War Books
Into the Jaws of Death
Jack O'BrienMy story begins when this war broke out in August, 1914. I was working with a survey party at the time not far from Fernie, British. Columbia. I remember the day that I made up my mind to enlist. I ha..
De Bello Gallico and Other Commentaries
Julius CaesarCommentaries on the Gallic War, also Bellum Gallicum (English: Gallic War), is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a third-person narrative. In it Caesar describes the bat..
The White Company
Arthur Conan DoyleThe creator of Sherlock Holmes took so much greater pride in a series of carefully researched historical novels that posterity has largely forgotten that he tossed his best-loved hero into Reichenbach..
De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino
SallustThe Catiline Conspiracy and the Jugurthine War are the two separate surviving works of the historian commonly known as "Sallust". Nearly contemporary to the events he describes, he is supposed to have..
Facing the German Foe
Colonel James FiskeThe two scouts looked up to see the smiling face of their scoutmaster, John Grenfel. He was a big, bronzed Englishman, sturdy and typical of the fine class to which he belonged—public school and unive..
The Real Dope
Ring LardnerThe Real Dope is a historical account written b Ring Lardner, an American sports columnist and short-story writer best known for his satirical writings on sports, marriage, and the theatre. His c..
The Point Of Honor - A Military Tale
Joseph ConradConrad's brilliantly ironic tale about two officers in Napoleon's Grand Army who, under a futile pretext, fought an on-going series of duels throughout the Napoleanic Wars. Over decades, on every occa..
Forty-Six Years in the Army
John McAllister SchofieldMost of the chapters constituting the contents of this volume, were written, from time to time, as soon as practicable after the events referred to, or after the publication of historical writings whi..