Welcome to our military book section, where we are offering 429 titles as of  May 6, 2008.  The American Civil War is on a separate page, as well as The American Revolution.  If you are looking for something specific, you may wish to use the search function of your browser to search this page. If any titles catch you eye as additions to your library, please make a note of the Order Numbers just before the price, and place your order at any time with Ray Boas, Bookseller, in Walpole, New Hampshire. Thank you, RAY

1. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, FISCAL YEAR 1925, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1926, B&W illustrations, 75pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover) small bump bottom corner, Report on World War I cemetaries and memorials in Franch, England, Belgium, Italy and Germany., (Order No: 40086 ), $25.00

2. DULWICH COLLEGE WAR RECORD, 1939-1945, Keliher, Hudson & Kearns, London, (1949), B&W illustrations, 306pp, very good, decorated blue cloth (hardcover), "The compiler of this WAR RECORD little thought that it would fall to his lot to produce a Second World War book, twenty-five years after the first. It has been a sad task recording the death of some 330 Old Alleynians, who made the supreme sacrifice for King and Country and for the cause of Freedom.", (Order No: 34315 ), $30.00

3. KEEL - UNITED STATES NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS - 1967 - HALL OF FAME COMPANY 138, Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois, 1967, B&W and color illustrations, very good, gold cloth (hardcover), A nice yearbook format of the trainee's induction and life at Great Lakes in the 1960s. Even if this is not your yearbook, the photos will bring back memories - it did for me of my 2- weeks reserve training in 1963., (Order No: 47726 ), $12.50

4. REPORT OF THE ADJUTANT-GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 1, 1866 VOL II. - VOL. 2 1866, George E Jenks State Printer, Concord, NH, 1866, 958pp, good, black cloth (hardcover), Part One of this report (pages 3-394) is the first part of the MILITARY HISTORY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, FROM ITS SETTLEMENT, IN 1623, TO THE YEAR 1861. The second part of this volume (pages 399-958) is the MILITARY HISTORY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE DURING THE GREAT REVELLION; 1861-1866., (Order No: 54590 ), $150.00

5. THE NINETEENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY: NATIONAL GUARD OF PENNSYLVANIA - ORGANIZED AUGUST 26TH, 1898, Philadelphia, (1899), B&W photos of officers, 40pp, good, cream cover (hardcover) has light soil and wear, Nice commemorative piece, brief history, then listing of the companies with photos (in uniform) of the officers., (Order No: 9335 ), $45.00

6. FIGHTING IN THE PHILIPPINES: AUTHENTIC ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS, F. Tennyson Neely, Chicago, IL, 1899, B&W illustrations, unpaginated, good+, gray cloth (hardcover), Photographic study of the Phillipines during the Spanish-American War., (Order No: 54325 ), $50.00

7. REPORT BY THE SUPREME COMMANDER TO THE COMBINED CHIEFS OF STAFF ON THE OPERATIONS IN EUROPE OF THE ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, US Government Printing Off., Washington, DC, (1946), 123pp, good, wraps (softcover), "6 JUNE 1944 TO 8 MAY 1945", (Order No: 50788 ), $7.50

8. WAR VIETNAM - MEMORABILIA FOR THE U.S. ARMED FORCES, Publications, Inc., Hongkong, n.d. c1970s, B&W illustrations, 256pp, very good++, green cloth (hardcover), An interesting publication printed by Halstead Press Pty. Ltd, Sydney, Australia with a different point of view. Contents include: Introduction; Maps; On Active Service; The Allies; US Bases and Areas; R and R Centers; Vietnam; Thailand; Guam; Air Strikes; and, Religions. Uncommon., (Order No: 43386 ), $50.00

9. THE UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE AT WAR - REPORT OF THE WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATOR TO THE PRESIDENT, War Shipping Administration, Washington, DC, 1946, B&W illustrations, 81pp, very good, wraps (softcover), This report covers the operation of the War Shipping Administration from its creation on February 7, 1942, through the end of hostilities, and up to December 31, 1945. It attempts to evaluate the part that our Merchant Marine played in the victory of the United Nations., (Order No: 45895 ), $45.00

10. Academic Department of the Infantry School under the supervision of the Assistant Commandant, THE INFANTRY SCHOOL MAILING LIST: A SEMI- ANNUAL PUBLICATION CONTAINING THE LATEST THOUGHT ON INFANTRY -- 11 VOLUMES, The Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia, good, blue buckram cloth w/light wear (EX-LIB), Offered as a lot are eleven (11) different volumes of MAILING LIST, including: Vol XIII-January, 1937; Vol XIV-July, 1937; Vol XVII-1939; Vol XVIII-July, 1939; Vol XIX-February, 1940; Vol XXI-February, 1941; Vol XXII-July, 1941; Vol XXIII; Vol XXV; Vol XXVII; Vol XVIII., (Order No: 17513 ), $225.00

11. Academic Department of the Infantry School under the supervision of the Assistant Commandant, THE INFANTRY SCHOOL MAILING LIST - CONTAINING THE LATEST THOUGHT ON INFANTRY - VOLUME XXII, The Infantry School, Fort Benning, GA, (1941), B&W illustrations, 309pp, good, blue buckram cloth, "A Compilation of instructional matter prepared at The Infantry School and issued from time to time.", (Order No: 17514 ), $25.00

12. Aglion, Raoul, THE FIGHTING FRENCH, Henry Holt and Company, New York, (1943), B&W illustrations, 315pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 27220 ), $10.00

13. Aldrich, Mildred, ON THE EDGE OF THE WAR ZONE: FROM THE BATTLE OF THE MARNE TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE STARS AND STRIPES, Small, Maynard and Company, Boston, MA, (1917) 3rd ptg, B&W illustrations, 311pp, good+, green cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 53857 ), $10.00

14. Allen, Peter, ONE MORE RIVER: THE RHINE CROSSINGS OF 1945, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, (1980), B&W illustrations, 320pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) BCE, ISBN 0684167468, (Order No: 39174 ), $5.00

