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ForgeMesh Library – History & Warfare Shelf
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ForgeMesh Library – History & Warfare Shelf is a paid API for AI agents from library.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).
Returns a ranked list of up to 19 curated public-domain books on history and warfare, with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.
Price / call$0.003
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Curated shelf: History - Warfare — 2842 public-domain books including The Anabasis of Alexander : $b or, The history of the wars and conquests of Alexander the Great, The Waterloo Roll Call With Biographical Notes and Anecdotes, A farewell to arms. Returns a ranked list with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No license, no API key required.
Output
A ranked list of up to 19 (or the requested limit, max 50) public-domain books on history and warfare, including titles such as the Simple Sabotage Field Manual, The History of the Peloponnesian War, and Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, along with drill-down routes for accessing the full text of each book.
Example use cases
Research reading list on military history
“I'm writing a paper on ancient warfare — can you get me the full list of public-domain history and warfare books available so I can find primary sources like Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War?”
Discovering free classic war memoirs
“I want to read U.S. Grant's personal memoirs but don't want to pay for them — can you find me a list of free public-domain war and history books I can browse through?”
Exploring unconventional warfare texts
“I heard there's a public-domain version of the Simple Sabotage Field Manual — can you pull up the history and warfare book shelf and show me what's available so I can find it?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/history-warfareWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, immediately accessible list of classic public-domain books specifically on history and warfare topics, without needing an API key or license. Prefer this over general web search when you want structured, ranked results with drill-down full-text retrieval routes rather than raw search links.
Side effects
- limit value exceeds maximum of 50 — clipped or error returned
- payment of 0.003 USDC not completed — 402 Payment Required response
- network timeout from ForgeMesh API
- empty result if shelf is temporarily unavailable
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | Max books to return (default 20, max 50) |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"books": [
{
"year": null,
"title": "The Anabasis of Alexander : $b or, The history of the wars and conquests of Alexander the Great",
"author": "Arrian",
"book_id": 46976,
"subjects": [],
"download_count": 46244
}
],
"count": 5,
"shelf": "History - Warfare",
"coverage": {
"target": 61015,
"indexed": 61015
},
"drill_down": [
"/book-metadata",
"/book-chapter",
"/book-quotes",
"/literature-search"
]
}
}Tags
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