War & Military
War and Women
"The sending of a Women’s Convoy Corps to the Balkans was the result of Mrs. Stobart’s keen desire to demonstrate the ability of women …
Psychological Examining in the United States Army
When, on April 6, 1917, the Nation was called to war a group of experimental psychologists promptly assembled to consider means of psycholog…
Reminiscences of an Army Nurse During the Civil War
Adelaide Smith was a volunteer nurse during the American Civil War and here recounts some of her observations and memories. - Summary by Lyn…
Is War Diminishing?
A study In the prevalence of war in Europe from 1400 to the present day. This small book summarises historical periods of peace compared to …
Anthem for Doomed Youth
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 different recordings of Anthem for Doomed Youth, by Wilfred Owen, in honor of Veteran’s Day, Remembrance Da…
Bay: A Book of Poems
The superb skill and dexterity of D.H. Lawrence, a writer who profoundly influenced the literature of the twentieth century, is very evident…
War Memories of an Army Chaplain
Henry Clay Trumbull was the Chaplain of the Tenth Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers in the American Civil War. In this memoir, he gives his…
The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon
Siegfried Sassoon was one of the first to write poetry about the brutal reality of war, based on his real-life experiences in the trenches. …
Canada in War-Paint
There is no attempt made in the little sketches which this book contains to deal historically with events of the war. It is but a small Souv…
Over The Brazier
This book was the first published of Robert Graves' early poetry, from about fourteen to twenty years of age, and published during his time …
The Western Boundary
Moltke’s The Western Boundary was originally published in the journal Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift in 1841. The essay came in the wake of ca…
Army Mental Tests
Prepared in cooperation with the staff of the surgeon general's office as a source of information and printed materials concerning psycholog…
A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium
The author was an American diplomat, the Secretary of the American Legation in Brussels, at the beginning of World War I in 1914. This book …
The Art of War
First compiled in the 6th century BC, The Art of War presents a philosophy of war for managing conflicts and winning battles. It is accepted…
Poems of the Great War
At a time when the need for courage and tenacity of the British people was at its peak, these poems published at the outset of the First Wor…
Severn and Somme
The English poet Ivor Gurney wrote these poems while serving in the First World War. In them he contrasts the wartime desolation of the area…
Great Poems of the World War
A selection of poems written during or immediately after the First World War (1914-1918). Most are by men (American, British, Canadian or Au…
Yanks - A.E.F. Verse from WWI
Introduced by Stars and Stripes editor, John T. Winterich (1891-1970) this is a compilation of poetry by members of the American Expeditiona…
Verses of a V. A. D.
This is a collection of poems by Vera M. Brittain, an Englishwoman, who served in World War I as a member of the Voluntary Aid Detachment (V…
With the Turks in Palestine
While Belgium is bleeding and hoping, while Poland suffers and dreams of liberation, while Serbia is waiting for redemption, there is a litt…