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THE AFFAIR: The Case of Alfred Dreyfus
by Jean-Denis Bredin. Condition: Gently pre-read 1986 George Braziller huge Trade Paperback [628 pages], no printing given. No major problems, just pre-read. Content: A detailed history of the shameful French military episode involving Alfred Dreyus, a Jewish scapegoat. Bredin unravels the legal aspects of the "Affair" and presents the whole conspiracy in a manner that is consistenly fascinating. Questions welcome [1 copy available]
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ARMIES OF THE MIDDLE EAST
by Otto von Pivka. B&W and color photos illustrate. Condition: Very Good pre-read 1979 Mayflower Books hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first thus. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this book, but it has been thoroughly read. Content: Detailed descriptions of the armies and their equipment used in the late 1970s. Of course, this is not a current book, but it would be excellent as a research tool for military historians and writers. [1 copy available]
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ARMOR FROM ANCIENT TO MODERN TIMES
by Petr Klucina. Beautiful, detailed color illustrations by Pavol Pevny. Condition: Very gently pre-read 1997 large hardcover (pictorial boards) and DJ (in mylar jacket), first printing. Size: Apx. 12 x 10 (133 pages). Content: From the DJ: The author and illustrator have drawn upon the world's most renowned collections, both privately held and in museums, to tell the complete story of the development of defensive armor. The armor of each historical period is carefully described, with considerable attention to how the armor evolved and its practical function in the battlefield tactics of the time. A detailed account is given of how European armor was influenced by, and in turn influenced, armor from the Middle East and Asia. [1 copy available]
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BLOOD RITES: Origins and History of the Passions of War
by Barbara Ehrenreich. Condition: NEW 1999 Metropolitian Books Trade Paperback, first printing. BUT it has a problem: shelfwear crease back cover. Interior perfect. Content: In this ambitious work, Barbara Ehrenreich offers a daring explanation for humans' propensity to wage war. Rather than approach the subject from a physiological perspective, pinpointing instinct or innate aggressiveness as the violent culprit, she reaches back to primitive man's fear of predators and the anxieties associated with life in the food chain. To deal with the reality of living as prey, she argues that blood rites were created to dramatize and validate the life-and-death struggle. Jumping ahead to the modern age, Ehrenreich brands nationalism a more sophisticated form of blood ritual, a phenomenon that conjures similar fears of predation, whether in the form of lost territory or the more extreme ethnic cleansing. Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War may not offer a cure for human aggression, but the author does present a convincing argument for the difficulties associated with achieving peace. For those interested in the Ancient Americas, the Aztecs and Mayas as well as Native American Tribes are included in this book. [1 copy available]
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CODEBREAKER IN THE FAR EAST:
How Britain cracked Japan's top secret military codes
by Alan Stripp. B&W photos and charts. Condition: NEW 1995 Oxford University Press Trade Paperback, first thus, first printing. Tiny edgewear. Content: Codebreaker in the Far East is the first book to describe how Bletchley Park and its Indian and Far Eastern outposts broke a series of Japanese codes and cipher systems of dazzling variety and complexity. Their achievements made a major contribution to the Allied victory in Burma, and probably helped to shorten and win the war, perhaps by two or three years. Alan Stripp gives his first-hand account of the excitement of reading the enemy's mind, of working against the clock, hampered by one of the world's most daunting languages and the knowledge that they were facing an unyielding and resourceful enemy who had never known defeat. [1 copy available]
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DESPERATE JOURNEY
by Francis Clifford (AKA Arthur Bell Thompson). Condition: Good+, 1979 Corgi (UK) paperback, no printing given. Light edgewear with pale tanning. It actually appears unread. Content: Reviewer: "In 1942, as an Office in the 1st Battalion Burma Rifles, he led his company of Karen tribesmen in a number of fierce rear-guard actions against the Japanese and in support of a Chinese Division that had moved south in support of the British Army. After the rear guard actions, his company of 135 had been reduced to 60 but was still an effective and disciplined fighting unit. After been ordered to withdraw, he led a dwindling group of Karen soldiers, Ghurkas, Indians and Commandos out of Burma - from east of the Sittang River in the south to Fort Hertz in the north. Almost 1000 miles, mostly on foot, through jungle and in the midst of the Japanese Forces and in the monsoon. Its an outstanding account and very well-written. It was in fact written originally in 1947, but was not published until a couple of years after the authors death. I've read a number of other similar accounts of British soldiers escaping from Burma after it fell to the Japanese, but this is by far and away the best written - probably fitting in that the author went on to become a best-selling author. If you are interested in Burma and WW2, this is a uniquely well-written book and worth picking up. [1 copy available]
