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THE SANTA FE TRAIL
Originally the trade route with Mexico, this trail connecting Santa Fe with Missouri also served as the 1846 invasion route during the Mexican-American War, and then again as the major…
SLIPSTREAM: The Story of Anthony Duke
The biography of a double agent in Germany who posed as a renegade Brit, written by his sister, herself a post-war British agent. A very good copy, corners slightly frayed,…
A DAMNED UN-ENGLISH WEAPON. THE STORY OF SUBMARINE WARFARE 1914-1918
“NY. ed.:””The Underwater War.””” The book is in very good condition , the dust jacket has a little worn and the price clipped….
THE EIGHTH ARMY
September 1941 to January 1943
“The Army at War” series. The North Africa campaign: Sidi Rezegh, Torbuk, El Alamein, etc. A somewhat delicate copy, cover torn at staples, contents fine (102p., circa 100 illus. &…
THE SANDSTORM
The Arab-Israeli War of June 1967: Prelude and Aftermath
Military and political aspects of the Six Day War. A very good copy, in torn dust jacket….
THE HAND OF MORDECHAI
1948 War of Independence; kibbutz members held off the Egyptian Army for six days, saving Tel Aviv. A very good copy, except for heavily spotted spine, with light shelf wear,…
SOVIET ESPIONAGE
…through times of peace and war in France, Germany, Switzerland, Canada and the United States. A good copy in faded, chipped, mylar covered dust jacket, front hinge split, binding loose…
THE LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF ADMIRAL DEWEY
From Montpelier to Manila
A paean to Victor of Manila, Spanish-American War, by the Historian of the Philippine Expedition. Reading copy, issued without dust jacket. (468 pages, 87 plates [1 color flag.])…
GUNS OFF CAPE ANN
The story of the Shannon and the Chesapeake
British and American frigates battle during the War of 1812. A very good copy, light shelf wear, spine tail slightly frayed, in dust jacket with heavy edge wear and tear…
MACARTHUR IN KOREA
The Naked Emperor
…the recklessness and arrogance that became particularly apparent in his actions during the Korean War and would eventually lead to his dismissal by Truman. A very good copy, in very…
DESTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION
Personal Experiences of the Late War
By the son of Zachary, brother-in-law of Jefferson Davis, and the last Confederate commander east of the Mississippi to surrender. A classic Civil War memoir, originally published in 1879. A…
GUERNICA
The Crucible of World War II
…is a very good copy of the First American edition in a shelfworn dust jacket. Interviews with survivors and perpetrators of the first terror bombing of the Spanish Civil War….