The Fun and Fighting of the Rough Riders by Dr. Tom Hall is a spirited and firsthand chronicle of America's most famous volunteer regiment — the Rough Riders of the Spanish–American War. Written by one of the unit's own surgeons, this vibrant account combines the humor, camaraderie, and raw heroism of the men who rode and fought under Theodore Roosevelt in 1898.Dr. Hall captures the Rough Riders from the inside — their tra...

A proud Newfoundland soldier’s memoir gives unprecedented details of life as a German POW during the First World War.I’m going to tell my story. With those words, eighty-three-year-old Arthur Manuel set his remarkable First World War memoir in motion.Like many Great War veterans, Manuel had never discussed his wartime life with anyone. Hidden in the Manuel family records until its 2011 discovery by his grandson David Manuel, Arthur’s story is now b...

The Rough Riders was the name bestowed on the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry. Roosevelt had resigned as Assistant Secretary of the Navy to fight in the war, and his forceful personality and notoriety among the popular press of the period were probably the main driving factors resulting in the fame of this regiment. Here is the exciting story of the Rough Riders in the words of Theodore Roosevelt.

The Spanish Civil War (Spanish: Guerra Civil Española).Escalating violence between left- and right-wing political factions boils over. Military officers stage a coup against a democratically elected, Soviet-backed, government. The country is thrown into chaos as centuries-old tensions return to the forefront. Hundreds of thousands of Spaniards choose sides and engage in the most devastating combat since the First World War. For loyalists to the Republic, the fight is seen as one fo...

Having lost their parents, the Scudamore children are sent to live with an aunt. There is some strife as the Scudamores adjust to their new environment, but when the Peninsular War heats up, family drama falls by the wayside and the children are forced to grow up.

The Battle of Belleau Wood (1–26 June 1918) occurred during the German 1918 Spring Offensive in World War I, near the Marne River in France. The battle was fought between the U.S. Second (under the command of Major General Omar Bundy) and Third divisions along with French and British forces against an assortment of German units including elements from the 237th, 10th, 197th, 87th, and 28th divisions. The battle has become a key component of the lore of the United States Marine Corps.

pubOne.info present you this wonderfully illustrated edition. Adolfo Rodriguez was the only son of a Cuban farmer, who lived nine miles outside of Santa Clara, beyond the hills that surround that city to the north.

In "Campaigning in Cuba," George Kennan offers a vivid firsthand account of the American military intervention in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. The book is articulated through a mix of engaging narrative and keen observations, capturing the complexities of wartime experiences while providing a critical perspective on imperialism and military strategy. Kennan employs a clear and direct literary style, combining personal anecdotes with a broader political analysis that contextualizes...

A German deserter's war experienceAbout ten minutes we might have lain in the grass when we suddenly heard rifle shots in front of us. Electrified, all of us jumped up and hastened to our rifles. Then the firing of rifles that was going on at a distance of about a mile or a mile and a half began steadily to increase in volume. We set in motion immediately.The expression and the behavior of the soldiers betrayed that something was agitating their mind, that ...

The second instalment in a remarkable three-part study that transformed the research material available to the English-speaking student of the Peninsular War.Most know that Wellington's Portuguese troops were praised as the 'fighting cocks' of his army; fewer appreciate that they represented between half and one-third of his entire forces. René Chartrand's primary research in Portuguese and British archives now offers a wealth of important new material on the unifo...

Old Gimlet Eye is the autobiography of early U.S. Marine Corp legend Smedley Butler who, at the time of his death in 1940, was the most decorated Marine in U.S. history. Butler joined the Corps at age 16 and took part in critical military actions in Cuba, the Philippines, China, Central America, Mexico and France.A veteran of both the Spanish-American War and World War I, Butler’s candid narrative (assisted in the writing by author Lowell Thomas) offers unique insight into...

Recollections of A Private Soldier in the Army of the Potomac is the personal narratives of soldier Frank Wilkeson.