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ENEMY AT THE GATES: The Battle for Stalingrad (Movie Edition)
by William Craig. B&W photo section. Fiennes & Law movie cover art. B&W maps. Condition: UNREAD 2001 Penguin Trade Paperback, first printing. Content: The bloodiest battle in the history of warfare, Stalingrad was perhaps the single most important engagement of World War II. A major loss for the Axis powers, the battle for Stalingrad signaled the beginning of the end for the Third Reich of Adolf Hitler. During the 5 years Craig spent researching the battle, he traveled extensively on three continents, studying documents and interviewing hundreds of survivors, both military and civilian. This unique account is their story and the stories of the nearly two million men and women who lost their lives. The movie of the same name states only that this book was "an inspiration" for the movie. [1 copy available]
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THE EVADERS: The Story of the Most Amazing Mass Escape of World War II
by Leo Heaps. B&W photo section. Condition: UNREAD 1976 William Morrow hardcover & DJ (in mylr jacket), Book Club Edition. The book is in excellent condition, but the DJ has problems of edgewear and rubbings front cover panel. Content: This is the story of what happened beyond "the bridge too far." After the Battle of Arnhem (September 1944) only 2,000 men returned across the Rhine. While in an area occupied by German combat troops, 250 men were hidden by the Dutch. Singly and in groups, assisted by the Resistance, these men made some of the most remarkable individual and mass escapes of World War II. Heaps, a Canadian, served in the British army and parachuted into the pine trees ner Arnhem with the 1st Airborne Division. Camptured by the Germans, he escaped by jumping off a train taking him to Germany and was hidden and aided by the Dutch Resistance. This is his story and the stories of others who shared similar experiences. [1 copy available]
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THE FLIGHT OF RUDOLF HESS: Myths and Reality
by Roy Conyers Nesbit and Georges Van Acker. Foreword by The Duke of Hamilton. B&W photo section. Condition: NEW 2002 Sutton Publishing Trade Paperback, first printing. Content: On 10 May 1941 Rudolf Hess - Deputy Fuhrer of the Third Reich - embarked on his astonishing flight from Augsburg to Scotland. He parachuted onto a Scottish Moor and was taken into custody. Why Scotland? Did Hitler authorize him to seek a peace with the Allies? Was British Intelligence involved? Drawing on a variety of archive and eye witness sources in Britain, Germany and the US, [the authors] have written what must be the most objective assessment of the Hess story yet to be published. Questions welcome. [2 copies available]
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THE GOLDEN ROCK: An Episode of the American War of Independence
by Ronald Hurst. Two B&W photo sections. End pages decorated with map of the area. Condition: NEW 1996 Naval Institute Press hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), no printing given. Most likely first thus, first printing. Content: The story of the tiny Dutch island of St Eustatius - the Golden Rock - in the Lesser Antilles, once the richest trading centre in the Caribbean and a major source of supply for arms and necessaries for the American rebels in the War of Independence, will be known to few, other than students of that war or British naval history. The events which followed Britain's declaration of war on the Dutch in December 1870, to pre-empt a threatened alliance with Britain's enemies, France and Spain, and the consequent seizure of the island in February 1781, by Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney and Major-General Sir John Vaughan, reflect little credit upon those joint-Commanders-in Chief or, indeed, upon the government of King George III. After some years of extensive and penetrating research, Ronald Hurst has pieced together the whole story and given us a fascinating and wholly authentic account of the rape of St Eustatius and its aftermath. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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HUNTERS FROM THE SKY: The German Parachute Corps 1940 - 1945
by Charles Whiting. Two B&W photo sections. Condition: UNREAD 1974 Leo Cooper hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), Book Club Edition. Light taning to DJ edges but none to interior pages. Content: This comprehensive history of the German Parachute Corps, from its creation to its ultimate decimation, captures the terror and exhilaration of the combat parachute combat drops made by the Germas in Holland, Crete, Italy, Greece, and during the Battle of the Bulge. [1 copy available]
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JOAN OF ARC: A Military Leader
by Kelly Devries. Color photo section as well as B&W photos throughout and maps. Condition: UNREAD 1999 Sutton Publishing hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), no printing given. Light shelfwear "browsing." Content: In 1428, a young girl from a small French village approached the royal castle of Vaucouleurs with a now famous tale. Heavenly voices, she said, had told her to seek out the Dauphin of France, so that he might giver her an army with which to deliver France. What distinguishes this text from others is its pointed depiction of Joan as a military leader rather than a proto-feminist or saint. A well-known medieval and military historian, DeVries (history, Loyola) argues how curious it is that Joan's career as warrior, soldier, and general has been overlooked. He painstakingly analyzes her impact during the Hundred Years War: her combat strategies and how she overcame the psychology of defeat in the French armies, the influence of her victories in the peace process, and how she destabilized the English military and political leadership. [1 copy available]
