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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…
ROLL OF HONOR OF THE SEVENTY-SIXTH U.S. FIELD ARTILLERY
Attached to the 3rd Infantry Div., using 75mm guns, including a (very) brief history of the unit in the war. In combat from May, 1918 on at the Marne, St….
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….
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)….
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…
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….
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…
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…
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.)