George Creel (1876-1953) was an American journalist, writer, and political activist. He is best known for his role as the head of the United States Committee on Public Information (CPI) during World War I, which shaped public opinion in support of the war effort. The CPI employed various methods of propaganda, such as newspapers, posters, speeches, and other media to promote patriotism, generate support for the war, and sway public opinion in favor of the United States’ involvement in the conflict.
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Our Engines of War, and How We Got to Make Them
Henry Jervis-White Jervis (1825-1881) was an author, a British army officer and a politician. He was interested in the military, and attended the Royal Military Academy in Woolrich. Afterwards, he joined the Royal Artillery in 1844. During his military career, he also became interested in politics. His first attempt for parliament in 1857 was unsuccessful, but later in 1859 he was elected as Member of Parliament for Harwich. In 1863, Jervis-White-Jervis was elected as the deputy chairman of the Great Eastern Railway, where he was able to make several much needed changes. He remained in politics until 1880. During this time, he also wrote several books, including Manual of Field Operations, History of Corfu and of the Ionian Islands, and The Enfield Rifle.
War Between Japan and Russia: With Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Russia, Siberia, Japan, Korea and Manchuria
War Between Japan and Russia focuses on the Russo-Japanese War fought between 1904–05, and gives additional insight onto the region with numerous photographs. The war began after Russia initiated a campaign of expansionist policy into East Asia. Japan launched an offensive, successful military campaign, which led Russia to abandon its efforts in the region.
Life of Sitting Bull and History of the Indian War of 1890-91
Lydia Maria Child (1802 –1880) was many things, but always an activist. She was deeply involved in many causes, including aSitting Bull (1831 – 1890) was a Hunkpapa Lakota leader who fought tirelessly against the United States’ genocidal policies. During an attempt to arrest him, he was killed on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation during an attempt to arrest him. Sitting Bull (Lakota: Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake) became a target of the US government after his success at the Battle of Little Bighorn, where the confederated Lakota tribes and the Northern Cheyenne annihilated defeated the 7th Cavalry under Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer on June 25, 1876. bolition, women’s rights, indigenous rights, and opposing American expansionism. Writer by trade, she was the editor of The National Anti-Slavery Standard, and she wrote novels, domestic manuals, edited a children’s magazine, and much more. She also was a philanthropist and assisted many causes, artists and musicians financially.
Chancellorsville and Gettysburg: Campaigns of the Civil War VI
Abner Doubleday was born in 1819 in Ballston Spa, NY. Many members of his family served in the military, including his father, who fought in the War of 1812, and later became a congressman. Doubleday studied at the US Military Academy, and then served in numerous conflicts, including the Mexican-American War. During the Civil War launched the first return shot at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. A month after this he was promoted to major, and then brigadier general, seeing action across the mid-Atlantic area in particular. This work, as the title suggests, focuses on his experiences at the Battle of Gettysburg, which began on July 1, 1863.
Chats On Military Curios
Author Stanley C. Johnson opens up this work on collecting military objects with the following, “For centuries past the collection of military curios has been the select pastime of men of title and soldiers of rank. Lately, however, owing to the War and the great spread of interest in all things pertaining to it, the circle of collectors has considerably widened, until to-day few things are more treasured by connoisseurs than the thousand and one souvenirs and emblems which emanate from our Army…With many forms of collecting there is a certain sameness about the things collected which is apt to produce monotony: with military curios, however, the treasures cover so wide a field that no such drawback can exist.”
The Lord of the Desert: A Study of the Papers of the British Officer John B. Glubb in Jordan and Iraq
John Bajot Glubb, a British engineer officer, was sent to Iraq in 1920 to resolve the problems which erupted after the Iraqi revolt. He remained in the area for ten years, working with the Bedouins and learning fluent Arabic.
The Zelensky Method
The end of Vladimir Putin’s reign can be dated with precision. When Putin declared war on Ukraine with his February 24th, 2022, invasion, he guaranteed his own demise.
