Web Sources for Military History
by Richard Jensen

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A. Searches/ General

1. Encyclopedia Britannica complete text of monumental 11th edition (1910); excellent source for all topics as of that date; recommended
2. The Encyclopedia of World History Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Sixth Edition (2001) recomended
3. Army-Air-Corps is a sucker list is moderated by "Army-Air-Corps@yahoogroups.com", "Barry Anderson", "Brooke Rowe", or recently "Otis Willie"--some of the false identities used by Phill Coleman and his The American War Library Warning: avoid this scam
4. War Historian Mark Grimsley's informal and highly useful site on military history
5. Bibliography
   Encyclopedia Britannica complete text of monumental 11th edition (1910); excellent source for all topics as of that date
   Google best web search engine
   dictionary of current military terminology & abbreviations
   Library catalog for U California recommended
   Scholarly Articles and Book Reviews

   military history books: new or reprinted

   America: History and Life Abstracts of 400,000+ history articles from ABC-CLIO; 1950-present; campus subscription required (check with Librarian) recommended some of the journals are available online in JSTOR or Project MUSE

   Ingenta search free (or purchase) scholarly articles from all journals, last decade or so recommended

   Index to Military Periodicals from USAF Air University

   Civil War History best scholarly resource; recent issues online via Project Muse and Infotrac; consult librarian

   Journal of Military History many outstanding articles & reviews; online via JSTOR; consult librarian
   JSTOR complete text online of all articles; also includes major journals in political science, economics, demography; free access if your school subscribes. recommended List of JSTOR schools
   American Historical Review 1895-1999 recent issues online at History Cooperative; Journal of American History 1964-1999; recent issues online at History Cooperative; Mississippi Valley Historical Review 1914-1964; Journal of Economic History 1941-1999; Journal of Military History 1989-1999; [continuation of Military Affairs 1937-1988;] Journal of Modern History 1929-1999; Journal of Southern History 1935-1997; Speculum 1926-1997 [Medieval]; William and Mary Quarterly 1892-2000 [US to 1820]; also American Political Science Review 1906-1999; International Organization 1947-1997; International Security 1976-99; Journal of Politics 1939-1999; Political Science Quarterly 1886-1998 Journal of Asian Studies 1956-1999; Far Eastern Quarterly 1941-1956; Pacific Affairs 1928-1997;
   For these journals, recent years are online in project Muse see Librarian; (they can be browsed but not searched) Bulletin of the History of Medicine; Civil War History; French Historical Studies; Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History; Journal of Interdisciplinary History; Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies; Journal of Policy History; Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences; Journal of World History; Reviews in American History [excellent reviews of new books]; Social Science History;
   Parameters the US Army's senior professional journal, full text
   Intelligence bibliography by J. Ransom Clark

   intelligence studies mostly 1990s
   historiography short list
   Strategists & Military Theorists bibliographies

   Jomini, Summary of the Art of War

   Jomini

   Clausewitz Homepage with full text of On War and more

   books on Clausewitz

   Moltke and the German Military Tradition scholarly article

   Mahan & Corbett

   Giulio Douhet airpower theorist

   Pixley evaluates Douhet (scholarly article from Air and Space Power Journal (2005))
6. Links
   Historical Text Archiveby Don Mabry recommended
   Humanities & Social Sciences by Richard Jensen
   posters
   posters recommended
   US Marine Corps posters & art
7. atlases
   The West Point Atlases recommended
   Historical Atlas (1923) by William R. Shepherd excellent for Europe recommended
   Century Dictionary full text of major Cyclopedia & Atlas of 1890s
   Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe
8. Popular History Popular articles, full text from The History Channel
   More popular history
   Biographies (short)
9. Ethics & Law
   Just War from Internet Philosophy Encyclopedia
   "War" from Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy recommended
   Laws of War
   Just War links
   Just War & Iraq [1998]
   Grotius 17th century founder of international law; full text of his On the Law of War and Peace (1625)
   ethics & war bibliography
   Constructing Death: Norms, War, and Civilian Casualties scholarly book review
10. General
    H-WAR very well edited discussion list for scholars anyone reading this should subscribe
    war movies
    "War-Winning Weapons: The Measurement of Technological Determinism in Military History," by George Raudzens J Military History v 54 (Oct 1990) pp. 403-434 available in JSTOR
    Samurai Archives on medieval Japanese military history and culture; many maps
    Hugh Dubrulle. "Review of Daniel Moran and Arthur Waldron, eds, The People in Arms: Military Myth and National Mobilization since the French Revolution," H-War, H-Net Reviews, July, 2004. 17903 to present
    Glossary of tactical combat
    videos, graphics & computer animations
    British Empire/Commonwealth

    Maps good 1892 atlas

    Australian War memorial

    British Empire land forces

    battle art good images & annotations; mostly British history

    Reader's Guide to Canadian Military History recommended

    Military history of Canada 1948 article

    Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. short scholarly biographies of Canadians who died before 1921. Recommended

    "Marching to Different Drums: Canadian Military History," by W. A. B. Douglas ; in The Journal of Military History in JSTOR, Vol. 56, No. 2 (April, 1992), pp. 245-260
    Germany
    Russian military history esp pre 1815
    USA

    US Army Military History Institute (esp bibliography)

    American Military History (1989) full-length textbook

    graphics

    African-Americans: bibliography 1999 edition

    African American military service From the Civil War to World War I
    Medical; Casualties

    Selected Death Tolls for Wars, Massacres and Atrocities Before the 20th Century not just casualties, but very detailed list of wars and bibliographic guide; recommended

    Albert G. Love, ''War Casualties'' (1931) online] by a Lt. Colonel, Medical Corps, U.S. Army rcommended

    A History of Military Medicine: Vol II: From the Renaissance Through Modern Times, by Richard A. Gabriel, Karen S. Metz (1992)

    Leaders' Manual for Combat Stress Control (1994) with historical examples
    Medical history US Army numerous official histories 1775-2001 recommended
11. Peace
    Peace links from Swarthmore College
    conflict resolution
12. Women
    Minerva Center bibliography by Reina Pennington
    Bibliographies (US)
    "Women and Military Service: A History, Analysis and Overview of Key Issues" (1990) by Dr. Margaret C. Devilbiss recommended
    Mattie E. Treadwell, The United States Army in World War II, Special Studies, The Women's Army Corps (1954) is the outstanding official history of the WAC and should not be missed; recommended
    The Women's Army Corps, 1945-1978 (2000) excellent official history by Bettie J. Morden; complete text
    Women in International Security
    Women Warriors of Japan
    Chinese women on the Long March scholarly book
    women in combat annotated bibliography
    popular site
    Women in American military brief history
    Women in American military brief history plus bibliographies
    Donna M. Dean. "Review of Carol Burke, Camp All-American, Hanoi Jane, and the High-and-Tight: Gender, Folklore, and Changing Military Culture," H-Minerva, H-Net Reviews, October, 2004.
    women veterans
    "A History of Women in the Coast Guard" by John A. Tilley
    "'They Either Need These Women or They Do Not': Margaret Chase Smith and the Fight for Regular Status for Women in the Military," by Janann Sherman in J Military History v 54 (Jan 1990) pp. 47-78 available in JSTOR
    The Women's Army Corps, 1945-1978 (2000) excellent official history by Bettie J. Morden; complete text
13. Statistical Data
    Armed Conflict Events Data very good encyclopedic coverage 1800-2000
    Militarized Interstate Dispute (MID) data 1816-1992 compiled by the Correlates of War (COW) Project
    Death tolls, 20th century conflicts
    Statistics of US Wars
    links to data sources
    American women at war photos
14. Warfare
    Ricardo A. Herrera. "Review of John A. Lynn, Battle: A History of Combat and Culture," H-War, H-Net Reviews, November, 2003
    more on Lynn, Battle

