A masterwork of military history that combines battlefield-level detail with command-level history as well as the domestic and international political dimensions of the war. A very good copy, in mylar…
Vol. I: The American Iliad as Told By Those Who Lived It, Vol. II: The Picture Chronicle of the Events, Leaders and Battlefields of the War. Vol. 1 was published…
Written by a combat veteran of the Korean War, this volume examines the atypical and largely defensive role played by the U.S. Marine Corps during the period of stalemate beginning…
Combining personal accounts with archival sources, Hastings explores this major 20th century conflict that is arguably the direct predecessor of the Vietnam war yet remains largely untouched by popular military…
Examines the role of the UN, NATO and “smaller” nations, and how their restraint helped to prevent the war from escalating beyond the Korean peninsula. A very good copy, in…
Focusing on issues of command, James argues that understanding the Korean War is critical to decision-making in all military conflict. A very good copy, in mylar covered dust jacket, binding…
“The pentagon papers of the Korean War.” Goulden takes full advantage of the Freedom of Information Act in order to relate a narrative of this tragic and unconstitutional “police action”…
Matron of the Union Hospital in Georgetown; appalled at the conditions, she went directly to the Secretary of War and forced improvements. She died of pneumonia in 1863. A fine…
This is a very good First American edition set without dust jackets of the four post-war speech volumes, as published in the U.S. SINEWS OF PEACE is virtually mint, with…
The company history of British aircraft manufacturer Handley Page, from its origins in 1909 to its peerless work during and after the Second World War. Winston Churchill’s contribution comes in…
An encyclopedic guide to Canadian car racing, which underwent critical changes in the second half of the twentieth century to become a player on the world stage.
A variant first printing of this rare World War I-vintage stapled paper pamphlet containing, “Speeches delivered at the Guildhall, London, on September 4th, 1914, by Mr. Asquith, Mr. Bonar Law,…