 1943, which planned the execution of assault of Tarawa.Excerpts:The Gilbert Islands consist of 16 scattered atolls lying along the equator in th..
The Sufferings and Escape of Capt. Chas. H. Brown From an Awful Imprisonment
by Chilian ConvictsThe preface to a book is very often nothing more than a respectable cloak, allowed by the conventionalities of literature, in which an author may wrap his excuses and apologies for troubling the public with his lucubrations. This dressing up of excuses in order to introduce them into notice under another name, is a thing so tempting to poor human n..
The British Campaign in France and Flanders 1914
by Bryce WaltonThe present volume deals only with the events of 1914 in the British fighting-line in France and Belgium. A second volume dealing with 1915 will be published within a few months. It is intended that a third volume, covering the current year, shall carry on this contemporary narrative of a tremendous episode.It is continually stated that it is impos..
The British Campaign in France and Flanders 1915
by Arthur Conan DoyleIn the previous volume of this work, which dealt with the doings of the British Army in France and Flanders during the year 1914, I ventured to claim that a great deal of it was not only accurate but that it was very precisely correct in its detail. This claim has been made good, for although many military critics and many distinguished soldiers ha..
The British Campaign in France and Flanders—July to November 1918
by Arthur Conan DoyleWhen the year 1918 had run half its course the Germans appeared to be triumphantly in the ascendant. In Flanders they had pushed back the British to positions which were, on an average, to the rear of those occupied in 1914. On the Somme they had more than neutralised all the Allied gains of 1916, and were stretched now from Arras to Montdidier, co..