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B. Ancient

1. Guide
2. "One-Stop Ancient/Classical History" good short essays on Greek and Roman era, with much on military topics; from The History Net
3. Battles
   Edward Creasy, Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World old excellent narrative of battles; written in 1851; should be checked against recent studies Project Gutenberg version of Creasy
   
   Kevin Carroll. "Review of Robert E. Gaebel, Cavalry Operations in the Ancient Greek World," H-War, H-Net Reviews, April, 2004.
   Janice J. Gabbert. "Review of Donald Kagan, The Peloponnesian War," H-War, H-Net Reviews, November, 2004.
   West Point Atlas recommended The Battle of Marathon, B.C. 490
   Defeat of the Athenians at Syracuse, B.C. 413
   The Battle of Arbela, B.C. 331 Alexander the Great
   The Battle of the Metaurus, B.C. 207 Rome whips Carthage
   
   Interactive Maps (must see!)
4. Perseus Project
5. The Ancient World conflict, attitude and changing religions sophisticated textbook by Frank E. Smitha
6. maps
7. Bibliographies
8. documents
9. Society of Ancient Military Historians
10. Greek Wars
    Trojan war scholarly overview written 1898
    The History of the Peloponnesian War By Thucydides
    Peloponnesian War modern views
    Sparta essay by Josiah Ober
    Alexander

    Footsteps of Alexander PBS special, with teaching aids

    good links

    animated map of Alexander

    "Alexander's Victory at Issus," by Benjamin Ide Wheeler (1899)

    "Alexander's Invasion of India," by Benjamin Ide Wheeler (1899)

    "Alexander the Great" by Edwyn Robert Bevan in Encyclopedia Britannica, (11th edition, 1910), vol 1, pp 545-550; best summary of older scholarship
11. Roman Wars
    Atlas of Greek & Roman World
    battle maps
    Roman Army by Gary Brueggeman; excellent on infantry and cavalry tactics
    The Roman Army in the Late Republic and Early Empire by Professor Barbara F. McManus
    "Methodological Limits and the Mirage of Roman Strategy: Part I," by Everett L. Wheeler ; in The Journal of Military History in JSTOR, Vol. 57, No. 1. (Jan., 1993), pp. 7-41.
    Helvetian War made famous by Julius Caesar Read Caesar's history
    Romarch for Roman forts, archaeology
    legionary fortress of Xanten, on the Rhine: clickable map
12. Barbarian Invasions & Collapse of Roman Empire
    Maps of Europe A.D. 395-800
    Who were the invaders?

    Franks

    Vikings

    Lombards
    overview
    Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1776 masterpiece by great historian Edward Gibbons
    Victory of Arminius over the Roman Legions under Varus, A.D. 9
    The Battle of Chalons, A.D. 451 Attila the Hun defeated by desperate Romans

    Attila the Hun

    Attila bio

    Gaul and the Battle of Châlons
    The Battle of Tours, A.D. 732 narrative by Creasy (1851) the Franks stop the Moslem advance in southern France
    The Battle of Tours-Poitiers Revisited interpretation by William E. Watson (1993)
    S. A. M. Adshead. "Tamerlane and the Global Arsenal, 1370-1405" scholarly essay (1993)
    Reuven Amitai-Preiss, "Mamluks and Mongols" 1995 scholarly essay
    Simon Coupland , "The Vikings on the Continent in Myth and History" scholarly article in the journal History Volume: 88 Number: 2 Page: 186 -- 203 online via Blackwell [subscription]. Shows the Vikings were ineed nasty, but so were the Franks

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C. Medieval

1. basic overview
2. De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History recommended; Includes good short scholarly articles; book reviews; hundreds of short primary documents
3. links & Resources from Société de l'Oriflamme
4. documents
5. Maps mostly from excellent Muir 1911 atlas
   England--excellent maps from 1892 Atlas
6. "The Art of War in the Middle Ages" by Professor Valerie Eads; excellent annotated bibliography
7. Marguerite Ragnow. "Review of John B. Hattendorf and Richard W. Unger, eds, War at Sea in the Middle Ages and Renaissance," H-Atlantic, H-Net Reviews, June, 2004.
8. "The Military Revolution from a Medieval Perspective" By Andrew Ayton and J.L. Price scholarly essay
9. Housley, Norman, Religious Warfare in Europe 1400-1536 (2002) pp 1-32 of scholarly study
10. Spain: Reconquest & Expulsion of Moors, 1095-1492 scholarly article by Charles Julian Bishko (1975)
11. Technology & Soldiers
    " Strategy and Tactics in Medieval Warfare" by Dillon Burke basic
    Tilley, ed. Medieval France (1922) ch 3, Armies
    "Caste, Skill, and Training: The Evolution of Cohesion in European Armies from the Middle Ages to the Sixteenth Century" By Dennis E. Showalter The Journal of Military History vol. 57 (1993) recommended
    Bertrand, Marc, The First Crusade: A Military Analysis - scholarly MA thesis (1996)
    Runyan, Timothy J. European naval and maritime history, 300-1500. (1985) online via ACLS History E-book
    "Medieval Siege Warfare: A Reconnaissance" by Bernard S. Bachrach, The Journal of Military History v.58 n.1 (1994)
    Fortifications mostly eastern Europe
    "Towns and Defence in Later Medieval Europe" by David Eltis 1989 scholarly article
    "History of the Longbow" by Robert Sanderson
    weapons
    Chivalry of the knights
    Military Orders
    "Saracen Archers in Southern Italy" By Giovanni Amatuccio scholarly essay
    Arthurson, Ian, "Espionage and Intelligence from the Wars of the Roses to the Reformation" 1991 scholarly article on England
12. Crusades
    Crusades
    Guide
    Overview by Professor Skip Knox
    maps
    major article from 1908 Catholic Encyclopeda with maps & links to many articles on leaders, religious themes, countries & locations recommended
    Bertrand, Marc, The First Crusade: A Military Analysis - scholarly MA thesis (1996)
    primary sources: Letters
    The Crusades from the Perspective of Byzantium and the Muslim World major scholarly essays edited by Angeliki E. Laiou and Roy Parviz Mottahedeh (2001)

    Giles Constable, "The Historiography of the Crusades" major overview of scholarship (PDF)

    Roy Parviz Mottahedeh and Ridwan al-Sayyid, "The Idea of the Jihad in Islam before the Crusades"

    Third Crusade links Brand, Charles M. "The Byzantines and Saladin, 1185-1192: Opponents of the Third Crusade." Speculum 37 (1962): 167-81. [Available online via JSTOR]

    "Crusaders' Castles of the Twelfth Century" by R. C. Smail Cambridge Historical Journal, Vol. 10, No. 2. (1951), pp. 133-149. in JSTOR
    Kenneth M. Setton, ed. The History of the Crusades (1969-89), standard 6 vol scholarly full-scale history; with maps recommended

