LibGuides: Military and Defence Studies: Featured databases

Featured databases

Are you unsure where to begin finding scholarly journal articles? Start your search with this selection of databases, which have been compiled by academics and experts in the field and are updated on a regular basis.

For a larger selection, click here to view the complete catalogue listing of our Military and Defence Studies databases.

Digital National Security Archive
Expertly curated and meticulously indexed declassified government documents covering U.S. policy toward critical world events - including military, intelligence, diplomatic and human rights dimensions from 1945 to the present. Each collection is assembled by foreign policy experts and features chronologies; glossaries; bibliographies; and scholarly overviews to provide unparalleled access to the defining international issues of our time.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
This database contains transcribed radio broadcasts, intercepted by the US Government and presented in daily report format. Administered by the CIA since 1947, these reports have been one of the mainstays of the intelligence community since their inception in 1941, and give full coverage of the period from 1941 to 1996.

First World War: Personal Experiences
From personal collections and rare printed material, to military files, ephemera and artwork, The First World War highlights the experiences of soldiers, civilians and governments on both sides of the conflict and in multiple theatres of war.
First World War : Propaganda and Recruitment
This resource covers an array of international perspectives, the resource showcases intimate personal narratives, wartime propaganda and recruitment material, the truly global reach of the conflict, and the role of women in war.
U.S. relations and policies in Southeast Asia, 1944-1958
This collection identifies the key issues, individuals, and events in the history of US-Southeast Asia relations between 1944 and 1958, placing them in context of the complex and dynamic regional strategic, political, and economic processes.
Correspondence from German concentration camps and prisons, 1936-1945
This collection consists of items originating from prisoners held in German concentration camps, internment and transit camps, Gestapo prisons, and POW camps during and just prior to World War II. Most of the collection consists of letters written or received by prisoners, but it also includes receipts for parcels, money orders and personal effects; paper currency; and realia, including Star of David badges that Jews were forced to wear.