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MILITARY INSIGNIA
by Derek Avery. Full-color photos & designs. Condition: Very good + 1995 Wordsworth Color Handbooks (Wordsworth Editions), London, hardcover with pictorial boards (no DJ issued). 96 pages. Gently pre-read. Content: "Details the fighting forces to today's world (c. 1995), including those of land, sea, and air, personnel and equipment. Illustrated throughout, it contains military insignia from the varioius services around the world, from fleet commands to aircraft carriers, from quartermasters to special forces and special operations." Great research tool. [1 copy available]
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PENDULUM OF WAR: The Three Battles of El Alamein
by Niall Barr. Detailed B&W maps with a B&W photo section. . Condition: NEW 2006 Overlook Press Trade Paperback, first printing. 531 pages. Content: Historians traditionally depict World War II's decisive North African tank battles in and around El Alamein as strategic chess matches between German General Rommel and British Commander Montgomery. But this insightful analysis of the 1942 campaign, based on exhaustive research, shows that the resurgent Allied victory was a result of many factors beyond the mind of any single individual. The hard-fought, 12-day campaign was dramatic, first, because the battle swung back and forth like a pendulum for months and, second, because it illustrated how the Eighth Army, a force consisting of units from around the empire that was rapidly expanded with minimum training, underwent a "process of development." Barr's account of the events casts aside the notion of a neat, coordinated, top-down command system, preferring instead to illustrate the myriad challenges of desert warfare, including supply-line difficulties, lack of training, transport of heavy equipment, fuel shortages and lack of cover for maintenance and repair. Rather than attribute British victory to any unique stratagem resulting from Montgomery's August appointment, Barr finds that it was the combination of circumstances and positional realities, along with the Allied ability to modify its tactics-an ability the Germans apparently did not share-that led to the decisive victory on November 4th, after a battle that inflicted more than 18,000 casualties. Despite the author's reliance on technical language, Barr's original account brings to life the harsh reality and confusion of desert warfare. [1 copy available]
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P. O. W.: A Soldier's Story of His Ten Escapes from Nazi Prison Camps
by Douglas Collins. B&W photo section & maps. Condition: UNREAD (but not perfect) 1969 Pocket Books paperback, first thus, first printing. Small edgewear with binder's glue wrinkle down spine, pale shelfwear hinge crease, interior clean & tight but tanning. Content: Reviewer: "P.O.W" is a gripping tale of escape and captivity during World War II. Collins's breakouts (10 in all!) take him from Nazi Germany south to Hungary and Rumania - two neutrals that later became Axis satellites. In addition to vividly describing his wartime experiences, Collins briefly analyzes the convoluted political and military situation in these two countries during that time - an aspect of World War II about which little has been written." [1 copy available]
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THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MILITARY HISTORY: Spring 2002
by Editors of the Magazine. Color & B&W illustrations. Condition: UNREAD Spring 2002 Quarterly Journal of Military History magazine. Content: Articles: Deciphering Ultra's War Record (Williamson Murray); Revenge of the Texas Rangers (Robert Utley); Firsthand Accounts: Carlson's Raid on Makin (Patrick O'Donnell); Sedan: Harbinger of Modern War (Dennis Showalter); Opposing Views: Teddy Roosevelt's Medal of Honor (Coffman & Millett); and Eighth Georgia's Idyllic Shenandoah Sojourn (Wilkison & Woodworth); plus various shorter articles. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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SAMURAI! (Specially Illustrated Edition)
by Saburo Sakai with Martin Caidin and Fred Saito. Condition: Gently pre-read 1978 Bantam War Book, specially illustrated edition first printing. Fold out color illustration of a Japanese Zero. Content: Written by Marin Caidin from Saburo Sakai's own memoirs and journalist Fred Saito's extensive interviews with the fighter piot, SAMURAI! vividly documents the chivalry and valor of Saburo Sakai, the combat aviator who time after time fought American fighter pilots and, with 64 kills, would survive the war as Japan's greatest living ace. Here are the harrowing experiences of one of Japan's greatst aces: from fighter pilot school - where the harsh training expelled over half of his class - to the thrilling early Japanese victories; from his incredible six hundred mile fight for life from Guadalcanal to his base in Rabaul, to the poignant story of the now-handicapped veteran's return to the air during the final desperate months of World War II. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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SOLDIERS: Fighting Men's Lives, 1901 - 2001