    1. Baldwin, M. W. (ed.) The first hundred years: volume I (1969)
    2. Wolff, R. L.; Hazard, H. W. (ed.) The later Crusades, 1189-1311: volume II (1969)
    3. Hazard, H. W. (ed.) The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries: volume III (1975)
    4. Hazard, H. W. (ed.) The art and architecture of the crusader states: volume IV (1977)
    5. Zacour, N. P.; Hazard, H. W. (ed.) The impact of the Crusades on the Near East: volume V (1985)
    6. Zacour, N. P.; Hazard, H. W. (ed.) The impact of the Crusades on Europe: volume VI (1989)
• The Hundred Years War, 1361-1453 France versus England. Short summary.
  good overview
  Battles
  Links
  Links; stress on 1422-53
  Tales from Froissart
  Joan of Arc as military leader overview of Joan
• War of the Roses 1455-1487 battles
  maps

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  D. 16th-17th centuries

  1. West Point Atlas recommended
  2. "The Military Revolution" -- historians have vigorously debated whether or not the great changes in warfare at this time constituted a "revolution" or just a big evolution.
     define the issues college syllabus with links
     "The Military Revolution: Origins and First Tests Abroad" by John F. Guilmartin, Jr. scholarly article from 1995 book
     new technology
     debate among historians
     The Making of a World Power, War and the Military Revolution in Seventeenth-Century England book review
     Black, Jeremy, "European Warfare 1494-1660 and the Military Revolution" History Review, March 2003 Issue 45, p 47-53; online via EBSCO/ Academic Search Elite
     "The Consequences of the Military Revolution in Muscovy: A Comparative Perspective," by Marshall Poe, in Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. 38, No. 4. (Oct., 1996), pp. 603-618.
     Alfred Kohler . "Review of James D. Tracy, Emperor Charles V, Impresario of War: Campaign Strategy, International Finance, and Domestic Politics," HABSBURG, H-Net Reviews, March, 2004.
     Spanish conquest of Mexico
     Inca Empire
     The Pioneers of France in the New World great classic by Francis Parkman (1865)
     ""Review Essay: Clio in Arms: The Role of the Military Variable in Shaping History," by John A. Lynn ; in The Journal of Military History in JSTOR, Vol. 55, No. 1 (Jan 1991), pp. 83-95, focus on state capabilities in early modern Europe
  3. Spanish Armada overview
     Overview
     Overview (1907 essay from Catholic Encyclopedia)
     overview by Tilton and Mahan (1898)
     documents
     "The Spanish Story of the 1588 Armada Reassessed," by M. J. Rodriguez-Salgado The Historical Journal, Vol. 33, No. 2. (Jun., 1990), pp. 461-478.
  4. Technology and Science of War
     Latitude: The Art and Science of Fifteenth-Century Navigation highly detailed
     Fortifications mostly eastern Europe
     The Geometry of War, 1600-1750 stunning exhibit, esp. re artillery recommended
     uniforms modern illustrations by Velimir Vuksic
  5. Thirty Years War 1618-1648 overview
     Thirty Years War
     primary sources
     Myron P. Gutmann, "The Origins of the Thirty Years' War," in Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol. 18, No. 4, (Spring, 1988), pp. 749-770. in JSTOR
     "Wallenstein and Gustavus Adolphus," essay by Eugene Lawrence (1871) Wallenstein was the leading Catholic general; Gustavus, King of Sweden, was the leading Protestant
     Gustavus Adolphus
  6. "The Character of the Nine Years War, 1688-97" by George Clark, Cambridge Historical Journal, Vol. 11, No. 2. (1954), pp. 168-182. Also called War of the League of Augsburg or in America, King William's War.
  7. English Civil Wars
     British Civil Wars and Commonwealth, 1638-1660 recommended
     English Civil War, 1642-48
     pamphlets
     documents
     Reenactments
     Battle of Naseby, 1645 Parliament defeats Royalists; maps
     Ian Gentles. "Review of Roger B. Manning, Swordsmen: The Martial Ethos in the Three Kingdoms," H-Albion, H-Net Reviews, October, 2004. URL:
     D. J. B. Trim. "Review of Pádraig Lenihan, ed, Conquest and Resistance: War in Seventeenth-Century Ireland," H-Albion, H-Net Reviews, August, 2004.
  8. Colonial/Indian wars
     Links
     Encyclopedia of North American Indians recommended
     King Philip's War, 1675-76, New England
     Count Frontenac and New France Under Louis XIV great classic by Francis Parkman (1877) focus on war between Canada and American colonies in 1690s
     "Just War And The Colonization Of The New World" scholarly essay by Courtney Campbell
     The Southern Frontier in Queen Anne’s War by scholar Verner W. Crane, in American Historical Review 24 (April 1919): 379-95; circa 1702
     "An Ethnohistorical Analysis of Iroquois Assault Tactics Used against Fortified Settlements of the Northeast in the Seventeenth Century," by Craig S. Keener pp. 777-807 of Ethnohistory, Vol. 46, No. 4, Warfare and Violence in Ethnohistorical Perspective, Autumn, 1999 (in JSTOR)

     "Iroquois Assault Tactics" scholarly 1999 article by Keener; includes excellent bibliography from Project Muse
  9. What Went Wrong?: Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response (2002) by Bernard Lewis, ch 1, lessons Muslins learned in battle with Christian Europe
  10. Andrew C. Hess, "The Evolution of the Ottoman Seaborne Empire in the Age of the Oceanic Discoveries, 1453-1525," American Historical Review, pp. 1892-1919 (Vol. 75, #7, Dec 1970) in JSTOR
  11. Tipu Sultan defeated by British in Fourth Mysore War (1799)

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  E. 18th Century

  1. Age of Louis XIV documents
  2. 18th Century documents
  3. Colonial wars documents
  4. maps from 1892 Atlas
  5. Seven Years War, 1756-1763
     Seven Years War: Overview
     Seven Years War in America teachers' guide to use of primary documents
     Mark Power Robison. "Review of Stephen Brumwell, Redcoats: The British Soldier and War in the Americas, 1755-1763," H-Atlantic, H-Net Reviews, August, 2004.
     maps
     articles
     French documents
     Seven Years War [Canada]
     Alfred Thayer Mahan, The Influence Of Sea Power Upon History 1660-1783 (1890) - Chapter VIII - Seven Years' War, 1756-1763
     Anderson, Crucible of War : The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766 (2000) chapter 1 of the best book on the subject
     Lance Janda. "Review of Guy Chet, Conquering the American Wilderness: The Triumph of European Warfare in the Colonial Northeast," H-Atlantic, H-Net Reviews, March, 2004.
     French and Indian War--French view
     Bibliography of French and Indian War
     Ticonderoga and Montcalm 1875 article
     Siege of Ft William Henry where the Indians massacred the British prisoners of war
     Pontiac's rebellion historiography (1763)
     "Lord Amherst" by Herbert B. Adams (1896) scholarly essay

