Short novel e-books (2h to read) of Hilaire Belloc

I THE POLITICAL OBJECT AND EFFECT OF THE WATERLOO CAMPAIGN It must continually be insisted upon in military history, that general actions, however decisive, are but the functions of campaigns; a...

INTRODUCTION Between those last precise accounts of military engagements which antiquity has left us in small number, and what may be called the modern history of war, there lies a period of many...

INTRODUCTION The Battle of Poitiers was fought ten years and four weeks after that of Crécy.

_Ceux dont la Fantaisie Sera religieuse et dévote envers Dieu Tousjours achèveront quelque grant Poésie, Et dessus leur renom la Parque n'aura lie...

I THE POLITICAL MEANING OF MALPLAQUET That political significance which we must seek in all military history, and without which that history cannot be accurate even upon its technical side, may ...

PART I THE POLITICAL CIRCUMSTANCE The Battle of Tourcoing is one of those actions upon which European history in general is somewhat confused, and English history, in particular, ignorant.

PART I THE POLITICAL OBJECTIVE The proper understanding of a battle and of its historical significance is only possible in connection with the campaign of which it forms a part; and the campaign...