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REGULATIONS OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT GOVERNING THE ORGANIZED MILITIA
Document 319, superseded by the 1910 “Regulations for the Organized Militia … ” A good copy, covers a bit rumpled, some edge wear, slight dampstaining in front matter, name on…
THE OUTPOST WAR
U.S. Marines in Korea, Volume 1: 1952
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…
ONE DAY OF THE CIVIL WAR
America in Conflict April 10, 1863
The midpoint of the war. A fine copy, in like dust jacket. (317p., 3 maps, appendix, notes, biblio., index.)…
REFIGHTING THE LAST WAR
Command and Crisis in Korea 1950-1953
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…
KOREA: The Untold Story of the War
“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”…
WAR IN PEACETIME
The History and Lessons of Korea
Written by the Army Chief of Staff, this volume presents an insiders account of the activities of the Joint Chiefs of Staff throughout the war and includes a detailed analysis…
THE AMERICAN WAY OF WAR
A History of United States Military Strategy and Policy
“Macmillan Wars of the United States” series. A provocative and controversial analysis of strategy and policy, from the Revolutionary War to date. A very good copy, light edge wear, owner’s…
A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES
-Presentation Set Signed in All Four Volumes-
…Strike of 1926, and was a shipowner, whose vessels served in Allied operations throughout World War II as hospital, supply and troop ships. The Churchills notably stayed at his lakeside…
FORTY YEARS ON… 1909-1949
-With a tipped-in facsimile telegram from Winston Churchll-
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…
TYPED BIRTHDAY THANK-YOU NOTE SIGNED BY WINSTON CHURCHILL
TO JOHN "JOCK" COLVILLE
A typed thank-you note on 28 Hyde Park Gate notepaper, dated “3 December, 1958,” three days days after Churchill’s 84th Birthday, to John Colville, Churchill’s Private Secretary during World War…
MY EARLY LIFE: A Roving Commission
-First English Edition in Dust Jacket-
…with only nominal fading to the fade-prone spine. The binding is the Second State of the First Printing (per Cohen), with the variant five-line title block on the cover and…
CHURCHILL’S ARMY 1939-1945
The Men, Machines and Organisation
This is a large-format, lushly illustrated coffee table book that examines every aspect of the British Army during the Second World War. New in dust jacket.