     Lord Amherst proposes to use smallpox against the Indians

     More on Amherst's pox blankets

     Ruddock Mackay. "Review of M. John Cardwell, Arts and Arms: Literature, Politics and Patriotism during the Seven Years War," H-Albion, H-Net Reviews, November, 2004. British public opinion
  6. Prussia & Frederick the Great
     Frederick the Great, esp maps
     short biography
     very long bio by Thomas Caryle, great English writer of 1850s; the style is very old-fashioned
     "The Prussian Campaign of 1758," scholarly 1897 article in American Historical Review by Herbert Tuttle
  7. The Northern Wars [Scandinavia]
     Northern Wars
     Battles of the Great Northern War 1700-1721
     The Northern Wars: War, State and Society in Northeastern Europe, 1558-1721 historiography
  8. "Sailors and Gentlemen of Parade: Some Professional and Technical Problems Concerning the Conduct of Combined Operations in the Eighteenth Century," by Richard Harding The Historical Journal, Vol. 32, No. 1. (Mar., 1989), pp. 35-55. in JSTOR
  9. "Rebellion of the Regulars: Working Soldiers and the Mutiny of 1763-1764," by Peter Way William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 57, No. 4. (Oct., 2000), pp. 761-792. JSTOR reveals conditions & grievances of British privates (who thought of themselves as workers)

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  F. American Revolution

  2. Age of Revolution teachers' guides to using primary sources
  3. George M. Wrong, Washington and His Comrades in Arms (1920) good short overview by Canadian scholar
  4. Henry Cabot Lodge, Washington older biography
  5. Higginbotham, Don. The war of American independence : military attitudes, policies, and practice, 1763-1789 best scholarly overview; online through ACLS History E-Book recommended
  6. Allan R. Millett, Peter Maslowski, For the common defense: a military history of the United States of America, (1984) recommended textbook
  7. Matloff, 'American Military History (1989) textbook
  8. George Bancroft, History of the United States of America, from the discovery of the American continent. 10 vol 1837-60
  9. Historiography
     " The Early American Way of War: Reconnaissance and Appraisal" by Don Higginbotham The William and Mary Quarterly 3rd Ser., Vol. 44, No. 2 (Apr., 1987), pp. 230-273
     Don Higginbotham, Don. "American Historians and the Military History of the American Revolution," The American Historical Review, 70#1 (Oct., 1964), pp 18-34. [ in JSTOR]
     Paul David Nelson, "British Conduct of the American Revolutionary War: A Review of Interpretations," The Journal of American History Vol. 65, No. 3 (Dec., 1978), pp. 623-653
     David Syrett, "The British Armed Forces in the American Revolutionary War: Publications, 1875-1998," 'The Journal of Military History Vol. 63, No. 1. (Jan., 1999), pp. 147-164. [ Bibliographies
  10. Re-enactments, historic sites & links
  11. Scholar's Showcase popular & scholarly essays & memoirs
  12. Militia scholarly study
  13. Hessians
  14. Indians
  15. Cameron, Margaret M. Canada & the American Revolution, 1774-1783. [1967] online through ACLS History E-Book
  16. "Indians and the American Revolution," By leading scholar Wilcomb E. Washburn recommended
  17. Allen, Robert S. His Majesty's Indian allies : British Indian policy in the defence of Canada, 1774-1815 (1992) online through ACLS History E-Book
  18. Politics & Diplomacy
      Documents
      Perkins, France in the Revolution full text 1911 scholarly study, emphasizing military & naval role
      Benjamin Franklin links by R. Jensen and classic short scholarly biography by Carl Becker
      Political view from PBS
  19. Prisoners
      Brunswicker (Hessian) prisoners
      naval prisoners from 1913 scholarly book
      American Prisoners of the Revolution by Danske Dandridge (1910)
      "Prisoner Exchange and Parole in the American Revolution," William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 48, No. 2. (Apr., 1991), pp. 201-222. in JSTOR
  20. Spies
      Intelligence: by CIA
      spy letters from Clements Library
  21. States
      Georgia
      Maryland Gazette pdf format
      Maryland Loyalists
      South Carolina strong on Tories
      The Revolution in Virginia by H. J. Eckenrode 1916 scholarly book
  22. George Washington
      George Washington and his Army

      General George Washington from Library of Congress recommended

      Washington Papers complete 39 vol edition
      The Continental army
      Black soldiers
  23. Jusserand, Rochambeau and the French in America 1916 essay by a French historian
  24. Battles
      maps from West Point Atlas recommended
      Original Maps
      Lexington, 1775 from WPI

      Lexington British report

      Concord

      staff ride & background
      Bunker Hill from Massachusetts Historical Society
      "The Battle of Long Island" 1776 scholarly 1896 article American Historical Review by Charles Francis Adams
      Trenton, 1776

      Hessians at Trenton scholarly study by Edward J. Lowell (1884)
      Brandywine 1777
      Saratoga, 1777

      1. Scholarly histories and guide to battle
      2. "The Campaign of Burgoyne," by W. L. Stone (1877)
      3. more Saratoga
      4. Bennington
      5. Gen. Stark at Bennington 1877 article
      6. Hessians at Ticonderoga and Bennington ; Hessians at Saratoga
      7. bibliography
  25. Monmouth, 1778
      a British report
  26. Southern Campaigns 1779-81
      Camden, 1780
      King's Mountain & Cowpens, 1780-81
      Cowpens
      "The Patriot" Mel Gibson 2000 movie -- fictional
      Cowpens, Guilford Courthouse, Yorktown
      Yorktown from PBS
  27. Naval
      G. W. Allen, Naval History of American Revolution 1913 scholarly study
      "Admiral Earl Howe," 1894 essay by Alfred Thayer Mahan
      John Paul Jones

      biography

      Jones, seen by Brits

      extracts from Jones journals

      The Ranger commanded by Jones
  28. Postwar
      Militia history
      General Arthur St. Clair postwar commander
      "St. Clair's Defeat," by Theodore Roosevelt 1791 epsode in West
      "American Indian Military Leadership: St. Clair's 1791 Defeat," by Leroy V. Eid ; in The Journal of Military History in JSTOR, Vol. 57, No. 1. (Jan., 1993), pp. 71-88.
      "America’s First Limited War," [Quasi War with France, 1798] 2000 article by Gregory E. Fehlings
      "Social Roots of the American Military Profession: The Officer Corps of America's First Peacetime Army, 1784-1789," by William B. Skelton J Military History v 54 (Oct 1990) pp. 435-452 available in JSTOR

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  G. Napoleonic Era

  1. another overview
  2. Napoleon Series recommended good essays on military & related topics
     Napoleon Series similar project by rival groups; essays on military & related topics
  3. France in 1790s
  4. articles
  5. popular guide to links
  6. Haiti & Toussaint L’Ouverture slave revolts after 1791
  7. Jim McIntyre. "Review of Alexander Grab, Napoleon and the Transformation of Europe," H-War, H-Net Reviews, April, 2004.
  8. Hugh Dubrulle. "Review of Daniel Moran and Arthur Waldron, eds, The People in Arms: Military Myth and National Mobilization since the French Revolution," H-War, H-Net Reviews, July, 2004. 17903 to present
  9. Maps
     West Point Atlas recommended
     more battle maps
     Centennia Maps Europe, 1799-1815 in detail
     maps from 1892 Atlas
  10. Peninsular War 1808-1814 from Encyclopedia Britannica 11th edition (1910); another copy
      War in Spain, 1808-14 in Spanish
      Peninsula campaign documents
  11. Napoleon: Biography & Battles
      Biography of N from Encyclopedia Britannica 11th edition (1910); long (32,000 words) with a strong British bias another copy
      Guizot, History of France v7 of famous classic from 1820s; cover 1799-1812
      "Napoleon's International Politics: How Much Did He Owe to the Past?," by Orville T. Murphy in J Military History v 54 (Apr 1990) pp. 163-172 available in JSTOR
      Campaigns 1792-1800 from Encyclopedia Britannica 11th edition (1910)
      Valmy, 1792 Creasy's 1851 account
      Campaigns 1801-1815 from Encyclopedia Britannica 11th edition (1910)
      "From Berlin to Leipzig: Napoleon's Gamble in North Germany, 1813" by Michael V. Leggiere Journal of Military History 67.1 (2003) 39-84 in Project Muse
      The Napoleonic Guide links
      "Napoleon's Foreign Policy: A Criminal Enterprise," major scholarly article by Paul W. Schroeder, J Military History v 54 (Apr 1990) pp. 147-162 available in JSTOR
      excerpts from William Sloane's 4 volume biography (1896); good narrative
      Battle of the Piave, 1809
      Russian Campaign, 1812

