War & Military audiobooks
Fleet In Being; Notes Of Two Trips With The Channel Squadron
by Rudyard KiplingSome thirty of her Majesty’s men-of-war were involved in this matter; say a dozen battleships of the most recent, and seventeen or eighteen cruisers; but my concern was limited to one of a new type commanded by an old friend. I had some dim knowledge of the interior of a warship, but none of the new world into which I stepped from a Portsmouth wher..
Fringes Of The Fleet
by Rudyard KiplingThe Fringes of the Fleet is a booklet written in 1915 by Rudyard Kipling. The booklet contains essays and poems about nautical subjects in World War I. It is also the title of a song-cycle written in 1917 with music by the English composer Edward Elgar and lyrics from poems in Kipling's booklet...
Echoes of the War
by James Mathew BarrieFour One Act Plays - Echoes of the War by J. M. Barrie - Three nice old ladies and a criminal, who is even nicer, are discussing the war over a cup of tea. The criminal, who is the hostess, calls it a dish of tea, which shows that she comes from Caledonia; but that is not her crime. They are all London charwomen, but three of them, including the ho..
The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen CraneThough Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage is a novel based on American Civil War, it portrays the psychology of soldiers instead of glory of the war. The protagonist Henry Fleming believes he is not brave enough to be a soldier. He tries to flee-away from the battlefield and has been interrupted by a wounded soldier who handover a letter addr..
The Last of the Mohicans
by James Fenimore CooperThe Last of the Mohicans is a historical fiction work written by James Fenimore Cooper. Set during the French Indian War of 1757, when France and Great Britain battled for control of North America. During this war, both the French and the British used Native American allies, but the French were particularly dependent, as they were outnumbered in th..