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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, PEACE, AND THE VIET CONG
While not attempting to predict the outcome of the Vietnam War, Pike examines the motives and objectives of the interested parties in an attempt to understand various possibilities for the…
WAR AND SOCIETY
Historical essays in honour and memory of J.R. Western 1928-1971
Wide-ranging essays by 17 contributors dealing with the relationship between war and the organization of society. Most essays address 20th century conflicts although some deal with earlier time periods as…
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…
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…
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Document 319, superseded by the 1910 “Regulations for the Organized Militia … ” A good copy, covers a bit rumpled, some edge wear, slight dampstaining in front matter, name on…
CIVIL WAR NURSE
The Diary and Letters of Hannah Ropes
Matron of the Union Hospital in Georgetown; appalled at the conditions, she went directly to the Secretary of War and forced improvements. She died of pneumonia in 1863. A fine…
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…
ONE DAY OF THE CIVIL WAR
America in Conflict April 10, 1863
The midpoint of the war. A fine copy, in like dust jacket. (317p., 3 maps, appendix, notes, biblio., index.)…
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…
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”…
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…