      Battle of Borodino

      March to Moscow, 1812

      more on March to Moscow, 1812

      "Why Did Napoleon Invade Russia? A Study in Motivation and the Interrelations of Personality and Social Structure," Harold T. Parker, J Military History v 54 (Apr 1990) pp. 131-146 available in JSTOR
      Waterloo, 1815

      Overview

      overview by John C. Ropes (1888)

      100 Days & Waterloo by Sloane (1896)

      maps

      history from 11th edition Encyclopedia Britannica (1910); partly garbled
      Filmography
  12. Naval
      "Napoleon and Sea Power," by J. Holland Rose, in Cambridge Historical Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2. (1924), pp. 138-157. in JSTOR
      "Battles of the Nile and Trafalgar," by Lamartine (1854)
      "Nelson at The Nile," by A. T. Mahan (1897)
      Nelson at the Nile
      "Nelson at Copenhagen," by A. T. Mahan (1897)
      "Nelson at Trafalgar," by A. T. Mahan (1897)

      maps

      animated battle map from BBC
      British naval docs
      Admiral Nelson letters
      1813 bio of Nelson
  13. Documents
      • Waterloo documents
        maps
      • more documents
      • Dispatches of Napoleon, Davout, Wellington, Nelson
      • artillery
      • Gen. Savary Memoirs
      • Marshal Macdonald Memoirs
  14. Theorists & Historians
      Jomini, Summary of the Art of War
      Jomini
      Clausewitz Homepage with full text of On War and more
      books on Clausewitz
      Mahan & Corbett
  15. War of 1812
      • US Army textbook
      • documents recommended
      • War of 1812 Website articles, reenactments, book reviews
      • more docs
      • West Point Atlas
      • Tippecanoe (1811) -- Indian eyewitness account by Shabonee
      • American militia
      • " Soldiers in Peace and War: Comparative Perspectives on the Recruitment of the United States Army, 1802-1815" by J. C. A. Stagg The William and Mary Quarterly 3rd Ser., Vol. 57, No. 1 (Jan., 2000), pp. 79-120 online at JSTOR
      • "Enlisted Men in the United States Army, 1812-1815: A Preliminary Survey" by J. C. A. Stagg The William and Mary Quarterly 3rd Ser., Vol. 43, No. 4 (Oct., 1986), pp. 615-645
      • Bibliographies
      • "The Niagara Frontier," by Benson J. Lossing (1863)
      • battles, w maps
      • Detroit
      • Chrysler's Farm 1813 animated map
      • "The Influence of History upon Sea Power: The Navalist Reinterpretation of the War of 1812," by Mark Russell Shulman ; in The Journal of Military History in JSTOR, Vol. 56, No. 2 (April, 1992), pp. 183-206
      • New Orleans, 1815
      • Remini on British Strategy (2000)
      • Music
      • Canadian perspective
      • "High Army Leadership in the Era of the War of 1812: The Making and Remaking of the Officer Corps, by William B. Skelton William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 51, No. 2. (Apr., 1994), pp. 253-274. in JSTOR

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  H. 19th Century

  1. Texas/Mexico/US
     • Mexico-Texas: Alamo
     • Texas War for Independence 1832-36
     • PBS on Mexican-American War
     • West Point Atlas
     • US Army textbook
     • "The San Jacinto Campaign" 1901 article by leading scholar Eugene C. Barker.
     • Texas perspectives
     • Alamo images
     • images of war recommended
     • Smith, Justin H. ''The War with Mexico'' (2vol 1919), Pulitzer Prize, vol 1
     • Smith, Justin H. ''The War with Mexico'' (2vol 1919), Pulitzer Prize, vol 2
     • Samuel Chamberlain memoirs and drawings
     • Scott at Vera Cruz 1851 essay
     • The Mexican war: a history of its origin, and a detailed account of the victories which terminated in the surrender of the capital; with the official despatches of the generals. To which is added, the treaty of peace, and valuable tables of the strength and losses of the United States Army. By Edward D. Mansfield (1860 ed.)
     • "Pack Mules and Surf Boats: Logistics in the Mexican War" by Robert D. Paulus from Army Logistician 1997
     • John F. Weinzierl. "Review of Joe Knetsch, Florida's Seminole Wars, 1817-1858," H-Florida, H-Net Reviews, September, 2004.
  2. Crimean War, 1853-56
     basic
     Crimean War articles
     Crimean War 1853-56 from Encyclopedia Britannica (1911 edition)
     Crimean War documents
     History of the Russian Navy , a fine site in English from Russia
     Russian diplomacy college lecture
  3. Imperialism
     imperialism maps
     British Empire map
     French Empire map
     Battle of Adwa, 1896 Ethiopia defeats Italy
     details on Adwa
  4. British Empire
     British Colonial Wars: documents
     Sepy Rebellion in India, 1857
     "Global Violence and Nationalizing Wars in Eurasia and America: The Geopolitics of War in the Mid-Nineteenth Century," by Michael Geyer and Charles Bright, Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. 38, No. 4. (Oct., 1996), pp. 619-657. in JSTOR
     The war in Egypt and the Soudan; an episode in the history of the British Empire by Thomas Archer 1880s 4 vol.
     Kitchener full length 1915 bio of important general
     Omdurman 1898 map
     Northwest Campaign Canada, 1884
     Anglo Zulu War of 1879

     KwaZulu-Natal 1879

     battle of Khambula

     Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power by Victor Davis Hanson (2001) Compares the "Western" & "non-Western" styles of warfare at Salamis (480 BC); Gaugamela (331 BC); Cannae (216 BC); Poitiers (732); Tenochtitlan (1520-21); Lepanto (1571); Rourke's Drift (1879); Midway (1942) and Tet (1968).
     Boer War

     Boer War

     Boer War documents

     Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902 Bibliography

     Arthur Conan Doyle, The Great Boer War (1902) -- this is straight history, not Sherlock Holmes

