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JAPAN’S WAR
The Great Pacific Conflict, 1853-1952
Japan’s forced emergence from isolation, its industrialization, the Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War, World War II and its aftermath. A very good copy, upper edge of front cover dented, in…
WAR AND ADMINISTRATION: The Significance of the Crimean War for the British Army
Reforms in the aftermath of one of the worst managed wars in history. A very good copy, in slightly rubbed dust jacket. (174p., 2 maps, 2 Tables of Organization, notes,…
THE NEW ZEALAND PEOPLE AT WAR: WAR ECONOMY
Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45
A virtually mint copy copy, in a shelfworn but altogether intact dust jacket.
SIGNED OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY COMPANION VOLUME VI “The Churchill War Papers” Part 3 (“The Ever-Widening War” 1941)
'Signed First American Edition-
A virtually mint copy of the First American edition, in an unclipped dust jacket, signed on the title page in ink: “Martin Gilbert.”…
IAN HAMILTON’S MARCH
-First English Edition (Second Printing)-
A very good copy of the Second Printing of the First English edition, which the publisher designated as a “Second Edition” but which bibliographer Ronald Cohen argues is really more…
THE STORY OF THE MALAKAND FIELD FORCE
-Second Colonial Library Edition-
This is a beautiful copy of the Second Colonial Library edition, bound in a vivid blue-green cloth, fascinatingly different from the standard Colonial Library gray-green cloth. The Second Colonial Library…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…