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THE KOREAN WAR
Combining personal accounts with archival sources, Hastings explores this major 20th century conflict that is arguably the direct predecessor of the Vietnam war yet remains largely untouched by popular military…
SEA SOLDIERS IN THE COLD WAR
Amphibious Warfare, 1945-1991
“An operational history of amphibious warfare in the cold war, principally as refined and executed by the two superpowers, their allies, and surrogates.” A fine copy in very good dust…
ONCE UPON A DISTANT WAR
Young War Correspondents and the Early Vietnam Battles
…the Vietnam War had yet to become the massive tragedy that we know today. According to Prochnau, Saigon was a “tempting oriental backwater” and it is in this setting that…
WAR IN PEACETIME
The History and Lessons of Korea
Written by the Army Chief of Staff, this volume presents an insiders account of the activities of the Joint Chiefs of Staff throughout the war and includes a detailed analysis…
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”…
BETWEEN THE LINES: Reflections on War and Peacetime
U.S. Air Force from 1941 to 1973: bomber maintenance, 5 & 13th Air Forces, Pacific, WWII; Korea, 3rd AF; England and Norway, Cold War. A very good copy, in dust…
WITHIN LIMITS. THE U.S. AIR FORCE AND THE KOREAN WAR.
Korean War fiftieth anniversary commemorative edition. 61pages, 12 illustrations, 2 maps, bibliography….
REGULATIONS OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT GOVERNING THE ORGANIZED MILITIA
Document 319, superseded by the 1910 “Regulations for the Organized Militia … ” A good copy, covers a bit rumpled, some edge wear, slight dampstaining in front matter, name on…
THE OUTPOST WAR
U.S. Marines in Korea, Volume 1: 1952
Written by a combat veteran of the Korean War, this volume examines the atypical and largely defensive role played by the U.S. Marine Corps during the period of stalemate beginning…
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…
THE CIVIL WAR
Vol. I: The American Iliad as Told By Those Who Lived It, Vol. II: The Picture Chronicle of the Events, Leaders and Battlefields of the War. Vol. 1 was published…
LAST REFLECTIONS ON A WAR
The last articles and notes of the renowned war correspondent and authority on Southeast Asia, author of the superb “Hell in a Very Small Place,” about Dien Bien Phu. He…