     Boer War Australian site

     Canada in Boer War

     Matt Fitzpatrick. "Review of Jürgen Zimmerer and Joachim Zeller, eds, Völkermord in Deutsch-Südwestafrika: Der Kolonialkrieg (1904-1908) in Namibia und seine Folgen," H-German, H-Net Reviews, February, 2005.
  5. France-Germany 1870-71
     overview
     Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71 from Encyclopedia Britannica (1911 edition)
     Franco-Prussian War documents
     History of the war between Germany and France. With biographical sketches of the principal personages engaged in the contest (1871) By James D. McCabe.
     Ian Reifowitz . "Review of Gordon Craig, The Battle of Königgrätz: Prussia's Victory over Austria, 1866," H-German, H-Net Reviews, May, 2004.
  6. Manuals
     Cavalry Outpost Tactics (1893) by F. De Brack, translated from French
  7. US Late 19th Century
     harbor & coastal defense
     Dennis Mahan A treatise on field fortification, containing instructions on the methods of laying out, constructing, defending, and attacking intrenchments, with the general outlines also of the arrangement, the attack and defence of permanent fortifications. (1856) lectures by famous West Point prof
     Interwar Years US Army textbook
     Indian Wars, 1865-1900 US Army textbook
     Territorial Kansas from State Historical Society; their excellent scholarly journal Kansas Historical Quarterly is online to 1977
     Lakota Indians Sioux warriors
     Army in Reconstruction & Indian Wars lectures by Professor Grimsley
     Red River War Texas, 1874-75
     "General Custer and the Little Bighorn Reconsidered--Again" by James B. Potts ; in The Journal of Military History in JSTOR, Vol. 58, No. 2. (Apr., 1994), pp. 305-314.
     military reforms late 19c
     Derby on US Navy 1880 essay from Harper's Monthly
     "Building the Military-Industrial Relationship The U.S. Navy and American Business, 1854-1883 scholarly 1999 article by Kurt Hackemer
  8. 1898
     • Spanish-American War from PBS
     • Overview from Library of Congress
     • Overview
     • essays for K12 teachers
     • West Point Atlas
     • Documents excellent selection of sources of US Foreign Policy 1898-1914 from Mt. Holyoke
     • Historians discuss 1898 recommended
     • A War in Perspective visuals from NY Public Library
       Road to War
       what sank the Maine? 1998 debate in Naval History
       Cervara'a Spanish fleet
       Santiago campaign
       victory in Cuba
     • Scholarly essays
     • Spanish court politics
     • US opinion
     • US Army
     • African Americans San Juan Hill, July 1898
       African American military service From the Civil War to World War I
     • "The Navy in the War with Spain," by Ira Nelson Hollis (1898)
     • Battle of Santiago
     • medical
     • Robert S. Driscoll. "Review of Vincent J. Cirillo, Bullets and Bacilli: The Spanish-American War and Military Medicine," H-War, H-Net Reviews, April, 2004.
     • Philippines
       lecture notes
       Overview
       Philippines: images
       US Army & Irregular Warfare e-book by Prof John Gates
       Balangiga and Samar counter-insurgency operations & massacre of US troops
       US opposition to war
       Aldona Sendzikas. "Review of Angel Velasco Shaw and Luis H. Francia, eds, Vestiges of War: The Philippine-American War and the Aftermath of an Imperial Dream, 1899-1999," H-Amstdy, H-Net Reviews, April, 2004.

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  I. US Civil War

  1. James Ford Rhodes, History of the Civil War, 1861–1865 (1918) best of older histories of the war years; strong on politics
     Military History of Civil War original essay by Richard Jensen, with hot links to documents, maps & URLs
     Allan R. Millett, Peter Maslowski, For the common defense: a military history of the United States of America, (1984) recommended textbook
     Matloff, 'American Military History (1989) textbook
     Abraham Lincoln, a History (10 vols, 1890) by John George Nicolay and John Hay; Nicolay and Hay were senior aides to Lincoln; This is the longest and most detailed scholarly history of the war, noted for completeness, clarity, and psycholoical and political insight into the men and challenges Lincoln faced; portions appeared in Century magazine, as listed below. recommended
  2. War of the Rebellion complete; this major series of wartimne reports is conveniently available on inexpensive cd-rom.
     Other useful cd-roms on Civil War
  3. Web Sites
     Links from LSU
     Links from Jim Janke; very good guide to topics
     Alice E. Carter and Richard Jensen The Civil War on the Web: A Guide to the Very Best Sites (2003) book and cd-rom, evaluates 400+ sites,
     scholarly essays 1966 collection ed. Charles Crowe
  4. A Nation Divided popular articles
  5. Harper's Weekly valuable weekly newspaper 1857-1877; superb illustrations; available at 500+ academic libraries recommended
  6. he American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1861 full text online and searchable at Google.books.com recommended 1862
  7. African-Americans
     • William Wells Brown, The Negro in the American Rebellion... full text of 1867 scholarly book
     • Slavery
     • First Kansas Colored Volunteers
     • Troops
     • A Documentary History of Slavery, Freedom, and the Civil War
     • Emancipation Timeline
     • The Western Sanitary Commission; a sketch of its origin, history, labors for the sick and wounded of the Western armies, and aid given to freedmen and Union refugees, with incidents of hospital life much detail on refugee Freedmen
     • Confederacy debates arming slaves 1864-65
     • Ft. Pillow Massacre, 1864
     • Battle of Crater 1864
     • "Pride and prejudice in the American Civil War" essay
  8. Training manuals
     U.S. Infantry Tactics. for the instruction, exercise, and manoeuvres of the United States infantry, including infantry of the line, light infantry, and riflemen full text of official 460-page 1861 training manual; illustrated
     Military Dictionary: Comprising Technical Definitions; Information on Raising and Keeping Troops... by Henry Lee Scott, 1861; complete text
     Hardee's Manual light infantry tactics
     Manual of Arms for Sharps Rifle
  9. Artillery
  10. Border States
      Nicolay and Hay on Tennessee and Kentucky, 1861 (1888)
  11. Ft Sumter 1861 recommended documents & analysis by leading historian
  12. "English Opinion of the American War," by W. M. Rossetti (1866)
  13. Homefronts
      Confederate Home Front original documents from U North Carolina recommended
      Gone With the Wind great novel of wartime
      conditions in Virginia
      Virginia & Pennsylvania in the war years from "Valley of the Shadow"
      Bibliography
      "The Enrollment and the Draft," by J. G. Nicolay and John Hay (1889)
      Lincoln Administration links by Richard Jensen
  14. Gallagher, The Confederate War (1997) ch. 1
  15. Generals links for leaders of both sides
  16. Total War
      "Abraham Lincoln, John Pope, and the Origins of Total War," by Daniel E. Sutherland J Military History v 56 (Oct 1992) pp. 567-586 available in JSTOR
      "Shutting the Gates of Mercy: The American Origins of Total War, 1860-1880," by Lance Janda J Military History v 59 (Jan 1995) pp. 7-26; available in JSTOR
  17. Main Battles
      1. General
         Battles and Leaders memoirs by leading generals; single best source recommended
         Military History of Civil War original essay by Richard Jensen, with hot links to documents, maps & URLs
         James Ford Rhodes, History of the Civil War, 1861–1865 (1918) best of older histories of the war years; strong on politics and character analysis of leaders recommended best overview of entire war
         Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War The most comprehensive single online source for Official Records, and other firsthand accounts of practically every major Civil War battle. Also includees biographies and much else. recommended
         Tabular Overview
         excellent links from LSU
         West Point Atlas recommended
         original maps
         Battles: original sources
         Official Records complete 127 volumes; This is the basic huge collection of original reports from both sides; by far the most-used source for specialists recommended Cornell Making of America edition of Official Records
         Lossing, A History of the Civil War complete text 1866 popular history; heavily illustrated

