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Catalog snapshot checked: 2026-09-25. Coverage: 91 public books, 91 available source excerpts.

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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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Revolutions

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Modern Nations

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Social History

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World Events

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Modern History — Editor’s Selection

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Authors: Keating, Bern, 1915-2004

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