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Discover how engaging with history can enrich our understanding of warfare; the ways it has been fought, the cultures it shapes, and the lasting impact it leaves behind. Dive into the content below, all free to access until the end of June 2026. You can also explore the full range of content you have access to through your institution.
Discover the changing advances in Chinese weaponry and warfare we know of from artifactual and inscriptional evidence. Read this chapter, 庚 辰 Essay on Warfare, from A Brief History of Ancient China, part of the History of the Ancient collection.
How were sieges carried out? What were they like to be a part of? How did they usually end? The Siege: An Iconic Form of Medieval Warfare from Icons of the Middle Ages, Volume 2: Rulers, Writers, Rebels, and Saints, part of the Medieval World Reference Library, covers these questions and more.
Explore a period of maritime voyages, military conquests, colonial expansion, and technological developments. Read this chapter on the Culture of War from the Renaissance volume of A Cultural History of War, part of the Bloomsbury Cultural Histories Series and Bloomsbury Cultural History collection.
Africans during World War I and the Interwar Period, a chapter from African Foreign Policy and Diplomacy from Antiquity to the 21st Century, looks at nations siding with their colonial powers and the rise of liberation from them. It is part of the African History Reference Library collection.
Read Richard Pipes: Humanist, Cold Warrior and see how his expertise as a Russian historian helped his adoptive country during the Cold War. The article is part of Bloomsbury History: Theory & Method.
These primary documents include remarks and extracts from world leaders on cyber security, infrastructure and reported attacks. They are from the Encyclopedia of Cyber Warfare 2nd Edition, part of the 20th Century Military History collection.
Looking for more on World War I and World War II? Visit the Churchill Archive; published in collaboration with the Churchill Archives Centre, it is an invaluable digital library of modern international history. The collection includes more than 800,000 pages of original documents produced between 1874 and 1965, ranging from Sir Winston Churchill’s personal correspondence to exchanges between the great leaders of the 19th and 20th centuries. The documents are a UNESCO Memory of the World.
All collections are available via subscription or perpetual access, find out more.
Image credits
Terracotta Army, nr. Xi'an, by kevinmcgill, Wikimedia
Depiction of various siege machines in the mid-16th century, by Deutsche Fotothek, Wikimedia
Entry of Charles VIII into Florence, by Francesco Granacci, Wikimedia
The original 3rd Bn Kings African Rifles formed in 1902 in Kenya, by the National Archive UK, Wikimedia
Richard Pipes (1923-2018), by Mariusz Kubik, Wikimedia
Cybersecurity, by cliff1126, Pixabay