15. Allen, Willis Boyd, CLEARED FOR ACTION: A STORY OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR OF 1898, SEQUEL TO "NAVY BLUE", E.P. Dutton & Company, New York, 1900, B&W illustrations, 346pp, very good, decorated cloth (hardcover) darkening to spine, "As in its predecessor, NAVY BLUE, the author endeavoured to keep the course of the tale strictly within the bounds of actual fact, and to present a reliable account of real life at the Naval Academy, as well as details concerning examinations, drills, and every-day work; so the present volume will be found to contain not only a record of the experiences of Ensign Rexdale, Engineer Holmes, and others, but an abridged history of the war in which they took part as officers in the United States Navy.", (Order No: 54071 ), $15.00

16. Anderson, David L., THE COLUMBIA GUIDE TO THE VIETNAM WAR, Columbia University Press, New York, (2002) 1st ptg, 308pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0213114923 Part I provides a lucid narrative overview of contested issues and interpretations in Vietnam Scholarship, Part II is a mini-encyclopedia with descriptions and analyses of individuals, events, groups, and military operations., (Order No: 36481 ), $15.00

17. Anderson, Christopher J., THE U.S. ARMY TODAY: FROM THE END OF THE COLD WAR TO THE PRESENT DAY, Greenhill Books, London, (1997), B&W and color illustrations, 80pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1853672696 "G.I. - THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN SOLDIER, HIS UNIFORM AND HIS EQUIPMENT", (Order No: 53295 ), $6.00

18. Anderson, Christopher J., SCREAMING EAGLES - THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION FROM D-DAY TO DESERT STORM, Greenhill Books, London, (2000), B&W and color illustrations, 72pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1853674257 "G.I. - THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN SOLDIER, HIS UNIFORM AND HIS EQUIPMENT.", (Order No: 53297 ), $6.00

19. Ashdown, Charles Henry, BRITISH & CONTINENTAL ARMS AND ARMOUR, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, (1970), 497 B&W illustrations, 384pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0486224902 First published in 1909. This definitive book is invaluable as a study of its subject, and as a complete guide for the collector and antiquarian; but it is also important to the costume designer, theatre directors, interior decorators, and those interested in the military arts., (Order No: 54442 ), $12.00

20. Aston, George, THE BIOGRAPHY OF THE LATE MARSHALL FOCH, Hutchinson & Co., Ltd., London, [1929], B&W illustrations, maps, 318pp, very good, red cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, lt fade to spine, Nice clean and tight copy., (Order No: 40642 ), $10.00

21. Austin, Paul Britten, 1812: NAPOLEON IN MOSCOW, Greenhill Books, London, (1995), B&W illustrations, 264pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1853671959 The dramatic story of the advance to Moscow., (Order No: 39568 ), $8.00

22. Banks, R. D.; Mansbridge, P. D.; Drover, P. A.; Nichols, A. W.; Mullin, I.; Burt, T. W.; Cuthbertson, B.; Rees, R. E.; et al, FROM WHITE-CAPS TO CONTRAILS: A HISTORY OF A MODERN AIR FORMATION, n.p., (1981), B&W and color illustrations, 108pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), The exciting saga of Canadian Forces Base Shearwater and its air squadrons during World War II. Throughout this book prevails the sense of excitement and originality of the airmen who served in the squadrons, for this history was written by them., (Order No: 49635 ), $20.00

23. Bardwell, John D., THE YORK MILITIA COMPANY, 1642-1972, John D. Bardwell, York, ME, (1972) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 57pp, very good, wraps (softcover), A compilation of information about the military history of York, Maine, during the colonial period and the reorganization of the york Militia Company, three hundred years after its founding. Contents include: Preface; Introduction; The Town Militia; The Revolution; The Citizen Soldier; Bibliography; Current Publications On Military History; Index of Names., (Order No: 54379 ), $20.00

24. Barker, Ralph, BLOCKADE BUSTERS, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, (1977) 1st Amer, B&W illustrations, 224pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0393056090 "Declassified and told at last--one of the great clandestine aventures of World War II.", (Order No: 41238 ), $8.00

25. Bauer, K. Jack, THE MEXICAN WAR 1846-1848, Macmillan Publishing Co., New York, (1974) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 454pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0025078908 Part of "The Macmillan Wars of the United States" series., (Order No: 3646 ), $12.50

26. Bazelon, Bruce S., HORSTMANN'S: THE ENTERPRISE OF MILITARY EQUIPAGE, Bruce S. Bazelon, Camp Hill, PA, (1997), B&W illustrations, 199pp, fine, red cloth (hardcover), The story of the Horstmann firm which was one of the best documented of the 19th century military goods houses., (Order No: 46666 ), $40.00

27. Beck, James M. (introduction by Joseph H. Choate), THE EVIDENCE IN THE CASE AS TO THE MORAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WAR, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1915) 8th ptg, 275pp, ads, good+, green cloth (hardcover) inscribed by the author, "A Discussion of the Moral Responsibility for the War of 1914, as Disclosed by the Diplomatic Records of England, Germany, Russia, France, Austria, Italy, and Belgium." Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, and with an ALS from the author tipped onto the rear free endpaper., (Order No: 52051 ), $10.00

28. Beeching, William C., CANADIAN VOLUNTEERS: SPAIN 1936-1939, CPRC, Regina, Saskatchewan, 1989 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 212pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) signed by voluteers, ISBN 0889770573 The story of the Canadians who fought in Spain in defence of democracy, during the Spainish civil war in the 1930s, is movingly retold by a man who was himself a volunteer. Signed by five of the volunteers on the half-title page., (Order No: 50937 ), $25.00

29. Bell, William Gardner, COMMANDING GENERALS AND CHIEFS OF STAFF 1775-1983 - PORTRAITS & BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE US ARMY'S SENIOR OFFICER, Center of Military History, Washington, DC, 1983 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 185pp, fine, red buckram cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 38918 ), $10.00