by Philip Ziegler. B&W photos. Condition: NEW 2002 Alfred A. Knopf hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first American edition. Content: Through portraits of nine retired British soldiers, a historian honors the life-changing experiences of those who served in the far reaches of what was once the British Empire. Their recollections of war--and of peace-- convey the special characteristics of the 20th-century fighting man. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002. [1 copy available]
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THE VOYAGE OF THE ARMADA: The Spanish Story (Cassell Military series)
by David Howarth. B&W photo section. Condition: NEW 2001 Cassell (UK) Trade Paperback, first printing. Content: In May of 1588, on the order of Spain's King Philip, 30,000 soldiers and sailors armed with arquebus and musket set out to sea. A larger fleet had never before been assembled. In the Voyage of the Armada, David Howarth brilliantly conveys the drama of the Spanish Armada's progress and brings to life the personalities of the men who influenced its course, from the dogmatic and irrational Philip II to Don Juan Martinez de Recalde to Don Pedro and Don Diego de Valdes, who were cousins but also bitter enemies, to the Spanish soldiers and sailors who unquestioningly ventured into unknown seas to confront their fates. Basing his narrative on previously unexplored Spanish sources, David Howarth shows that there is always another side to every conflict. The Voyage of the Armada recounts the adventures of these brave men as they go from battles to storms to wrecks and then finally - for the lucky ones - return home. Questions welcome [1 copy available]
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THE WAR AGAINST HITLER: Military Strategy in the West
edited by Albert A. Nofi. Great detailed B&W maps with B&W photos. Condition: NEW 1995 Combined Books Trade Paperback, first printing. Content: Renowned historian and military commentator Albert A. Nofi brings together for the first time in paperback a series of hard-hitting essays on World War II's most pivotal campaigns; clear, concise and packed with information. Questions welcome [1 copy available]
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WAR ATLAS OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 1941 - 1945
by David Smurthwaite. Detailed color maps and B&W era photos illustrate. Condition: NEW 2000 Airlife (UK) Trade Paperback, new edition, first printing. Content: The most accurate and comprehensive atlas of the campaign in Asia and the Pacific. Over 60 full-color maps combining topographical detail with troop movements. Over 50 contemporary photos. Authoritative text examining the war from both Allied and Japanese viewpoints. Sophisticated reconstruction of developments over time, special projections, and graphic reconstructions. Questions welcome [1 copy available]
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WAR IN THE PACIFIC: TRIUMPH OF JAPAN (Volume 1)
by Edwin P. Hoyt. Condition: UNREAD 1990 Avon paperback original, first edition, first printing. Pale tanning to interior page edges. Content: 1941. Obsessed with conquest, the Japanese Empire unleashed its awesome military might. They struck swiftly, fiercely - decimating the U.S. fleet in a surprise air raid on Pearl Harbor - then storming through Singapore, the Philippines, the East Indies, Burma, and Java. American and British pacific forces were devastated. The Allied prisoners numbered in the thousands - many of whom would die on the fateful Bataan Death March. Within 6 months, the entire hemisphere was within Japan's grasp and victory was nearly theirs. Questions welcome [1 copy available]
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WHAT'S IN THE NAMES OF ANTIQUE WEAPONS
A What's-Behind-the-Word Book
by Peter Limburg. B&W illustrations by W. K. Plummer. Condition: Good condition 1973 Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc. hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket). EX_LIBRARY book with all markings. Interior clean with no tanning! Content: Traces the history, use, and name derivation of many different weapons from earliest times to the present. Although written for young adult readers, this neat addition to military history can be enjoyed by all ages. Great resource tool. [1 copy available]
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WHO'S WHO IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY WARFARE
by Spencer C. Tucker. Condition: UNREAD 2001 Routledge (UK/US) hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first printing. Content: This is a who's who type of biographical reference. It is worldwide in scope. Coverage includes army, navy, and air force personnel who served during the twentieth century. Most are high-ranking military leaders, but a few are individuals better known for their heroism, such as Alvin C. York. Also included are politicians (Roosevelt, Franklin Delano), explorers (Byrd, Richard E.), physicians (McIndoe, Archibald), writers (Remarque, Erich Maria), and others who played an important role in military history. Most of the approximately 1,000 entries are 250 words in length or less. Information covered includes birth and death years, schooling, commands, battles, and promotions. Assisting users are a short preface and a list of abbreviations and terminology, the latter especially helpful as the author has used many abbreviations to save space and allow for more entries. Great tool for students and writers. . [1 copy available]
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