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IN LOVE & WAR
The Story of a Family’s Ordeal and Sacrifice During the Vietnam Years
Told by husband and wife in alternating chapters, IN LOVE AND WAR is the story of a Navy fighter pilot shot down during a bombing raid in September of 1965…
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…
MARY CHURCHILL’S WAR
The Wartime Diaries of Churchill’s Youngest Daughter
Followup to Lady Soames’ 2012 memoir, A DAUGHTER’S TALE, comprising her wartime diaries, 1939-1945. Though self-characterized by Lady Soames herself as “the diary of an ordinary person’s life in war…
THE FORGOTTEN WAR
America in Korea 1950-1953
A masterwork of military history that combines battlefield-level detail with command-level history as well as the domestic and international political dimensions of the war. A very good copy, in mylar…
THE GI WAR
A very good copy in an unclipped dust jacket. A compilation of stories intended to show every facet of enlisted life during the war by former Stars and Stripes reporter…
WITHIN LIMITS. THE U.S. AIR FORCE AND THE KOREAN WAR.
Korean War fiftieth anniversary commemorative edition. 61pages, 12 illustrations, 2 maps, bibliography….
THE CIVIL WAR
Strange and Fascinating Facts
Inventions, generals’ idiosyncracies and much other interesting trivia. Originally published as Our Incredible Civil War, 1960. A fine copy, in like dust jacket. (249p., illus., biblio.)…
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….
THE “PEOPLE’S WAR” IN FRANCE 1870-1871
The Franco-Prussian War. One in the superb Pall Mall Military Series. A good copy, spine darkened, corners & spine head & tail frayed, rear cover slightly scraped, small brown square…
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…
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 BAD WAR
An Oral History of the Vietnam War
The collection includes 75 personal accounts of the Vietnam war from a wide range of often conflicting perspectives. A very good copy, in mylar covered dust jacket….