30. Bennett, Richard, FIGHTING FORCES: AN ILLUSTRATED ANATOMY OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST ARMIES, Barron's Educational Service, Hauppauge, NY, (2001) 1st ptg, color illustrations, 192pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0764153439, (Order No: 54183 ), $6.00

31. Bidwell, Shelford (co-authors, compilers and consultants Brian Blunt and Tolley Taylor), BRASSEY'S ARTILLERY OF THE WORLD, Bonanza Books, New York, (1979), over 250 B&W ill., 274pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517277182 "Guns, howitzers, mortars, guided weapons, rockets and ancillary equipment in service with the regular and reserve forces of all nations. Detailed descriptions of over 320 weapons; guns, mortars, missiles, rockets." A comprehensive look at artillery equipment of all types., (Order No: 17521 ), $12.50

32. Bishop, Denis and Ellis, Chris (with additional drawings by Eric A. Butcher), VEHICLES AT WAR, George Allen & Unwin/Barnes, London/South Brunswick, (1979), B&W and color ill., 222pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0046230122 This volume shows how military vehicles, from humble cargo trucks to tanks, were developed over the years to meet the changing styles of transport and warfare in the industrialized age., (Order No: 34049 ), $15.00

33. Blum, John Morton, V WAS FOR VICTORY: POLITICS AND AMERICAN CULTURE DURING WORLD WAR II, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, (1976), 372pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0151940800, (Order No: 26607 ), $6.50

34. Bowman, Martin W., FIELDS OF LITTLE AMERICA - AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE 8TH AIR FORCE 2ND AIR DIVISION 1942-45, Wensum Books (Norwich) Ltd, Norwich, (1977), B&W illustrations, 120pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0903619202 A history of the Liberator squadrons of the United States Eighth Air Force's Second Air Division from 1942 to the end of the Second World War., (Order No: 54631 ), $15.00

35. Boyington, "Pappy" (Col. Gregory Boyington), BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP, Arno Press, New York, (1972) reprint, 384pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 040503752X First published in 1958. Congressional Medal of Honor winner while leading the Black Sheep squadron in the South Pacific. This Marine flyer also spend a year as a POW. Story of self-discovery., (Order No: 1343 ), $10.00

36. Bradford, George and Morgan, Len, 50 FAMOUS TANKS - NEW SECOND EDITION, Arco Publishing Company, Inc, New York, (1977) 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 96pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0668015837, (Order No: 51913 ), $5.00

37. Brander, Michael, THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDERS AND THEIR REGIMENTS, Barnes & Noble Books, New York, (1996), B&W illustrations, 224pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 076070399X Michael Brander describes a strong and honorable people whose culture survived in these British regiments. Using battle accounts from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, he is able to illustrate the Highlander customs and manners and their haunting echo in modern Scotland., (Order No: 46478 ), $7.50

38. Bree, Germaine & Bernauer, George (eds), DEFEAT & BEYOND: AN ANTHOLOGY OF FRENCH WARTIME WRITING (1940-1945), Random House, New York, (1970) 1st ptg, 381pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 3458 ), $8.50

39. Breitman, Richard, THE ARCHITECT OF GENOCIDE - HIMMLER AND THE FINAL SOLUTION, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1991 1st ed, 335pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0394568419 Author demonstrates that although Adolf Hitler held the ultimate responsibilty for what became the Holocaust, it was Heinrich Himmler, the short, pudgy, unimposing head of the SS, who essentially laid the plans and devised the schemes that led to the killing of six million Jews., (Order No: 42994 ), $10.00

40. Brelis, Dean; Krementz, Jill (photographs by), THE FACE OF SOUTH VIETNAM, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1968 1st ptg, photos by Jill Krementz, 250pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 2345 ), $15.00

41. Breyer, Siegfried, GUIDE TO THE SOVIET NAVY, US Naval Institute, Annapolis, MD, 1971 (3rd ptg), B&W illustrations, 353pp, very good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870212370, (Order No: 4551 ), $10.00

42. Brooks, Victor, HELL IS UPON US - D-DAY IN THE PACIFIC JUNE-AUGUST 1944, Da Capo Press, Cambridge, MA, (2005) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 354pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0306813696, (Order No: 53283 ), $7.00

43. Brown, Anthony Cave & MacDonald, Charles B., ON A FIELD OF RED: THE COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL AND THE COMING OF WORLD WAR II, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1981), 718pp, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0399125426 Ranging across four continents, On a Field of Red depicts a world plunging inexorably toward World War II, enmeshed in a drama of incredible intrigue and espionage, played out by a cast of master spies, diplomats, propaganda chiefs, military geniuses, and government leaders. On a Field of Red is a work of historical significance as well as a saga of high strategy and low tactics; it is a true story that sheds new light on the nature of the Cold War and on the continuing relationship of the United States and the other western powers with Soviet Russia., (Order No: 9380 ), $8.00

44. Bruning, John R., CRIMSON SKY - THE AIR BATTLE FOR KOREA, Brassey's, Dulles, VA, (2000) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 231pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1574882961, (Order No: 46470 ), $7.50

45. Bryant, Arthur, THE TURN OF THE TIDE 1939-1943, Collins, London, 1957, 766pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "A Study based on the Diaries and Autobiographical Notes of Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke.", (Order No: 8929 ), $5.00

46. Bukhari, Emir (color plates by Angus McBride), NAPOLEON'S CAVALRY, Presidio Press, San Rafael, CA, (1979), B&W and color illustrations, 248pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0891410902 A comprehensive history of the organization, regimental campaign records, tactical methods, uniforms, insignia, and equipment of the horsemen of the French First Empire. Originally published as five separate monographs in the renowned MEN-AT-ARMS series, this book represents the most complete single-volume study ever to appear in the English language on the actual physical detail of the cavalry arm., (Order No: 54519 ), $20.00

