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VICTORS AND VANQUISHED
The German Influence on Army and Church in France after 1870
The formation of the French Republic in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian war, including universal military conscription, compulsory education, etc. A very good copy, in dust jacket….
THE GREAT BETRAYAL: The Definitive Story of Blunt, Philby, Burgess, and Maclean
A concise account of the “Cambridge” spies, 1930s-63. Collectively they perjured the British intelligence service in the most notorious Cold War case of all time. A very good copy, in…
ROLL OF HONOR OF THE SEVENTY-SIXTH U.S. FIELD ARTILLERY
Attached to the 3rd Infantry Div., using 75mm guns, including a (very) brief history of the unit in the war. In combat from May, 1918 on at the Marne, St….
TRUXTUN OF THE CONSTELLATION
The Life of Commodore Thomas Truxtun, U.S. Navy 1755-1822
The first full length biography pf Truxtun, who was privateersman in the Revolution and fought in the Quasi-War with France. Facsimile reprint of the 1956 first edition. A near fine…
THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE HISTORIAN OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, 1897
…and the cloth cover is lightly soiled; else fine. Contents are remarkably clean and unfoxed. Contains lengthy Colonial muster rolls and articles on Civil War battles involving New York regiments….
THE BLOODY ROAD TO PANMUNJOM
An account of the “forgotten war,” and the incredible losses that eventually lead to negotiations. A very good copy, in mylar covered dust jacket….
PIGBOAT 39
An American Sub Goes to War
The service of an old U.S. S-class submarine in the Pacific from Pearl Harbor until she grounded in August, 1942, including five war patrols. By the wife of one of…
THE LONG CAMPAIGN
The History of the 15th Fighter Group in World War II
The 15th saw combat at Pearl Harbor, scoring the first U.S. air-to-air victories of the war, and fought throughout the Pacific to the end. An uncommon history, by the unit’s…
UNA VERSIONE AUSTRIACA DI VITTORIO VENETO DIVULGATA IN FRANCIA
The Italian victory at the Battle of Vittorio Veneto, October 24 to November 3, 1918, helped precipitate the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and ended the war on that front….
FACING THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
“With an Open Letter on the Danger of Thermonuclear War from Andrei Sakharov.” By an eminent physicist. A good copy, some edge wear….
STALIN AND THE BOMB
The Soviet Union and Atomic Energy 1939-1956
A very good study of the development of the Soviet bomb, revealing many important influences on Soviet nuclear policy throughout the Cold War. A very good copy, corners slightly worn,…
ON STRATEGY II
A Critical Analysis of the Gulf War
The resurgence of American military might, culminating in the 1991 Gulf War. A very good copy….