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Revolutions
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LOINU Modern History Library — Public-Domain Books on Modern History, Wars, and Nations
The LOINU Modern History Library catalogues 91 public-domain texts centred on modern history, with a strong emphasis on World War I. Holdings include personal narratives, regimental histories, prisoner-of-war accounts, and analyses of naval and aerial operations, alongside works on revolutions, nation-building, and social change. The collection is organised into four overlapping categories—Revolutions, Modern Nations, Social History, and World Events—which serve as browsing aids rather than fixed classifications. Each record provides bibliographic details, source attribution, and a catalogue note to orient readers. The mix of military and political subjects, often from multiple national perspectives, makes the catalogue a practical starting point for comparing viewpoints on major conflicts and political transformations.
91 public-domain works130 represented authorsSource-attributed catalogue records
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Modern Nations
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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Social History
Texts connected with historical lives, social customs, institutions and the worlds in which people lived.
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World Events
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
Modern History — Editor’s Selection
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World Events
The Mosquito Fleet — A Closer Re...
Authored by Authors: Keating, Bern, 1915-2004, 'The Mosquito Fleet — A Closer Re...' stands as a notable and significant work within the World Events category. Bern Keating's account of PT boat operations in World War II, drawing on action reports and veteran anecdotes to reveal the small, fast craft's role in both Pacific and European theaters, from Guadalcanal to the English Channel. It serves as a vital entry point into the broader subjects represented in our archive.
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Mirrors of Moscow — Edition Insi...
In Social ...
My Secret Service: Vienna, Sophi...
In World E...
The Memoirs of a Swine in the La...
In Modern ...
History of the 1/4th Battalion D...
In World E...
Some Problems of the Peace Confe...
In Modern ...
A Merchant Fleet at War — Backgr...
In World E...
The Fourth Battalion, The King's...
In Modern ...
Is Tomorrow Hitler's? 200 Questi...
In World E...
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