47. Bussey, Charles M., FIREFIGHT AT YECHON: COURAGE & RACISM IN THE KOREAN WAR, Brassey's (US), Inc., New York, (1991) 1st ptg, 264pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0080374484 "A personal story of the courage of African-American Soldiers.", (Order No: 52942 ), $6.00

48. Bywater, Hector C., THE GREAT PACIFIC WAR: A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN-JAPANESE CAMPAIGN OF 1931-33, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1932, 321pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover) SEE NOTE FOR Flaw Note, This book by a famous naval expert describes in full detail an imaginary war between the United States and Japan. Each move is shown with such vividness that the reader seems to participate in every battle, siege, and raid. The outcome strikingly demonstrates the utter futility of such a conflict. CONDITION NOTE CONTINUED - nice bright orange dustjacket over nice bright blue and red cloth covers. Strangely the rear gutter of the cloth has disintegrated a tad, probably due to an insect feasting on the glue proteins. Likewise there is some wear on the top and bottom edges of the rear board, probably due to the same reason. Strange, but not noticeable with the jacket on. Overall a clean and tight, one-owner copy., (Order No: 19879 ), $175.00

49. Caine, Philip D., AIRCRAFT DOWN! EVADING CAPTURE IN WWII EUROPE, Brassey's, Dulles, VA, (2000), B&W illustrations, 285pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1574882341 An authority on pilot evasion, escape, and survival recounts extraordinary adventures that took place in Holland, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Albania, and Greece during World War II., (Order No: 52574 ), $6.00

50. Calhoun, C. Raymond (Captain, US Navy, Retired), TYPHOON: THE OTHER ENEMY - THE THIRD FLEET AND THE PACIFIC STORM OF DECEMBER 1944, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, (1981), B&W illustrations, 247pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) owner's initials and date, ISBN 0870215108 As commanding officer os a ship that came close to destruction in the typhoon of December, 1944, Captain Calhoun was in an unparalled position to document a tragic ordeal that claimed 778 men, three destroyers, and more than 100 aircraft., (Order No: 53773 ), $15.00

51. Captain Rafter, OUR INDIAN ARMY: A MILITARY HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN THE EAST, David Bryce, London, [1855], B&W illustrations, 618pp, good+, 3/4 leather (hardcover) light rubbing/wear to spine, The only exclusive, continuous, and connected narrative in existence of the military history of the Eastern Empire., (Order No: 53974 ), $125.00

52. Carlson, Lewis H., REMEMBERED PRISONERS OF A FORGOTTEN WAR - AN ORAL HISTORY OF KOREAN WAR POWS, St. Martin's Press, New York, (2002) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 301pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0312286848 "The Korean War POW remains the most maligned victim of all American Wars.", (Order No: 52642 ), $10.00

53. Chalfont, Alun, MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN, Atheneum, New York, 1976, 16 B&W ill., 11 maps, 365pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) BCE, ISBN 0689107447, (Order No: 11074 ), $5.00

54. Chamberlain, T. H. (portraits by); Biographies by the Editors of NEWSWEEK, THE GENERALS AND THE ADMIRALS - SOME LEADERS OF THE UNITED STATES FORCES IN WORLD WAR II, The Devin-Adair Company, Pub, New York, 1945, B&W illustrations, 64pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Portraits of thirty of the most noted generals and admirals actively commanding our forces at war. Laid in is a ALS by Retired Admiral Harold Raynsford Stark (1966)., (Order No: 52630 ), $20.00

55. Chant, Chris (foreword by LtGen Ira C. Eaker), THE PICTORIAL HISTORY OF AIR WARFARE, Octopus Books, Ltd., London, 1979, B&W and color illustrations, 187pp, index, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0706409779, (Order No: 16738 ), $7.50

56. Chant, Christopher, THE MILITARY HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES: REVOLUTIONARY AND EARLY AMERICAN WARS, Webster's Home Library, New York, (1997), B&W and color illustrations, 272pp, very good+, brown cloth (hardcover), Focuses on events leading to the separation of the thirteen colonies from Great Britain up to the famous stand-off led by Colonel William Barrett Travis and 154 Texan defenders at the Alamo., (Order No: 34698 ), $11.50

57. Chappell, Mike (text and colour plates by), THE CANADIAN ARMY AT WAR - MEN-AT-ARMS-SERIES, Osprey Publishing, London, (1985), B&W and color illustrations, 48pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0850456002, (Order No: 29095 ), $14.50

58. Chatterton, E. Keble; Sims, William S. (foreword by), DANGER ZONE: THE STORY OF THE QUEENSTOWN COMMAND, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, 1934 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 437pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Here is told for the first time the full story of the work of the British and American naval forces operating together, off the coast of Ireland, during World War I., (Order No: 51610 ), $30.00

59. Chown, John D., THE 9-PDR. MUZZLE LOADING RIFLE: HISTORICAL ARMS SERIES NO. 9, Museum Restoration Service, Ottawa, Ontario, 1967, B&W illustrations, 32pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 30380 ), $7.50

60. Clark, Bronson P. (foreword by Wallace T. Collett), NOT BY MIGHT: A VIET NAM MEMOIR, Chapel Rock Publishers, Glastonbury, CT, (1997) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 241pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), This spiritual memoir brings back to life a time of trial for this nation and for those who opposed the unpopular war in Viet Nam., (Order No: 47862 ), $7.50

61. Clarke, F. C. H., THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR, 1870-71 -- FIRST PART: HISTORY OF THE WAR TO THE DOWNFALL OF THE EMPIRE -- FIRST VOLUME ..., Her Majesty's Stat. Off., London, 1881, 439pp, append, good, red cloth (hardcover) fade to spine and light edgewear, Translated from the German Official Account for the Intelligence Branch of the Quartermanster-General's Department, Horse Guards. This volume is: First Part: History of the War to the Downfall of the Empire; First Volume: From the Outbread of Hostilities to the Battle of Gravelotte. Second Edition Revised and Corrected. The main text is followed by several appendices., (Order No: 54034 ), $100.00

