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TRUXTUN OF THE CONSTELLATION
The Life of Commodore Thomas Truxtun, U.S. Navy 1755-1822
The first full length biography pf Truxtun, who was privateersman in the Revolution and fought in the Quasi-War with France. Facsimile reprint of the 1956 first edition. A near fine…
COMMON DESTINY
Dictatorship, Foreign Policy, and War in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany
Comparing the structure and dynamics in the two countries. Also has a fair amount on the Italian Army at war, 1940-43. A very good copy, without dust jacket (262p., notes,…
EXPERIENCES OF A SIEGE
A Diary of the Siege of Kimberley, 21 September 1899 to 16 February 1900
Moffat, an adventurous Scottish lady, arrived from the Klondike on 20 September, 1899; the Boer War began 11 October and Kimberley was besieged by the Boers three days later. Limited…
GENERALISSIMO CHURCHILL
Thompson’s third critique expands his analysis from Montgomery to all the generals, saying Churchill should have left war plans to the brass. A very good copy, in a price-clipped dust…
OFFICERS AND MEN AT THE BATTLE OF MANILA BAY
May 1, 1898
Spanish-American War. By members of the Orders and Medals Society of America. Number 108 of 2,000 copies, signed by Bell. Scarce. A very good copy, covers lightly worn….
HIGH NOON IN LINCOLN
Violence on the Western Frontier
The Lincoln County War, most popularly a platform for sensational depictions of Billy the Kid, is a case study in Western Frontier violence. “Utley recreates the West of the 1870s…
IN THE CLOUDS ABOVE BAGHDAD
Being a Record of an Air Commander
One of the few accounts of the air war in Mesopotamia 1916-1918 along with much detail of ground action. (Facsimile reprint of 1920 edition.) A very good copy, printed without…
THE CAPTURE OF CETYWAYO
By the commander of the detached squadron of King’s Dragoon Guards that captured the Zulu king at the end of the Zulu War, Ngome forest, 1879. The original 1879 printing…
EDUCATION BEFORE VERDUN
The first novel in Zweig’s famous anti-war trilogy, followed by “The Case of Sergeant Grischa” and “The Crowning of a King”. Original German title: “Erziehung vor Verdun. Roman” (1935). Translated…
DEFENSE OR DELUSION?
America's Military in the 1980s
Much on the growing pains of the all-volunteer force, especially the loss of experienced officers and low quality of recruits, by a professor at the U.S. Naval War College. A…
THEY SHALL NOT SLEEP
War time analysis of people in China, Burma, India and Russia. A very good copy, in a badly chipped and torn dust jacket. (399p., index.)
SOLDIERS AND STATESMEN 1914-1918
-Slipcased First American Edition in Dust Jackets-
War memoirs by the first British Army soldier to rise from private to field marshal; COS to Haig,1915-1916; Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 1917-191 This is an astonishingly beautiful…