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FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE, 1820-1910
This biography of Florence Nightingale, which focuses on her service during the Crimean War, draws on various family papers not available to Sir Edward Cook when he composed her official…
THE NEW MEANING OF TREASON
A revision and update of her 1947 volume The Meaning of Treason, including a new section on Cold War traitors. The author, whose given name was admired by Dulles. A…
GUERNICA
The Crucible of World War II
…is a very good copy of the First American edition in a shelfworn dust jacket. Interviews with survivors and perpetrators of the first terror bombing of the Spanish Civil War….
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…
MACARTHUR IN KOREA
The Naked Emperor
…the recklessness and arrogance that became particularly apparent in his actions during the Korean War and would eventually lead to his dismissal by Truman. A very good copy, in very…
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.])…
ADMIRAL RICHARD WAINWRIGHT AND THE UNITED STATES FLEET
Official Naval History Division biography. Wainwright served 1868-1911, fought in the Spanish-American War and was a central figure in revitalizing the fleet and the Naval Academy. A fine copy, issued…
SOVIET ESPIONAGE
…through times of peace and war in France, Germany, Switzerland, Canada and the United States. A good copy in faded, chipped, mylar covered dust jacket, front hinge split, binding loose…
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,…
THE SANDSTORM
The Arab-Israeli War of June 1967: Prelude and Aftermath
Military and political aspects of the Six Day War. A very good copy, in torn dust jacket….
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. &…
A DAMNED UN-ENGLISH WEAPON. THE STORY OF SUBMARINE WARFARE 1914-1918
“NY. ed.:””The Underwater War.””” The book is in very good condition , the dust jacket has a little worn and the price clipped….