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CIVIL WAR NURSE
The Diary and Letters of Hannah Ropes
Matron of the Union Hospital in Georgetown; appalled at the conditions, she went directly to the Secretary of War and forced improvements. She died of pneumonia in 1863. A fine…
THE BAD WAR
An Oral History of the Vietnam War
The collection includes 75 personal accounts of the Vietnam war from a wide range of often conflicting perspectives. A very good copy, in mylar covered dust jacket….
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…
LIFE: “The War Memoirs of Winston Churchill” (Volume V, Pt. I “Closing the Ring”)
-Magazine Article-
The pre-publication serialization of Churchill’s “War Memoirs” continues, lavishly illustrated. [Pages 108-114, 117-124, 127-128 (20 pages)] This is an original copy in very good condition….
A SAVAGE WAR OF PEACE
Algeria 1954-1962
A classic on the Algerian rebellion against France and the brutal war for independence. Uncommon, and becoming scarce. This is a very good paperback copy, covers slightly soiled, front cover…
THE UNION-CASTLE AND THE WAR
1914-1919
The privately printed Word War I record of the Union-Castle Line, whose ships provided invaluable service as transports, troopships, hospital ships, and armed merchant convoys, including a complete ‘Roll of…
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…
WINSTON S. CHURCHILL: WAR CORRESPONDENT 1895-1900
Originally published in 1972 as YOUNG WINSTON’S WARS, this collection reprints Churchill’s early despatches as a young war correspondent writing from the Northwest Frontier, the Sudan and South Africa, plus…
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 – II
Triumph in Adversity
Convicted as a holocaust denier in a Vienna court in 2006, David Irving first published his notorious”Churchill’s War” in 1987, a book that only Tucker Carlson could countenance, riven with…
THE GRIFFIN
The Greatest Untold Espionage Story of World War II.
…changed our world with the discovery of nuclear fission, and, apparently, a pillar of Nazi society. Rosebaud was also Winston Churchill’s most invaluable spy in Germany throughout World War II….