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POWER AND INFLUENCE
…which became the basis for Britain’s post-World War II welfare state under the Labour government elected in 1945. An authority on unemployment insurance from early in his career, Beveridge served…
TEN SECONDS FROM NOW
A Broadcaster's Story
The memoirs of a BBC broadcaster, including World War II. A very good copy, corners slightly worn, in dust jacket with slightly chipped corners….
HET VERGETEN SQUADRON
Het verhaal de Nederlandse vliegers, die tegen Japan hun vergeten strijd vochten.
The memoirs of a Dutch bomber squadron commander in the Pacific in World War II; Dutch participation in the Pacific theater has been largely forgotten. Uncommon in Europe, rare on…
MALTA AIRMEN
New Zealanders in the defense of Malta, World War II, including Malta’s Air Officer Commanding. From the New Zealand in the Second World War Official History series. A very good…
THE TIME FOR DECISION
-First English Edition-
FDR’s wartime Special Envoy to Europe analyzes the causes of World War II in the midst of World War II, placing the blame squarely on the failures of U.S. policy…
U.S. ARMY IN THE KOREAN WAR
Truce Tent and Fighting Front
The second of five volumes to be published on the United States and the Korean War, Truce and Tent Fighting covers the seemingly unending negotiations during the last two years…
SEA LANES IN WAR TIME: The American Experience, 1775-1942
Excellent analysis by noted author; may still be the best on the subject. The first half is chronological through the Civil War; second half is topical through the summer of…
CHURCHILL AT WAR
His "Finest Hour" in Photographs 1940-1945
…the Imperial War Museum, with text and captions by Churchill’s esteemed official biographer. This is a very good copy of the English edition, second printing, in an unclipped dust jacket….
CHURCHILL’S SECRET WAR
The British Empire and the Ravaging of India During Word War II
…as a bulwark againt Japan, and spent years before and after World War II warning of the bloodshed he envisioned when independence would be granted and attempting to protect the…
HAPPY DISPATCHES: Journalistic pieces from Banjo Paterson’s days as a war correspondent
The beloved Australian writer, reporting for the Sydney Morning Herald on the Boer War, China, London, World War I, British generals, Churchill, Kipling, etc. Fine writing. Originally published in 1934….
TOBACCO CARD: “Winston L.S. Churchill, War Correspondent”
A very early Boer War-era tobacco card featuring Great Britain’s highest paid war reporter of his time. Manufactured in 1901 for Ogden’s Tab Cigarettes, the card measures 2 1/4 x…
COMBAT OVER SPAIN
Memoirs of a Nationalist Fighter Pilot, 1936-1939
One of the few Nationalist memoirs from the Spanish Civil War. 170 combat mission with 6 victories and 5 probables. A very good copy, in slightly worn dust jacket, one…