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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…
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…
LIFE: “The War Memoirs of Winston Churchill” (Volume V, Pt. I “Closing the Ring”)
-Magazine Article-
The pre-publication serialization of Churchill’s “War Memoirs” continues, lavishly illustrated. [Pages 108-114, 117-124, 127-128 (20 pages)] This is an original copy in very good condition….
1916 SUPPLEMENT TO THE COMPILATION OF GENERAL ORDERS,CIRCULARS AND BULLETINS OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT 1881-1915
The book is in fair condition, has former owner name written to the front end paper and has a name plate, has a little shelf ware and the boards are…
CHURCHILL’S FIRST WAR
Young Winston at War with Afghanistan
As a young cavalry lieutenant and war correspondent, Winston Churchill wrote a timeless account of his first major campaign, THE STORY OF THE MALAKAND FIELD FORCE, published in 1898. Foreign…
THE UNION-CASTLE AND THE WAR
1914-1919
The privately printed Word War I record of the Union-Castle Line, whose ships provided invaluable service as transports, troopships, hospital ships, and armed merchant convoys, including a complete ‘Roll of…
WINSTON S. CHURCHILL: WAR CORRESPONDENT 1895-1900
Originally published in 1972 as YOUNG WINSTON’S WARS, this collection reprints Churchill’s early despatches as a young war correspondent writing from the Northwest Frontier, the Sudan and South Africa, plus…
CHURCHILL’S WAR LAB
Code-Breakers, Scientists and the Mavericks Churchill Led to Victory
A unique contribution to Churchill scholarship, Downing mines Churchill’s fascination with new technologies, espionage and the “science of war” in the modern age, arguing that Allied victory was due in…
AMERICANS AT WAR
1975-1986, An Era of Violent Peace
Traces the series of violent conflicts in which the US Military involved itself in the decade following the “end” of war. A very good copy in slightly chipped dust jacket,…
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…
WAR IN THE SHADOWS
The Guerilla in History (Volumes I & II)
A detailed history of modern guerilla warfare, intended to give a historical perspective on the war in Vietnam. Both volumes are very good First American edition copies, without dust jackets….
THE POST-WAR SPEECHES
-First American Edition Set without Dust Jackets Complete in Four Volumes-
This is a very good First American edition set without dust jackets of the four post-war speech volumes, as published in the U.S. SINEWS OF PEACE is virtually mint, with…