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THE RIVER WAR
-Nelson “Shilling Library”Abridged Edition in the Rare Dust Jacket-
…and fragile clothbound volume that was produced as a mass market paperback-equivalent of the World War I era, these Nelson Shilling Library volumes were considered quite disposable in their day….
CHURCHILL’S WAR LAB
Code-Breakers, Scientists and the Mavericks Churchill Led to Victory
A unique contribution to Churchill scholarship, Downing mines Churchill’s fascination with new technologies, espionage and the “science of war” in the modern age, arguing that Allied victory was due in…
MEMOIRS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
-First American Abridged Edition (Red Binding Variant)-
…original six-volume SECOND WORLD WAR First American edition. There are some modest edge creases at the spine head and tail, of the jacket, else fine. Rare thus and quite striking….
WINSTON CHURCHILL IN PEACE AND WAR
This is a very good First Edition copy of the updated World War I edition issued by the author, A. MacCallum Scott, of his 1905 biography, WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL; the…
MARY CHURCHILL’S WAR
The Wartime Diaries of Churchill’s Youngest Daughter
Followup to Lady Soames’ 2012 memoir, A DAUGHTER’S TALE, comprising her wartime diaries, 1939-1945. Though self-characterized by Lady Soames herself as “the diary of an ordinary person’s life in war…
FRENCH WAR DEBT
-Rare Pamphlet-
“Agreement for the settlement of the war debt of France and Great Britain with an exchange of letters between the Chancellor of the Exchequer [Winston S. Churchill] and the French…
CHURCHILL’S WAR AGAINST THE ZEPPELIN 1914-18
Men, Machines and Tactics
…thousand were wounded by Zeppelin bombing during the course of World War I. This book explores the development of the airship, the efforts to defend Britain against the attacks, and…
THE WORLD CRISIS: An Abridgement of the Classic Four-Volume History of World War I
-Contemporary Scribner Hardcover Reprint Edition-
…of THE WORLD CRISIS, and does not include either “The Aftermath” or “The Unknown War” (Books V and VI). In fact this edition is now out of print as well….
REFIGHTING THE LAST WAR
Command and Crisis in Korea 1950-1953
Focusing on issues of command, James argues that understanding the Korean War is critical to decision-making in all military conflict. A very good copy, in mylar covered dust jacket, binding…
KOREA: The Untold Story of the War
“The pentagon papers of the Korean War.” Goulden takes full advantage of the Freedom of Information Act in order to relate a narrative of this tragic and unconstitutional “police action”…
1916 SUPPLEMENT TO THE COMPILATION OF GENERAL ORDERS,CIRCULARS AND BULLETINS OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT 1881-1915
The book is in fair condition, has former owner name written to the front end paper and has a name plate, has a little shelf ware and the boards are…
THE KOREAN WAR
An International History
Examines the role of the UN, NATO and “smaller” nations, and how their restraint helped to prevent the war from escalating beyond the Korean peninsula. A very good copy, in…