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EXPERIENCES OF A SIEGE
A Diary of the Siege of Kimberley, 21 September 1899 to 16 February 1900
Moffat, an adventurous Scottish lady, arrived from the Klondike on 20 September, 1899; the Boer War began 11 October and Kimberley was besieged by the Boers three days later. Limited…
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…
OFFICERS AND MEN AT THE BATTLE OF MANILA BAY
May 1, 1898
Spanish-American War. By members of the Orders and Medals Society of America. Number 108 of 2,000 copies, signed by Bell. Scarce. A very good copy, covers lightly worn….
HIGH NOON IN LINCOLN
Violence on the Western Frontier
The Lincoln County War, most popularly a platform for sensational depictions of Billy the Kid, is a case study in Western Frontier violence. “Utley recreates the West of the 1870s…
IN THE CLOUDS ABOVE BAGHDAD
Being a Record of an Air Commander
One of the few accounts of the air war in Mesopotamia 1916-1918 along with much detail of ground action. (Facsimile reprint of 1920 edition.) A very good copy, printed without…
THE CAPTURE OF CETYWAYO
By the commander of the detached squadron of King’s Dragoon Guards that captured the Zulu king at the end of the Zulu War, Ngome forest, 1879. The original 1879 printing…
EDUCATION BEFORE VERDUN
The first novel in Zweig’s famous anti-war trilogy, followed by “The Case of Sergeant Grischa” and “The Crowning of a King”. Original German title: “Erziehung vor Verdun. Roman” (1935). Translated…
DEFENSE OR DELUSION?
America's Military in the 1980s
Much on the growing pains of the all-volunteer force, especially the loss of experienced officers and low quality of recruits, by a professor at the U.S. Naval War College. A…
THEY SHALL NOT SLEEP
War time analysis of people in China, Burma, India and Russia. A very good copy, in a badly chipped and torn dust jacket. (399p., index.)
SOLDIERS AND STATESMEN 1914-1918
-Slipcased First American Edition in Dust Jackets-
War memoirs by the first British Army soldier to rise from private to field marshal; COS to Haig,1915-1916; Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 1917-191 This is an astonishingly beautiful…
STARS IN BLUE
Movie Actors in America's Sea Services
This volume covers the period from WWI through the Vietnam War and features more than 50 actors, comedians and entertainers.
HUNTING LIEUTENANT CHADBOURNE
The author’s search for information on 2nd Lt. Theodore Chadbourne, U.S. Army, who was killed in the Mexican-American War at Resaca de la Palma, May 1846. As new, in like…