US Ballistic Missile Defense and Deterrence Postures: The New Cold War Era Perspective on the Wartime Use of Active Missile Defenses
by Grzegorz Nycz Purchase This book discusses most recent developments in the area of US ballistic missile defense with an eye on its battlefield capacities since the Kuwait war, analyzed from the perspective of deterrence postures encompassing the key post-Cold War security challenges (Middle East, Far East, Eastern Europe). The analyzed cases of missile defense… Continue reading US Ballistic Missile Defense and Deterrence Postures: The New Cold War Era Perspective on the Wartime Use of Active Missile Defenses
New Wars for Old: Being a Statement of Radical Pacifism in Terms of Force Versus Non-Resistance: with Special Reference to the Facts and Problems of the Great War
by John Haynes Holmes Purchase John Haynes Holmes was born on November 29, 1879 in Philadelphia, although he spent much of his youth in the Boston area. He grew up within the Unitarian church, and was extremely close to his grandfather, John Haynes. While he initially planned to enter business, as his grandfather did, he… Continue reading New Wars for Old: Being a Statement of Radical Pacifism in Terms of Force Versus Non-Resistance: with Special Reference to the Facts and Problems of the Great War
War Scenes I Shall Never Forget
by Carita Spencer Purchase In this work, Carita Spencer offers some sketches of her experiences during World War I, along with photos, and even a menu. Spencer offered the work as an American going overseas to document the war, and to report her findings back to the United States. The scenes can be quite graphic,… Continue reading War Scenes I Shall Never Forget
Reminiscences of the Santiago Campaign: The Spanish-American War of 1898
by John Bigelow Jr. Purchase through Amazon The major land campaign of the Spanish-American War of 1898 was the American battle with Spain for the Cuban city of Santiago. Painfully aware of the mistakes made and lives needlessly lost, John Bigelow, Jr, who served as the Captain in the U.S. Calvary, wrote: “The enlisting, organizing,… Continue reading Reminiscences of the Santiago Campaign: The Spanish-American War of 1898
Ukraine vs. Russia: Revolution, Democracy and War: Selected Articles and Blogs, 2010-2016
by Alexander J. Motyl Purchase through Amazon Ukraine vs. Russia offers indispensable background knowledge and analysis on one of the most important issues of the day—Vladimir Putin’s war against democratic Ukraine. Alexander J. Motyl’s articles and blogs offer in-depth analysis as well as a running commentary on current events and historical controversies in both Russia… Continue reading Ukraine vs. Russia: Revolution, Democracy and War: Selected Articles and Blogs, 2010-2016
Israel’s Future Wars: Military and Political Aspects of Israel’s Coming Wars
by Ehud Eilam Purchase through Amazon This book examines Israel’s possible future wars in the upcoming years. It analyzes the strategic background and the nature of operations of those wars and concentrates on feasible future battlefields of Israel in Iran, Lebanon, Syria, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and Sinai. “Eilam’s work provides valuable… Continue reading Israel’s Future Wars: Military and Political Aspects of Israel’s Coming Wars
The War in the Cradle of the World
by Eleanor Franklin Egan, Introduction by Paul Rich Purchase through Amazon This book is an outstanding example of how the highly subjective and the autobiographical dominated writing about the Middle East in the first half of the twentieth century. Serious political analysis was thin on the ground. Egan was fortunate in the quality of her… Continue reading The War in the Cradle of the World
Bugle Echoes: A Collection of the Poetry of the Civil War
Edited by Francis F. Browne Purchase through Amazon | Purchase through CreateSpace Bugle Echoes offers a vast collection of poetry illustrating the lived experiences of the Civil War. The collection was edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1843-1913) who fought in the Civil War as a soldier in the Forty-Sixth Massachusetts Volunteers. His father, William Goldsmith Browne,… Continue reading Bugle Echoes: A Collection of the Poetry of the Civil War
War in Syria: R. M.P. Preston’s The Desert Mounted Corps
Purchase through Amazon | Download FREE Kindle version During World War I, some of the most daring military excursions were carried out in the Middle East by the Desert Mountain Corps during 1917 and 1918. The Corps included substantial numbers from Australia and other parts of the then British Empire. Much of their activity… Continue reading War in Syria: R. M.P. Preston’s The Desert Mounted Corps
Original Cables from the Pearl Harbor Attack: David Hurlburt’s War Comes to the U.S. – Dec. 7, 1941
Purchase through Amazon The Pearl Harbor attack, which launched United States participation in World War II, has been the subject of endless speculation as to how much President Franklin Roosevelt knew in advance about Japanese intentions, about the state of readiness of American forces in Hawaii, and about the handling of raw intelligence that might… Continue reading Original Cables from the Pearl Harbor Attack: David Hurlburt’s War Comes to the U.S. – Dec. 7, 1941
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