The Union Catalog of Pre-1600 Books Online

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Summary

• U Military Science (plus the odd UK category) (103 books selected out of 1,412 books) [see the books that were NOT selected]
  • UA Armies Organization, distribution, military situation (4 books selected out of 299 books)
  • UB Military administration (1 book selected out of 227 books)
  • UC Maintenance and transportation (1 book selected out of 63 books)
  • UK United Kingdom (why is it in U? beats me!) (77 books selected out of 81 books)

U Military Science (plus the odd UK category)

• U31 .B8 The battle of Kadesh: a study in the earliest known military strategy by Breasted, James Henry, 1865-1935
• U35 .H5 The captains of the Roman republic, as compared with the great modern strategists; their campaigns, character, and conduct from the Punic wars to the death of Caesar by Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858
• U37 .O5 1885R The art of war in the Middle Ages, A.D. 378-1515 by Oman, Charles William Chadwick, Sir, 1860-1946
• U37 .O6 A history of the war, the middle ages from the fourth to the fourteenth century by Oman, Charles William Chadwick, Sir, 1860-1946
• U51 .D66g 1889 Great captains; a course of six lectures showing the influence on the art of war of the campaigns of Alexander, Hannibal, Cæsar, Gustavus Adolphus, Frederick, and Napoleon by Dodge, Theodore Ayrault, 1842-1909
• U51 .M6 Great commanders of modern times and The campaign of 1815 by Morris, William O'Connor, 1824-1904
• U101 .M16 The Art of War , by Niccolò Machiavelli, ed. by Jon Roland, trans. by Henry Neville (illustrated HTML at constitution.org)
• U101 .S95 The Art of War (with commentary and links to alternate versions), by Sunzi, ed. by Lionel Giles (Gutenberg text and audio files)
• U101 .S95 The Art of War (in English and Chinese), by Sunzi, trans. by Lionel Giles (HTML at chinapage.com)
• U101 .S95 1910 The art of war: the oldest military treatise in the world by Sun-tzu, 6th cent. B.C and Giles, Lionel, 1875-1958
• U101 .V4 The Military Institutions of the Romans (De Re Militari) , by Flavius Vegetius Renatus, trans. by John Clarke (HTML in Norway)
• U102 .H34 Reflections on the art of war by Hart, Reginald Clare, Sir, 1848-
• U102 .M3 The spirit of military institutions: or, Essential principles of the art of war by Marmont, Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de, duc de Raguse, 1774-1852 and Coppée, Henry, 1821-1895
• U800 .A824 British and foreign arms & armour by Ashdown, Charles Henry
• U800 .C7 The art of attack. Being a study in the development of weapons and appliances of offence, from the earliest times to the age of gunpowder by Cowper, Henry Swainson, 1865-
• U800 .D46 An illustrated history of arms and armour from the earliest period to the present time by Demmin, Auguste, 1817-1898 and Black, Charles Christopher, 1809-1879
• U800 .H5 Ancient armour and weapons in Europe: from the iron period of the northern nations to the end of the seventeenth century: with illustrations from contemporary monuments by Hewitt, John, 1807-1878
• U860 .S5 Brief Instructions Upon My Paradoxes of Defence , by George Silver (HTML at pbm.com)
• U860 .S53 Paradoxes of Defence , by George Silver (illustrated HTML at pbm.com)
• U The Art of War by Sunzi, 6th cent. B.C.
• UA Armies Organization, distribution, military situation [see the books that were NOT selected]
  • UA647 .K6 The defence of the realme, 1596, now for the first time printed, from a MS. in the Chetham Library, Manchester, with an introd. by Charles Hughes by Knyvett, Henry, (Sir) d. 1598 and Chetham's Library and Hughes, Charles, 1851-
  • UA649 .S37 The British army: its origin, progress, and equipment (vol 1) by Scott, James Sibbald David, bart. (Sir)
  • UA787 .P69 1987 A Society Organized for War: The Iberian Municipal Militias in the Central Middle Ages, 1000-1284 , by James F. Powers (frame-dependent HTML at Libro)
  • UA829 .H9 K66 1982 A Thousand Years of the Hungarian Art of War , by Anthony Tihamer Komjathy (HTML at Corvinus Library)
• UB Military administration [see the books that were NOT selected]
  • UB435 .G7I War medals and decorations issued to the British military and naval forces and allies 1588 to 1910 by Irwin, D. Hastings
• UC Maintenance and transportation [see the books that were NOT selected]
  • UC186 .C67 A strong army in a free state; a study of the old English and modern Swiss militias by Coulton, G. G. (George Gordon), 1858-1947
• UK United Kingdom (why is it in U? beats me!) [see the books that were NOT selected]
  • UK1. Calendar of the State Papers relating to Ireland, of the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth (vol 3) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Calendar of the State Papers relating to Ireland, of the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth (vol 5) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Calendar of the State Papers relating to Ireland, of the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth (vol 7) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Calendar of the State Papers relating to Ireland, of the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth (vol 9) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Calendar of the State Papers relating to Ireland, of the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth (vol 10) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Calendar of the State Papers relating to Ireland, of the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth (vol 11) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 41) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 42) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 45) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 43) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 5) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 6) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 8) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 9) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 12) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 30) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Calendar of State Papers, Domestic. Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth, and James I (vol 10) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 44) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Calendar of the State Papers relating to Ireland, of the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth (vol 1) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Calendar of the State Papers relating to Ireland, of the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth (vol 2) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Calendar of the State Papers relating to Ireland, of the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth (vol 6) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Calendar of the State Papers relating to Ireland, of the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth (vol 8) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Calendar of State Papers, Domestic. Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth, and James I (vol 4) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Calendar of letters and state papers relating to English affairs: preserved principally in the Archives of Simancas (vol 2) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Hume, Martin Andrew Sharp, 1847-1910
  • UK1. Calendar of letters and state papers relating to English affairs: preserved principally in the Archives of Simancas (vol 3) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Hume, Martin Andrew Sharp, 1847-1910
  • UK1. Calendar of letters and state papers relating to English affairs: preserved principally in the Archives of Simancas (vol 1) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Hume, Martin Andrew Sharp, 1847-1910
  • UK1. Calendar of State Papers, Domestic. Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth, and James I (vol 3) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Calendar of the State Papers relating to Ireland, of the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth (vol 4) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Calendar of State Papers, Domestic. Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth, and James I (vol 9) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 34) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 36) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 37) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 38) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 39) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 35) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 1) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 2) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 7) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 10) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 11) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 13) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 14) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 15) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 16) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 17) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 18) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 19) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 20) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 21) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 22) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 23) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 24) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 26) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 27) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 28) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Colonial Records. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial (vol 29) by Great Britain. Public Record Office and Great Britain. Colonial Office and Great Britain. India Office
  • UK1. Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII (vol 1) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII (vol 10) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII (vol 12) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII (vol 17) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII (vol 18) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII (vol 21) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII (vol 3) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII (vol 4) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII (vol 19) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII (vol 20) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII (vol 2) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII (vol 4) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII (vol 14) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII (vol 18) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII (vol 19) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII (vol 1) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Report on the manuscripts of the Earl of Ancaster, preserved at Grimsthorpe by Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts and Great Britain. Historical Manuscripts Commission. Report on the Pepys manuscripts preserved at Magdalene College, Cambridge, 1911 and Ancaster, Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 2nd Earl of, 1867- and Bertie family and Willoughby de Eresby, Peregrine Bertie, Baron, 1555-1601
  • UK1. Report on the manuscripts of the family of Gawdy, formerly of Norfolk .. by Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts and Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts. The mss. of J.M. Heathcote and Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts. Report on the mss. of the Marquess of Lothian and Rye, Walter, 1843-1929
  • UK1. Calendar of State Papers, Domestic. Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth, and James I (vol 1) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Calendar of State Papers, Domestic. Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth, and James I (vol 7) by Great Britain. Public Record Office
  • UK1. Calendar of State Papers, Domestic. Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth, and James I (vol 11) by Great Britain. Public Record Office

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