62. Clayton, Tim and Craig, Phil (signed by), FINEST HOUR, Hodder & Stoughton, London, (2000) rev ed, B&W illustrations, 422pp, very good+, wraps (softcover) signed by one author, ISBN 0340766352 "The Bestselling Book of the Acclaimed BBC TV Series" on World War II., (Order No: 41762 ), $4.50

63. Clemenceau, Georges, GRANDEUR AND MISERY OF VICTORY, Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, (1930) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 432pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 32784 ), $7.50

64. Cobban, Helena (foreword by Robert G. Neumann), THE SUPERPOWERS AND THE SYRIAN-ISRAELI CONFLICT - BEYOND CRISIS MANAGEMENT?, Praeger, New York, (1991) 1st ptg, 182pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0275939456 This is a solid analysis of the strategic and political considerations that have tied the superpowers to their regional clients since the late 1970s. It also clearly shows the problems encountered by the superpowers because of those ties., (Order No: 49090 ), $10.00

65. Coblentz, Paul, THE SILENCE OF SARRAIL, Hutchinson & Co., London, B&W illustrations, 288pp, good, purple cloth (hardcover) faded spine and edgewear to cloth, A biography of General Sarrail., (Order No: 47294 ), $25.00

66. Coffin, Tristram, THE PASSION OF THE HAWKS: MILITARISM IN MODERN AMERICA, The Macmillan Company, New York, (1964) 1st ptg, 280pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The "hawks" of the title are a clue to the author's sardonic mood toward what he sees as the tin gods of Nuclear Age militarism. They refer to the strutting "War Hawks" who pushed the fledgling United States into the nearly catastrophic War of 1812., (Order No: 17560 ), $6.00

67. Cohen, Joseph, JOURNEY TO THE TRENCHES: THE LIFE OF ISAAC ROSENBERG, 1890-1918, Basic Books, Inc, Publishers, New York, (1975), B&W illustrations, 224pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0465036767 Dr. Cohen's study is based on an exhaustive examination of Rosenberg's drawings, paintings, prose pieces, poetry and letters; hitherto unreleased family papers; and a close collaboration with the poet's late sister, who was for forty-three years his literary executrix., (Order No: 45396 ), $10.00

68. Cohen, Stan, ENEMY ON ISLAND. ISSUE IN DOUBT. THE CAPTURE OF WAKE ISLAND DECEMBER 1941, Pictorial Histories Pub. Co., Missoula, MT, (1990) 4th ptg, B&W illustrations, 106pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0933126395 Wake was the scene of the first sinking of major Japanese ships by US Naval forces., (Order No: 51753 ), $10.00

69. Cole, Leonard A. (foreword by Alan Cranston), CLOUDS OF SECRECY: THE ARMY'S GERM WARFARE TESTS OVER POPULATED AREAS, Rowman & Littlefield Pub., Totowa, NJ, (1988), 188pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0847675793 A probing examination of the Army's germ warfare testing program from World War II to the present., (Order No: 38054 ), $40.00

70. Collier, Basil, BRASSHAT: A BIOGRAPHY OF FIELD-MARSHAL SIR HENRY WILSON, 1864-1922, Secker & Warburg, London, (1961), B&W ill., 13 B&W maps, 362pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), In this book the author shows that Wilson was not only one of the most selfless of public men but by far the ablest British soldier of his day--a brilliant military thinker whose tactical insight as a youngish brigade major in South Africa came near averting the disaster of Spion Kop, and whose skill and judgement might, fourteen years later, have transformed the French Army's dream of beating the Germans in six weeks into a reality had his advice been followed., (Order No: 20690 ), $20.00

71. Conn, Stetson; Engelman, Rose C.; and, Fairchild, Byron, GUARDING THE UNITED STATES AND ITS OUTPOSTS - UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II: THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE, United States Army, Washington, DC, 1964, B&W ill., maps, 593pp, good+, green cloth (hardcover) ONE MAP ONLY IN REAR POCKET, (Order No: 52951 ), $20.00

72. Connery, Robert H., THE NAVY AND THE INDUSTRIAL MOBILIZATION IN WORLD WAR II, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1951, 527pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover), In a broad sense this volume is a case study of the techniques of executive control in a military department, but it gives particular attention to the administrative problems of material procurement in war time. Consequently, the events that are recorded in the pages which follow tell the story of the Navy's material program from the planning stages of 1920-1942 then through the war years to V-J Day and after. Furthermore, it depicts the relations between the Navy's material program and the industrial mobilization agencies as a whole., (Order No: 40062 ), $85.00

73. Contamine, Philippe (translated by Michael Jones), WAR IN THE MIDDLE AGES, Basil Blackwell, Oxford, UK, (1990), B&W illustrations, 387pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0631144692, (Order No: 54356 ), $10.00

74. Controller of His Britannic Majesty's Stationery Office, BOMBER COMMAND THE AIR MINISTRY ACCOUNT OF THE BOMBER COMMAND'S OFFENSIVE AGAINST THE AXIS, Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., New York, 1941, 80 B&W illustrations, 128pp, good, wraps (softcover), "Authentic stories of Britain's Bomber Crews - 80 exclusive Air Minstry photos of The Royal Air Force in action.", (Order No: 24509 ), $20.00

75. Cooper, Bryan, THE STORY OF THE BOMBER 1914-1945, Octopus Books, Ltd., London, (1974), B&W and color illustrations, 124pp, good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0706404106 Illustrations by John Batchelor., (Order No: 16737 ), $5.00

76. Cooper, Matthew, THE GERMAN ARMY 1933-1945: ITS POLITICAL AND MILITARY FAILURE, Bonanza Books, New York, (1984), B&W illustrations, 598pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517436108, (Order No: 3438 ), $7.50

