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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 EIGHTH ARMY
September 1941 to January 1943
“The Army at War” series. The North Africa campaign: Sidi Rezegh, Torbuk, El Alamein, etc. A somewhat delicate copy, cover torn at staples, contents fine (102p., circa 100 illus. &…
THE HAND OF MORDECHAI
1948 War of Independence; kibbutz members held off the Egyptian Army for six days, saving Tel Aviv. A very good copy, except for heavily spotted spine, with light shelf wear,…
ENTER THE DRAGON
China’s Undeclared War Against the U.S. in Korea, 1950-51
A unique volume examining the Korean War in terms of Chinese sources. Based on five years of interviews, Enter the Dragon provides the first thorough account of the Chinese intervention…
THE GREAT EARL OF PETERBOROUGH
Biography of Charles Mordaunt (1658-1735), ardent opponent of James II, supporter of William of Orange, commander of British forces in the War of the Spanish Succession. A good ex-library copy,…
THE THREE DAY PROMISE
A Korean Soldier’s Memoir
…until his studies were disrupted by the Korean war. He moved south with the army as a refugee and eventually enlisted. A fine copy, in very good, mylar covered dust…
THE STATUE ERECTED BY THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE IN HONOR OF GENERAL JOHN STARK
A Sketch of its Inception, Erection and Dedication
Book printed to commemorate the building of a monument to General John Stark, a soldier in both the French Indian War and the American Revolution. A very good copy, cover…
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…
SOLITARY STAR
A Biography of Sam Houston
A celebratory biography of Sam Houston, “potential squaw man, soldier in the War of 1812, impoverished school teacher, frontier lawyer, United States Congressman, [and] Governor of Texas … before he…
BLOODS
An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans
A compilation of 19 first hand accounts of the Vietnam war by African American servicemen. The first major account of the complex and unique experience of black soldiers, at their…