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      2. Antietam, 1862
         guide, documents & memoirs recommended
         Antietam on the Web
         original news & illustrations from Harper's Weekly
         McClellan as strategist
      3. Atlanta 1864
         overview
         Timeline and narrative
         Grant's analysis
         Atlanta maps
         map
      4. Bull Run 1861 and 1862
         Bull Run 1861 map
         memoir by George A. Custer
         Nicolay and Hay on Pope's Virginia Campaign (1888)
         Second Manassas, 1862
      5. Cedar Creek, 1864
      6. Chancellorsville 1863
      7. Chattanooga 1863
         Grant on Chattanooga 1863
      8. Chicamagua 1863
         more Chicamagua 1863
         map
      9. Cold Harbor 1864
         Grant on Cold Harbor 1864
      10. The Crater, 1864
      11. Ft Donelson 1862
          Grant on Ft Donelson 1862
      12. Ft. Pillow Massacre (1864)
          overview
          Nicolay and Hay, (1889) scholarly article
          Official Records, vol. xxxii. part 1.
      13. Ft Sumter 1861 recommended documents & analysis by leading historian
      14. Ft Wagner, 1863 as shown in movie "Glory"
      15. Fredericksburg 1862 good overview, with documents
      16. Gettysburg
          1. Gettysburg 1863
          2. OR(Official Records)
          3. History of the battle (by James Ford Rhodes, a leading historian of 1890s)
          4. more Gettysburg
          5. Gordon on Gettysburg
          6. Meade on Gettysburg
          7. synopsis of best book on battle, by Coddington
          8. very large map of Gettysburg
          9. Longstreet
          10. Reardon on Picket's Charge (1997) ch 1 of book
          11. Jeffrey C. Hall. "Review of Steven E. Woodworth, Beneath a Northern Sky: A Short History of the Gettysburg Campaign," H-CivWar, H-Net Reviews, June, 2004.
      17. Stonewall Jackson & Valley Campaign, 1862
          Stonewall Jackson And The American Civil War by G. F. R. Henderson (1898) classic 2 vol biography
          Official Records
          General Imboden's essay
          "Jackson's Valley Campaign," by J. G. Nicolay and John Hay (1889)
          Gen Richard Taylor's 1878 memoir
      18. East Kentucky, 1861-62 James Garfield, "My Campaign in East Kentucky" --the author later became President
      19. Nashville 1864
          Grant on Nashville 1864
      20. Peninsular 1862
          Peninsular map
      21. Red River 1864
          more Red River 1864
          Battles and Leaders very good coverage
      22. Seven Days 1862
          Nicolay and Hay on Seven Days (1888)
      23. Sherman's March 1864
          Georgia campaign by General O. O. Howard
          Sherman's March 1864 by Grant
          Memoir by Capt. Oakley
          Sherman in South Carolina by General Slocum

          Sherman in North Carolina
      24. Shiloh 1862
          Grant on Shiloh
          Sherman on Shiloh
          Nicolay and Hay on The Mississippi and Shiloh (1888)
      25. Spottsylvania, 1864
      26. Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, 1864
      27. Vicksburg, 1863
          Grant on campaign
          maps of Vicksburg 1863
          more Vicksburg 1863
      28. Wilderness 1864
          overview
          overview 2
          Lee in the Wilderness from Battles & Leaders
          Virtual Wilderness
          eyewitness
          map
          photographs
          Grant on Wilderness 1864
  18. Legal: General Orders 100
  19. Maps
      • West Point Atlas recommended
      • original maps
      • maps
      • original maps
      • National Park Service maps
      • location of battles, by state
      • Railroad maps
  20. Medical
      • Medicine good overview
      • Sanitary Commission (private relief & hospital agency similar to modern Red Cross)
        U.S. Sanitary Commission recommended
        Sanitary Commission full text of anonymous review of major 1867 history
        "The United States Sanitary Commission" full text of essay by E. E. Hale in Atlantic Monthly (April 1867) pp 416-29
        The Western Sanitary Commission; a sketch of its origin, history, labors for the sick and wounded of the Western armies, and aid given to freedmen and Union refugees, with incidents of hospital life full text 1864 report , 144 pages
      • Gillett, The Army Medical Department, 1818-1865
      • Ellis, Thomas T. Leaves from the diary of an army surgeon; or, Incidents of field, camp, and hospital life (1863) full text
      • manuals of military surgery 1861 S.D. Gross version used by the Union Army
        1863 Confederate version
      • original photographs
        bullet wound
        amputation
        sick
  21. Naval & Diplomatic
      • Official Records Navy ser 1 vol 1 basic original documents
      • Links
      • Cabinet Reports 1861 recommended complete reports from State, War, Navy, Interior and other departments
      • Monitor-Merrimac documents from OR
      • More Monitor-Merrimac
      • Confederate cruisers
      • biography of David Farragut by A T Mahan (1892)
      • Confed. Naval buildup scholarly article by David Surdam
      • Alabama Kearsarge duel, 1864 eye witness account
      • Shells and shell-guns. By J. A. Dahlgren 1856 treatise
      • "The Union Navy's Blockade Reconsidered" 1998 scholarly article by economics professor David G. Surdam
  22. Prisons
      • detailed bibliography, links, maps and text by Rhodes
        Professor Rufus B. Richardson's article in the New Englander for Nov. 1880
        Extracts from the Minutes of Proceedings of the Standing Committee of the United States Sanitary Commission...1864 hair-raising details

        Appendix to the Report of the Sanitary Commission (1864) much more detail
  23. Soldiers
      • Letters and Diaries
      • Stonewall Brigade ch 1 of book by Jeffry Wirt
      • Army Life in a Black Regiment by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
      • "A Socioeconomic Study of [Ohio] Veterans... " scholarly article by Lawrence Kreiser
      • "Religion and Combat Motivation in the Confederate Armies," by Samuel J. Watson J Military History v 58 (Jan 1994) pp. 29-55; available in JSTOR
  24. States
      • links
      • Indiana
      • Ohio by Larry Stevens
      • Texas
      • Virginia
  25. Women & children:
      • Documents
      • L. P. Brockett and Mrs. Mary C. Vaughan, Woman's Work in the Civil War: A Record of Heroism, Patriotism and Patience (1867) complete text, 810 pp
      • Frank Moore, Women of the War: Their Heroism and Self-sacrifice (1866) complete text
      • U.S. Sanitary Commission
      • Belle Boyd in Camp and Prison, complete text
      • Mary Chestnut Diary, complete
      • Werner, Reluctant Witnesses: Children's Voices (1998) book review
      • another review
      • sources for student projects
  26. Biographies, Memoirs & Letters: Confederate
      • Jubal Early complete
      • John B. Gordon, Reminiscences, partial
      • J. B. Hood, partial
      • Stonewall Jackson letters, mostly prewar
      • Dabney, Life and campaigns of Lieut.-Gen. Thomas J. Jackson, (Stonewall Jackson 1866 biography
      • : John Esten Cooke, The life of Stonewall Jackson. From official papers, contemporary narratives, and personal acquaintance. By a Virginian (1863) complete text of book
      • Lee original letters by Lee
      • D. S. Freeman "Lee" great 4 vol biography (1934)
      • Longstreet, partial
      • John S. Mosby, complete
      • Richard Taylor, complete
      • VMI generals short bios
      • others
  27. Biographies & Memoirs: Yankee
      • Grant: complete
      • Clausewitz & Grant essay
      • "Grant" by Gen. Adam Badeau 1885 essay
      • Meade
      • "The Grand Strategy of the War of the Rebellion," by General W. T. Sherman (1888)
      • comparing Lee and Grant
  28. Visuals, Photographs
      Illustrations from NY Historical Society recommended
      engravings
      Don Troiani's paintings (1990s)