77. Corvisier, Andre (translated by Abigail T. Siddall), ARMIES AND SOCIETIES IN EUROPE, 1494-1789, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, (1979), 209pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0253129850 One of France's leading military historians examines European military history within the perspective of social and economic change., (Order No: 49615 ), $6.00

78. Cowan, Sam K., SERGEANT YORK AND HIS PEOPLE, Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, New York, orig pub 1922, 292pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Illustration on the front of the dustjacket shows Gary Cooper as SERGEANT YORK - A Warner Bros. Picture., (Order No: 41216 ), $10.00

79. Cram, Reginald M.; Steele, Fred E.; and, Greenleaf, Arthur R. (assembled under the direction of), ROSTER OF VERMONTERS IN UNIFORMED SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 1941-1945 - VOLUME II (M-Z), Supervisor Veterans Affairs, Montpelier, VT, 1974, 714pp, fine, blue cloth (hardcover), Offered is Volume II (M-Z) Inclusive ONLY!, (Order No: 52330 ), $60.00

80. Cranwell, John Philips, THE DESTINY OF SEA POWER: AND ITS INFLUENCE ON LAND POWER AND AIR POWER, W. W. Norton & Co., Inc., New York, (1941) 1st ed, 262pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Naval warfare, as the author shows, is and always has been in essence mechanized warfare., (Order No: 19973 ), $15.00

81. Crawley, Aidan, THE SPOILS OF WAR: THE RISE OF WESTERN GERMANY SINCE 1945, Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., Indianapolis, IN, (1973) 1st US, 315pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0672513587 The story of how Germany struggled from the ashes of defeat to its present prosperity-one of the epics of the twentieth century-is told here with all the sweep and drama the subject commands., (Order No: 11299 ), $6.00

82. Culver, Bruce (illustrated by Don Greer), SHERMAN IN ACTION: ARMOR NO. 16, Squadron/Signal Publications, Warren, MI, (1977), B&W and color illustrations, 50pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0897470494, (Order No: 30110 ), $6.50

83. Dangerfield, George, BENGAL MUTINY - THE STORY OF THE SEPOY REBELLION, Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, (1933), 272pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, (Order No: 53572 ), $8.00

84. Daniel, James & Hubbell, John G., STRIKE IN THE WEST: THE COMPLETE STORY OF THE CUBAN CRISIS, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, (1963) 1st ed, 180pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 4658 ), $5.00

85. Davies, Barry, THE COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SAS, Virgin Books, Ltd., London, (2003), B&W and color illustrations, 376pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0753505347 First definitive reference to every aspect of the history of the British Army's elite fighting force, and that of its brothers-in-arms in the Australian, New Zealand and Rhodesian SAS., (Order No: 52508 ), $5.00

86. Davis, Brian Leigh, FLAGS & STANDARDS OF THE THIRD REICH: ARMY, NAVY & AIR FORCE 1933-1945, Macdonald and Jane's, London, (1975), B&W and color illustrations, 160pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0356048799 This book describes and illustrates the history and development of all the known flags and standards used by the Army, Navy and Air Force of the Third Reich., (Order No: 54535 ), $15.00

87. Davis, Kenneth S., EXPERIENCE OF WAR: THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II, Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY, 1965, 12 B&W maps, 704pp, very good (hardcover) (no dustjacket), This book captures both the panoramic outline and the individual shapes of America's participation in World War II. Included are many of the little known, but crucial episodes, from the home front to the front lines-the heroic, the bizarre, the egotistical, and the warmly human moments. MAINSTREAM of AMERICA Series., (Order No: 12330 ), $5.00

88. Davis, Richard Harding, WITH THE ALLIES, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1914 3rd ptg, B&W illustrations, 241pp, good, decorated red cloth (hardcover) signed by author SEE NOTE, Contents include: The Germans in Brussels; The Burning of Louvain; Paris in War Time; The Battle of Soissons; The Bombardment of Rheims; The Spirit of the English; Our Diplomats in the War Zone; The Waste of War; and, The War Correspondents. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Sincerely yours Richard Harding Davis", (Order No: 32883 ), $125.00

89. Davison, John, THE PACIFIC WAR DAY BY DAY, Zenith Press, St. Paul, MN, (2004), B&W illustrations, 192pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0760320675 A chronological approach to the conflict, allowing the reader to see at a glance the key battles on land, at sea, and in the air. These include Guadalcanal, Midway, Kohima, Imphal, Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa., (Order No: 52593 ), $10.00

90. de Benouville, Guillain (translated from the French by Lawrence G. Blochman), THE UNKNOWN WARRIORS: A PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF THE FRENCH RESISTANCE, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1949, B&W illustrations, 372pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Here is the story of THE UNKNOWN WARRIORS of the F.F.I., the first fully detailed account to appear in this country of the rise of the Resistance movement in Occupied France., (Order No: 44721 ), $10.00

91. de Gheyn, Jacob (with a commentary by J. B. Kist), THE EXERCISE OF ARMES, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1971, B&W illustrations, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover) EX-LIB, ISBN 070162379 An exact reproduction of the first edition published in The Hague in 1607, this is one of the earliest and most famous manuals of arms ever published. 48 page commentary laid in to provide "a general introduction into the history of military reforms in the Netherlands during the last decade of the 16th century.", (Order No: 54149 ), $45.00

92. De la Bere, Ivan, THE QUEEN'S ORDERS OF CHIVALRY, Spring Books, London, (1964) rev ed, B&W illustrations, 228pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Sir Ivan De la Bere was Secretary of the Central Chancery of the Order of Knighthood at St. James's Palace from 1945 to 1960; this background and Sir Ivan's precise research make this book remarkable as an accurate guide to the honors system--its evolution, present-day ceremonies and the correct manner in which the various insignia should be worn., (Order No: 19472 ), $6.00

