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EDUCATION BEFORE VERDUN
First novel in Zweig’s war trilogy; followed by The Case of Sergeant Grischa and The Crowning of a King. Original German title: Erziehung vor Verdun. Roman (1935). Translated from the…
THE REASON WHY
The feud between Lucan and Cardigan and the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava in the Crimean War; due to an ambiguous order, 488 out of 673 men were…
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE, 1820-1910
This biography of Florence Nightingale, which focuses on her service during the Crimean War, draws on various family papers not available to Sir Edward Cook when he composed her official…
THE INVISIBLE GOVERNMENT
…with the CIA at its center, that conducts the clandestine policies of the united states in the cold war. A very good copy, spine tail bumped, in chipped dust jacket….
CHURCHILL IN HIS TIME
A STUDY IN A REPUTATION
…purport to explain Churchill’s plummet in popularity at home during the war and after. Published in the U.S. under the title: CHURCHILL IN POWER. Dismissed by the Times Literary Supplement…