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UNDER FIRE
The Story of American War Correspondents
The story of American war correspondents from the Revolution through the Persian Gulf war. A near fine copy in very good dust jacket (160 pages, numerous photographs, index)….
TRUXTUN OF THE CONSTELLATION
The Life of Commodore Thomas Truxtun, U.S. Navy 1755-1822
The first full length biography pf Truxtun, who was privateersman in the Revolution and fought in the Quasi-War with France. Facsimile reprint of the 1956 first edition. A near fine…
PEARL HARBOR
A good overview of the aims, planning and execution of the attack, by a prominent historian of the Pacific war. A very good copy, spine head & tail slightly bumped,…
GARBO
The Spy who Save D-Day
…dust jacket. An account of the wartime activities of the first major double agent in the history of espionage, Juan Pujol, with an introduction on British intelligence during the war….
THE DUKE OF CORNWALL’S OWN RIFLES: A Regimental History of the Forty-Third Regiment, Active Militia of Canada
-Signed and Inscribed Presentation Copy-
…a faint damp-spot on front cover. Contents fine and include period advertisements from Ottawa-area businesses. The Forty-Third Regiment served in the Fenian Raids, the Northwest Rebellion and the Boer War….
FROM PRESIDENT TO PRISON
A Polish novelist, journalist, explorer and professor, Ossendowski was a chemist cooperating with the Russian army during the Russo-Japanese War. After the 1905 revolution he was briefly president of the…
MEMORIES AND ADVENTURES
…and revisits his early adventures following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather as a war correspondent. This is a very good First American edition copy, in dust jacket….
COMMON DESTINY
Dictatorship, Foreign Policy, and War in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany
Comparing the structure and dynamics in the two countries. Also has a fair amount on the Italian Army at war, 1940-43. A very good copy, without dust jacket (262p., notes,…
TURMOIL AND TRADITION
A Study of the Life and TImes of Henry L. Stimson
The story of an American statesman, who served as Secretary of War, Governor-General of the Philippines, and Secretary of State. A very good copy, owner’s name in ink on front…
GENERALISSIMO CHURCHILL
Thompson’s third critique expands his analysis from Montgomery to all the generals, saying Churchill should have left war plans to the brass. A very good copy, in a price-clipped dust…
WINSTON CHURCHILL
An Informal Study of Greatness
…many people who knew Churchill as far back as the Boer War. There is no index unfortunately but the book is an unexpected gem nonetheless. The contents here are fine….
JAPAN’S AMERICAN INTERLUDE
The political, economic, cultural, etc. impact of the U.S. post-war occupation. A very good copy, without dust jacket (257p., notes, biblio., index)….