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MEADE OF GETTYSBURG
…colorful commanders of the war, surprisingly few books have been written about him. A very good copy, in dust jacket with worn edges, owner’s stamp on front & rear free…
UNDER FIRE
Israel's 20-Year Struggle for Survival
This is a very good copy of the First American edition in worn dust jacket. Anthology of accounts, from Israel’s establishment through the Six Day War….
SOLDIERS AND STATESMEN 1914-1918
-First English Edition-
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, 1917-1918. This is a very good…
THE ZULU KINGS
From Shaka to their ultimate defeat in the 1879 Zulu War. A superior Book Club printing. A very good copy, spine head & tail & corners somewhat worn, in dust…
RICHMOND REDEEMED
The Siege at Petersburg
…history, by the Archivist/Historian at the U.S. Army War College’s Military History Institute. A very good copy, in chipped, price-clipped dust jacket with worn edges, corners & spine tail bumped….
COSMOPOLITAN: “Adventures in the Air”
-Magazine Article-
…was subtitled: “The Story of His Experiences in the Years Before the War & Some Memories of Gustav Hamel.” The essay was later included in THOUGHTS AND ADVENTURES. This is…
THE LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF ADMIRAL DEWEY
From Montpelier to Manila
A paean to Victor of Manila, Spanish-American War, by the Historian of the Philippine Expedition. Reading copy, issued without dust jacket. (468 pages, 87 plates [1 color flag.])…
DESTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION
Personal Experiences of the Late War
By the son of Zachary, brother-in-law of Jefferson Davis, and the last Confederate commander east of the Mississippi to surrender. A classic Civil War memoir, originally published in 1879. A…
VICTORS AND VANQUISHED
The German Influence on Army and Church in France after 1870
The formation of the French Republic in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian war, including universal military conscription, compulsory education, etc. A very good copy, in dust jacket….
LETTERS FROM THE FRONTIERS
McCall served in the Seminole and Mexican-American Wars, and, though this memoir does not cover it, in the Civil War. A facsimile reprint of the 1868 first edition. A good…
THE GREAT BETRAYAL: The Definitive Story of Blunt, Philby, Burgess, and Maclean
A concise account of the “Cambridge” spies, 1930s-63. Collectively they perjured the British intelligence service in the most notorious Cold War case of all time. A very good copy, in…
CHILDREN OF GRACE
The Nez Perce War of 1877
…eventually resulting in the war of 1877. Led by Chief Joseph, Looking Glass and White Bird against the might of the American Calvary and found themselves fleeing over 1,200 miles…