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…
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…
“Macmillan Wars of the United States” series. A provocative and controversial analysis of strategy and policy, from the Revolutionary War to date. A very good copy, light edge wear, owner’s…
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….
A marvelously readable analysis of Churchill’s WWII achievements, first as Prime Minister and then as author of the war’s definitive history. Illuminates especially Churchill’s second “Wilderness Years” period of 1945-1951,…
An encyclopedic guide to Canadian car racing, which underwent critical changes in the second half of the twentieth century to become a player on the world stage.
A variant first printing of this rare World War I-vintage stapled paper pamphlet containing, “Speeches delivered at the Guildhall, London, on September 4th, 1914, by Mr. Asquith, Mr. Bonar Law,…
…from the Second Brigade is a riveting firsthand account of how a single armored brigade was able to capture an Arab capital defended by one of the world’s largest armies….
…with only nominal fading to the fade-prone spine. The binding is the Second State of the First Printing (per Cohen), with the variant five-line title block on the cover and…
A typed thank-you note on 28 Hyde Park Gate notepaper, dated “3 December, 1958,” three days days after Churchill’s 84th Birthday, to John Colville, Churchill’s Private Secretary during World War…
The memoirs of Churchill’s Minister of State in charge of coordinating military and political affairs in the Middle East during World War II. This is a Second Impression copy of…
…Strike of 1926, and was a shipowner, whose vessels served in Allied operations throughout World War II as hospital, supply and troop ships. The Churchills notably stayed at his lakeside…