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THE KOREAN WAR
…lessons of that war should be applied today in Southeast Asia; and why future wars must be fought for clear and limited objectives.” [from dust jacket] A very good copy,…
THE BOLSHEVIKS AND THE WORLD WAR
The Origin of the Third International
Traces the political and social origins of the Third International which arose during the First World War in reaction to the labor and socialist parties of the Second International ’s…
PROPERTY TAKEN DURING THE WAR WITH SPAIN
“Letter From the Secretary of War, Transmitting a Report of the Board of Officers on Claims for Property Taken for Military Purposes Within the United States During the War With…
THE NORTON BOOK OF MODERN WAR
Poetry and literature from both World Wars, Spanish Civil War, Vietnam. Edited by the author of “The Great War and Modern Memory.” A near fine copy, illegible signature on half-title…
THE CORRESPONDENTS’ WAR
Journalists in the Spanish-American War
The role played by mass print media and especially field correspondents during the Spanish American war was adventurous, celebrated, dangerous and extremely ambiguous. Brown examines the complex relationship between media…
TOBACCO CARD: “Mr. Winston Spencer Churchill, ‘Morning Post,’ Special War Correspondent”
A very early tobacco card featuring Great Britain’s highest paid war reporter of his time, manufactured for Ogden’s Guinea Gold Cigarettes’s “Boer War” series of 1900-1901. The card measures 2…
HAPPY DISPATCHES: Journalistic pieces from Banjo Paterson’s days as a war correspondent
The beloved Australian writer, reporting for the Sydney Morning Herald on the Boer War, China, London, World War I, British generals, Churchill, Kipling, etc. Fine writing. Originally published in 1934….
THE KOREAN WAR
An International History
Examines the role of the UN, NATO and “smaller” nations, and how their restraint helped to prevent the war from escalating beyond the Korean peninsula. A very good copy, in…
WAR GAMES
The Secret World of the Creators, Players, and Policy Makers Rehearsing World War III Today
An account of the war gaming that goes on behind the closed doors of the Pentagon. A very good copy, slight edge wear, in lightly worn dust jacket….
FORGOTTEN WAR, FORGIVEN GUILT
The U.S. 13th Air Force in the Pacific in World War II, by a flying boat pilot, including accounts a Japanese atrocities. A fine copy, miniscule wear to corners, in…
THE PACIFIC WAR REMEMBERED
An Oral History Collection
First hand accounts of U.S. Navy and Marine Corps actions (sea, air and amphibious) in World War II by 30 participants. A fine copy, corners very slightly worn, slight smudge…
FLIGHTS OF PASSAGE: Reflections of a World War II Aviator
A fine memoir by a U.S. Navy dive-bomber pilot who flew over a hundred missions at Okinawa and Ulithi in World War II, In very good condition, dust jacket, Price…