93. Diehl, Alan E. (foreword by John J. Nance), SILENT KNIGHTS: BLOWING THE WHISTLE ON MILITARY ACCIDENTS AND THEIR COVER-UPS, Brassey's Inc., Washington, DC, (2002) 1st ed, 348pp, very good++, wraps (softcover) Three Lines are Highlighted7, ISBN 1574885448 "Since the end of the Vietnam War, more than 15,000 members of the US armed forces have died in on-duty mishaps.", (Order No: 54312 ), $6.00

94. Divine, A. D., FIREDRAKE: THE DESTROYER THAT WOULDN'T GIVE UP, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York, 1943 4th ptg, B&W illustrations, 251pp, good, brown cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket) owners name cut, Previous owner's name has been cut out from the top corner of the front free endpaper (FFEP)., (Order No: 40863 ), $7.50

95. Dollinger, Hans, THE DECLINE AND FALL OF NAZI GERMANY AND IMPERIAL JAPAN: A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE FINAL DAYS OF WORLD WAR II, Bonanza Books, New York, orig pub 1967, 880 B&W ill., maps, 432pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517013134, (Order No: 14089 ), $5.00

96. Dorril, Stephen, MI6: INSIDE THE COVERT WORLD OF HER MAJESTY'S SECRET INTELLIGENCE SERVICE, Simon & Schuster, New York, (2002) 1st ptg, 907pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0743217780 A no-holds-barred expose of the agency's operations and methods describes in riveting detail its impact on the history and politics of the last half century., (Order No: 52807 ), $10.00

97. Douglas-Hamilton, James, MOTIVE FOR A MISSION: THE STORY BEHIND HESS'S FLIGHT TO BRITAIN, St. Martin's Press, Newton Abbot, UK, (1971), B&W illustrations, 290pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0333122607, (Order No: 3725 ), $5.00

98. Downey, Fairfax, SOUND OF THE GUNS: THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN ARTILLERY, David McKay Co., Inc., New York, (1956), B&W illustrations, 337pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "... from the Ancient and Honorable Company to the Atom Cannon and Guided Missile.", (Order No: 1422 ), $6.50

99. Doyle, A. Conan, GREAT BRITAIN AND THE NEXT WAR: A REPLY TO BERNHARDI'S "GERMANY AND THE NEXT WAR", Small, Maynard & Company, Boston, MA, 1914, 48pp, good, pictorial red boards (hardcover) much fading as usual, "Writing early in 1913 to call to the attention of his fellow-countrymen the warning so openly given them by General von Bernhardi in his GERMANY AND THE NEXT WAR, Sir Arthur took occasion to analyze the German general's "case" against England and to answer his contentions in the light of history and reason.", (Order No: 53330 ), $40.00

100. Doyle, Arthur Conan, THE GLORIOUS HUSSAR - THE BEST OF THE EXPLOITS AND ADVENTURES OF THE BRIGADIER GERARD - COMPANION BOOK SERIES, Walker and Company, New York, (1961), B&W illustrations, 211pp, very good, red cloth spine (hardcover) no dustjacket, (Order No: 49500 ), $7.50

101. Drez, Ronald J. and Brinkley, Douglas, VOICES OF COURAGE: THE BATTLE FOR KHE SANH, VIETNAM - WITH TWO AUDIO CDS, Bulfinch Press, New York, (2005), B&W illustrations, 186pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0821261967 Through this unique multimedia format, the voices of Khe Sanh veterans are collected and heard, providing readers an intimate look at, and new appreciation for, the courage of the Marines and other servicemen who fought at Khe Sanh., (Order No: 47494 ), $15.00

102. Dunbar, John R. (an account by), THE COMBAT AT THE BARRIER, Grant Dahlstrom, Pasadena, CA, 1967, B&W illustrations, 36pp, very good, wraps (softcover) some fading to cover, "It was the fourteenth of February, 1627, that the extravagant and splendid spectacle, 'le combat a la barriere', took place in Nancy, seat of the Dukes of Lorraine." With reproductions of Callot's etchings. Limited to 300 copies., (Order No: 35512 ), $40.00

103. Dunn, William R., FIGHTER PILOT - THE FIRST AMERICAN ACE OF WORLD WAR II, University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, (1982), B&W illustrations, 243pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) BCE, (Order No: 41341 ), $7.50

104. Eaton, Allen H. (foreword by Eleanor Roosevelt), BEAUTY BEHIND BARBED WIRE: THE ARTS OF THE JAPANESE IN OUR WAR RELOCATION CAMPS, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, (1952), B&W and color illustrations, 208pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover) EX-LIB w/minimal marks, "This is a story without parallel in this country. It tells how more than one hundred thousand people of Japanese ancestry, most of them American-born citicens, brought beauty into their lives when they were evacuated from their West Coast homes during World War II; how they turned to varied arts to help them face with dignity and strength the strange, uncertain life before them.", (Order No: 52785 ), $35.00

105. Edgerton, Robert B., HIDDEN HEROISM - BLACK SOLDIERS IN AMERICA'S WARS, Westview Press, Boulder, CO, (2001) 1st pg, B&W illustrations, 271pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0813338581 Investigates the history of Afro-American participation in American wars, from the French and Indian Wars to the present., (Order No: 52572 ), $6.00

106. Edwardes, Michael, THE BATTLE OF PLASSEY AND THE CONQUEST OF BENGAL - BRITISH BATTLES SERIES, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1963 1st ed, 24 B&W ill, maps, 167pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 1284 ), $15.00

107. Ellacott, S. E., CONSCRIPTS ON THE MARCH: THE STORY OF THE SOLDIER FROM NAPOLEON TO THE NUCLEAR AGE, Abelard-Schuman, London, (1970), B&W illustrations, 160pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0200711202 Contents include: The New Armies of France: Louvois to Napoleon; Service Conditions; 19th Century Failings and Reforms; Americans at War; The Spread of German Influence; Soldiers of East and West; Europe in Flames; The New German Army; Soldiers at Grips; and, The Soldier Today., (Order No: 35020 ), $5.00