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  J. World War I

  1. Links
  2. First World War.com excellent British site; includes encyclopedia of 1600 terms recommended
  3. The Great War from PBS recommended
  4. Interviews with historians from PBS, recommended
  5. Adam R. Seipp. "Review of Stephane Audoin-Rouzeau and Annette Becker, 14-18: Understanding the Great War," H-German, H-Net Reviews, July, 2004.
  6. Biographies (short)
  7. Trenches on the Web international coverage
  8. Pollard, A Short History of the Great War useful 1920 overview by English historian
  9. Images and text
  10. Origins & Diplomacy
      Primary documents: remarkable collection recommended
      more primary documents
      Diplomatic primary documents
      Sidney Fay, The Origins of the World War (1930) classic scholarly study; every nation shared guilt for starting the war
      Gerhard Altmann. "Review of Richard Hamilton und Holger Richard, Hrsg, The Origins of World War I," H-Soz-u-Kult, H-Net Reviews, March, 2004. URL:
      Diplomacy of Wilson & Lenin

      Foreign Relations of US complete text of US diplomatic documents, 1900-1918
      causes 1866-1914
      Author: May, Ernest R. The World War and American isolation, 1914-1917 (1959). Best scholarly monograph; online via ACLS History E-Book
      "The Importance of Energy in the First and Second World Wars" by W. G. Jensen, The Historical Journal, Vol. 11, No. 3. (1968), pp. 538-554. in JSTOR
      Handbook of War Facts and Peace Problems (1919) sophisticated American pamphlet; anti-German; good summary of effects of war on each country involved
  11. Intelligence bibliography
  12. Maps recommended
  13. West Point Atlas recommended
  14. Air War
      Australian Flying Corps
      German Zeppelins in WW1
  15. Artillery
  16. arts & propaganda
      • Poets
      • war poetry
      • Photographs (over 1100 originals)
      • French & American posters
      • Posters-America
      • Poster-Britain
      • Posters-Canada
      • Poetry & Literature
      • photographs
        Ernst Juenger German soldier who wrote powerful autobiography
      • WWI in current news
      • art
      • editorial cartoons
      • Punch cartoons British
      • wide ranging collection of photos, cartoons, art
      • songs
      • Candian songs
      • Films
      • Cary Nathenson . "Review of Bernadette Kester, Film Front Weimar: Representations of the First World War in German Films of the Weimar Period (1919-1933)," H-German, H-Net Reviews, February, 2004.
      • "Wellington House and British Propaganda during the First World War" by M. L. Sanders in The Historical Journal, Vol. 18, No. 1. (Mar., 1975), pp. 119-146. in JSTOR
      • Australia & New Zealand
        Official Histories 13 vol Gallipoli
        Gallipoli campaign NZ perspective
        Gallipoli: New Zealand experience
        "Strength against weakness: Ottoman military effectiveness at Gallipoli, 1915" by Edward J. Erickson, Journal of Military History 981-1012 65, no. 4 (Oct 2001): p. 981-1012 online via FirstSearch
      • Austria
        "The Austro-Hungarian Campaign Against Serbia in 1914," scholarly article by Gunther E. Rothenberg J Military History v 53 (Apr 1989) pp. 127-46 available in JSTOR
        "Disjointed Allies: Coalition Warfare in Berlin and Vienna, 1914," scholarly article by Holger H. Herwig J Military History v 54 (July 1990) pp. 265-280 available in JSTOR
      • Aviation Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick A. Talbot (1915) very early report
        Christopher Parrish. "Review of Herbert A. Johnson, Wingless Eagle: U.S. Army Aviation through World War I," H-War, H-Net Reviews, April, 2004. URL:
      • Belgium
        Belgian Resistance
        "German policy"
        Les Francs-Tireurs
        "German "Atrocities" and Franco-German Opinion, 1914: The Evidence of German Soldiers' Diaries" scholarly article by John Horne and Alan Kramer, The Journal of Modern History, Vol. 66, No. 1. (Mar., 1994), pp. 1-33. in JSTOR
        Brian E. Crim. "Review of Larry Zuckerman, The Rape of Belgium: The Untold Story of World War I," H-German, H-Net Reviews, January, 2005.
        Alon Rachamimov. "Review of John Horne and Alan Kramer, The German Atrocities of 1914: A History of Denial," H-German, H-Net Reviews, September, 2004.
      • Britain
        • First World War.com excellent British site; includes encyclopedia of 1600 terms recommended
        • Encyclopedic coverage
        • Somme, 1916
        • Hellfire Corner personal stories
        • BEF
        • PRO official records
        • Kitchener full length 1915 bio of important general
        • Sir Douglas Haig's Despatches official reports on Western Front
        • Lloyd-George prime minister
        • Memoir: Harold Chapin
        • "The Evolution of British Strategy and Tactics on the Western Front in 1918: GHQ, Manpower, and Technology," by Tim Travers J Military History v 54 (Apr 1990) pp. 173-200 available in JSTOR
        • "Codebreaking in World Wars I and II: The Major Successes and Failures, Their Causes and Their Effects," major scholarly article by David Kahn The Historical Journal, Vol. 23, No. 3. (Sep., 1980), pp. 617-639. in JSTOR
        • "The Foreign Office and British Propaganda during the First World War" by Philip M. Taylor in The Historical Journal, Vol. 23, No. 4. (Dec., 1980), pp. 875-898. JSTOR
      • Canada
        • Overview & Reader's Guide
        • Official History (1964)
        • brief history of entire war from Canadian perspective
        • overview
        • links
        • overview
        • documents
        • Vimy Ridge, 1917
        • Vimy Ridge from Canadian War Museum
        • exhibits
        • essays by Tom Arnott
        • letters & documents
        • Over the Top museum exhibit
        • Newfoundland
      • France
        • Verdun, 1916
        • Verdun: maps
        • Verdun & French morale
        • trench life: by Alan Seeger (1917)
        • Impressions de Guerre d'un Moine-officier
        • "The Marne and After: A Reappraisal of French Strategy in the First World War," Scholarly article by Douglas Porch J Military History v 53 (Oct 1989) pp. 363-386 available in JSTOR
        • photographs
        • WW1 French Posters
      • Germany
        • Order of Battle 1914
        • Schlieffen Plan
        • more Schlieffen Plan
        • Kelly McFall . "Review of Terence Zuber, Inventing the Schlieffen Plan: German War Planning 1871-1914," H-German, H-Net Reviews, May, 2004.
        • bibliography
        • German navy: photographs German text
        • primary and secondary documents most in German, some in English
        • German colonial atlas
        • Annika Mombauer . "Review of Charles de Gaulle, The Enemy's House Divided," H-German, H-Net Reviews, April, 2004.
        • David Bielanski. "Review of Karen Hagemann and Stefanie Schüler-Springorum, eds, Home/Front: The Military, War and Gender in Twentieth-Century Germany," H-German, H-Net Reviews, May, 2004.
        • "Disjointed Allies: Coalition Warfare in Berlin and Vienna, 1914," scholarly article by Holger H.