Scope of the essays and bibliographies covers the Crimean War to the present.

Why Official History? -- Some Reasons for Official History / Capt. S.W. Roskill, D.S.C., M.A., F.R. Hist. S., R.N. -- Our Views of Military History / Colonel Susumu Nishiura, Chief, War History Office Defence Agency, Japan -- On the Invasion of the Crimea / Alexander William Kinglake -- Advertisement to Fourth Edition / Alexander William Kinglake -- The Writing of Official History / Dr. Louis Morton -- Can Official History be Honest History? / Martin Blumenson -- Official Histories -- Afghanistan -- Argentina (See Latin America) -- Austria -- Official Military History in the Hapsburg Monarchy 1711-1918 / Gunther E. Rothenberg -- The Historiography of the World War and the Official Work of the Austrian Kriegsarchiv / Edmund Glaise-Horstenau, Archivist of Austria -- The Official Austrian Military History: Austria-Hungiary's Last War 1914-1918 (Osterreich-Ungarms Letzter Krieg 1914-1918 / Dr. Kurt Peball, Generalstaatsarchivar -- Austrian Medical Histories -- Australia -- The Writing of the Australian History of the War of 1914-1918: Sources, Methods, and Some Conclusions / C.E.W. Bean, Editor-in-Chief -- The History of Australia in World War II / Gavin Long, Editor-in-Chief -- The Historical Service of the Belgian Armed Forces / Lieutenant-Colonel Ch. Brusten, Chief -- Bolivia (See Latin America) -- Brazil (see Latin America) -- Official History in Canada / A.M.J. Hyatt -- Chile (See Latin America) -- Nationalist Chinese Military History -- Colombia (See Latin America) -- Czechoslovakia -- The Royal Danish Naval History Section / Captain E. Borg, Director -- A Short History of the War-Historical Section of the Danish Army Staff / Helge Klint, Director -- Ecuador (See Latin America) -- Research into Military History in the Finnish Defence Forces / Embassy of Finland, Washington, D.C -- France -- Note on French Materials -- The Archives and French Naval History / Andre Reussner -- The French Naval Historical Service--Editorial Note -- The French Army Historical Service / General C.D.R. de Coss, -Brissac, Chief -- French Medical Histories -- Notes Concerning the French Air Force Historical Service / Supplied by the Service -- Le Comite Francaise de L'Histoire de la Deuxieme Guerre Mondiale / Aquilin de Pacy -- Official History in the German Navy to 1945 / Dr. G. Sandhofer, Militargeschichtliches Forschungsamt -- The Development of Official Military Historiography in the German Army from the Crimean War to 1945 / Dr. Hans Umbreit, Militargeschichtliches Forshungsamt -- German Medical Histories -- The Development of Official History in the Luftwaffe from the Beginnings to 1945 / Karl Kohler, Militargeschichtliches Porshungsamt -- The Work of the Militargeschichtlichen Porschungsamtes (Historical Research Department) / Dr. Ursala V. Gersdorff, Staff Historian -- The German Military History Institute to 1967 / Herr Oberst Dr. K. Schutzle, Director -- Greece -- The Royal Hellenic Naval Historical Service / Directorate of the Hellenic Naval General Staff in Athens -- The Royal Hellenic Army Historical Section / Brigadier D. Karavaselas, Deputy-Director -- The Historical Directorate of the Royal Hellenic Air Force / Supplied by the Directorate -- Hungary -- Official Military Histories--The Indian Picture / Dr. Bisheshwar Prasad, Editor-in-Chief (See also Pakistan) -- Iran -- The Israel Defence Forces--History Section / Prepared by the I.D.F. Spokesman's Office -- Italy -- The Italian Naval Historical Office (1913-1969) / Rear-Admiral Vittorio E. Tognelli, Director and Lt. Cmdr. L. Ferretti, Assistant Italian Naval Attache in Washington, D.C. -- The Historical Office of the Italian Army General Staff / Supplied by the Office -- The Italian Air Force Historical Office / Supplied by the Office -- Office for Research into Military History in the Japanese Defense Office / Colonel Susumu Nishura, Head -- War History in Korea: War History Compilation Committee, The Ministry of National Defense / Mun Hui Sok, Chairman, War History Compilation Committee -- Latin America -- Latin American Official Military History / David H. Zook, Jr. -- Malaysia -- Mexico (See Latin America) -- Netherlands -- History of the Historical Section of the Naval Staff of the Royal Netherlands Navy / Supplied by the Section -- The Military Historical and Ceremonial Section of the Royal Netherlands Army Headquarters -- The Netherlands Air Force Historical Section / Supplied by the Section -- The Publications of the Netherlands State Institute for War Documentation / Director Louis de Jong of the Institute -- New Zealand War Histories / Ronald Walker, New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs -- The Norwegian War Historical Department / Olav Riste, Civilian Historian -- Historical Section; General Headquarters, Rawalpindi (Pakistan) / The Section (See also India) -- Paraguay -- Peru -- A Brief History of the Historical Branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines / The Branch -- Poland -- Polish Military Historical Organizations / The Military Historical Institute, Warsaw -- Polish Government in Exile -- History of the Portuguese Armed Forces -- The Rhodesias / Lewis H. Gann, Senior Staff Member, Hoover Institution, Stanford University. -- The Romanian Army -- Russia -- Official Russian Military History on the Wars of the Nineteenth Century / John Shelton Curtiss, Duke University -- Official Russian Naval History of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries / Walter Hucul, University of California, Berkeley -- Russian Official History in theTwentieth Century / John T. Greenwood, Kansas State University -- The Union of South Africa War Histories / J.A.I. Agar-Hamilton, former Editor-in-Chief -- Spain -- Naval Museum of Madrid -- Origin of the Spanish Military Historical Service / El General Director -- A Short History of the Swedish Military Historical Organization Supplied by the Organization -- Switzerland--an Editorial Note -- Thailand -- Turkey -- United Arab Republic -- United Kingdom -- War Studies in the Royal Navy / Lieutenant-Commander P.K. Kemp, O.B.E., R.N. (Rtd.) -- The First British Official Historians / Jay Luvaas, Prof. of History, Allegheny College -- Preface to the Medical and Surgical History of the British Army which Served in Turkey and the Crimea During the War Against Russia in the Years 1854-55-56 / Dr. Andrew Smith, Director-General, Army Medical Department -- Official Histories of the Royal Air Force / Contributed by the Editor -- The British Military Histories of the War of 1939-45 / Sir J., R. M. Butler, Editor-in-Chief -- British Medical History of the Second World War, Sir Arthur Salusbury MacNalty, K.C.B.; M.A., M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.S., Hon. F.R.S.E., F.S.A., Editor-in-Chief of the British Official Medical History of the War -- British Civil Histories of the Second World War / Sir Keith Hancock, Editor-in-Chief -- The British Commonwealth War Graves Commission / R.A.K. Wight, Director-General -- An Additional Note on British Official Histories / The Times 19 December 1969 -- United States -- Naval History Division Documentary Publications / Rear-Admiral E.M. Eller, Director of Naval History -- Medical History in the Navy / Quintin M. Sanger, Head, Medical History and Reporting Branch, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy Department -- The Historical Publications of the U.S. Marine Corps / Henry I. Shaw, Jr., Chief Historian -- Scholarship and The U.S. Army in World War II / Kent Roberts Greenfield, former Chief Historian, Department of the Army -- The Army's World War II History and Related Publications / Stetson Conn, Chief Historian, Office of the Chief of Military History, U.S. Army -- Official History and the War in Vietnam / Charles B. MacDonald, Deputy Chief Historian -- Reports on the Extent and Nature of the Materials Available for the Preparation of a Medical and Surgical History of the Rebellion / Brevet Major J.J. Woodward, Assistant Surgeon in Charge -- Medical History of the War: Comment and Criticism / C.A. Wood and F.H. Garrison -- U.S. Army Medical History of World War I: Preface / Charles Lynch, Frank W. Weed, and Loy McAfee -- The History of the United States Army Medical Department in World War II: Concepts and Current Status / Colonel John Boyd Coates, Jr., MC, USA -- The USAF Historical Division and Its Program / Alfred F. Simpson, Chief, USAF Historical Division -- United States Official Civil Histories of World War II / Mary George, Kansas State University -- History in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Dr. Eugene Emme -- The United States Atomic Energy Commission History Project / Richard G. Hewlett, Chief Historian -- Uruguay (See Latin. America) -- Venezuela (See Latin America) -- Yugoslavia.