108. Eller, Ernest M. (preface by), UNITED STATES SUBMARINE LOSSES WORLD WAR II, U.S. Government Printing Off, Washington, D.C., 1963 5th ptg, B&W illustrations, 244pp, good++, blue cloth (hardcover), Originally prepared by The Commander Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1946. Reissued with an Appendix of Axis Submarine Losses, fully indexed by Naval History Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, 1963., (Order No: 54521 ), $15.00

109. Ellis, Chris and Chamberlain, Peter, FIGHTING VEHICLES: THE MACHINES THAT REVOLUTIONIZED LAND WARFARE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, Hamlyn, London, (1973) 2nd ptg, B&W photographs, 96pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0600334813 A comprehensive history., (Order No: 12938 ), $4.00

110. Ellis, Chris, FAMOUS SHIPS OF WORLD WAR 2 IN COLOUR - ARCO COLOR SERIES, Arco Publishing Company, Inc, New York, (1977), color illustrations, 210pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0668042311, (Order No: 41021 ), $7.50

111. Ellis, John, CAVALRY: THE HISTORY OF MOUNTED WARFARE, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1978), B&W and color ill., 192pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 039912179X This study of cavalary deals with the whole history of mounted warfare, from Assyrian warriors of antiquity to the last remaining outposts of cavalry in the modern world., (Order No: 35749 ), $15.00

112. Ellis, O. O.; and, Garey, E. B. (foreword by Major-Geneeral Leonard Wood, U.S.A.), THE PLATTSBURG MANUAL - A HANDBOOK FOR FEDERAL TRAINING CAMPS, The Century Co., New York, 1917 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 303pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "The First Book for the Citizen Soldier to Read." "The first steps in soldiering. Written for alert and eager men without previous military training, and planned for the most intensive training." Uncommon in dustjacket., (Order No: 51676 ), $17.50

113. Empey, Arthur Guy (Machine Gunner, Serving in France), "OVER THE TOP" BY AN AMERICAN SOLDIER WHO WENT, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1917 26th ptg, 16 ill. and diagrams, 315pp, ads, very good, red cloth (hardcover), "Together with Tommy's Dictionary of the Trenches.", (Order No: 47254 ), $5.00

114. Endres, Gunter and Gething, Michael J., JANE'S AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION GUIDE - FOURTH EDITION, HarperCollins Publishers, London/New York, (2005), color illustrations, 528pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0060818948 500 color photographs, aircraft markings identification guide, technical data, recognition silhouettes, confusion guides, civilian and military aircraft., (Order No: 52778 ), $12.50

115. Engelmann, Bernt (translated from the German by Erica Detto), THE WEAPONS MERCHANTS, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, (1968), B&W photographs, 224pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A true account of illegal traffic in death-dealing arms by individuals and governments., (Order No: 17577 ), $10.00

116. English, Thos. Dunn, THE BOY'S BOOK OF BATTLE-LYRICS, Haper & Brothers, New York, 1885, B&W ill., music examples, 168pp, good, decorated blue cloth (hardcover) wear to spine and corners, A COLLECTION OF VERSES ILLUSTRATING SOME NOTABLE EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FROM THE COLONIAL PERIOD TO THE OUTBREAK OF THE SECTIONAL WAR., (Order No: 54161 ), $40.00

117. Eshel, David, ELITE FIGHTING UNITS, Arco Publishing, Inc., New York, (1984), B&W and color photographs, 209pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0668062061 Whether about British Commandos, the German Elite Forces, the American Special Forces, the Egyptian Airborne, or Soviet Marines, tales of daring exploits by crack troops operating behind enemy lines are always fascinating. This book examines the record of major elite forces during World War II, and the skills, stamina, required of those picked to serve in those units today., (Order No: 13575 ), $8.00

118. Eshel, David, THE U.S. RAPID DEPLOYMENT FORCES, Arco Publishing, Inc., New York, (1985), B&W and color ill., 208pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0668062118 An inside view of the makings of the U.S. Rapid Deployment Forces and its central command. Describing the Forces' remarkable military capabilities, the book introduces the major units of the command, their weapons, and their training., (Order No: 16957 ), $12.50

119. Esposito, Vincent J., THE WEST POINT ATLAS OF AMERICAN WARS - TWO VOLUME SET COMPLETE, Praeger Publishers, New York, (1959) 1st ed, maps in three colors, very good++, (hardcover) in worn slipcase, Originally published in 1959 and 1960. Volume 1 1689-1900, 158 maps with descriptive text; Volume 2, 1900-1953, 254 maps along with text on each., (Order No: 1791 ), $50.00

120. Essame, H., PATTON THE COMMANDER, B. T. Batsford Limited, London, (1974), B&W illustrations, 280pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0713427744, (Order No: 37270 ), $20.00

121. Faber, Harold (editor), LUFTWAFFE: A HISTORY, Times Books, New York, (1977), 34 B&W photos, 267pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0812907256 In this fascinating book we are taken into the strange, self-defeating world of the Luftwaffe high command with all its colorful characters and the destructive interplay of its personalities and rivalries., (Order No: 11864 ), $5.00

122. Featherstone, Donald, CAPTAIN CAREY'S BLUNDER: THE DEATH OF THE PRINCE IMPERIAL - JUNE 1879, Leo Cooper Ltd, London, (1973), B&W illustrations, 240pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0850520606 The death of the Prince Imperial was the biggest story of the year 1879, arousing even more interest and sympathy than had the massacre of an entire British force at Isandhlwana a few months earlier, in which fourteen hundred men lost their lives. It is a story which poses the question--is it preferable to be a live coward or a dead hero?, (Order No: 31841 ), $85.00

123. Feis, Herbert, THE SINEWS OF PEACE, Harper & Brothers, Pub., New York, (1944) 1st ed, 270pp, good+, green cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), Contents include: Conceptions and Conditions; International Monetary Relations and Proposals; International Investment; Trade Between Nations; On Foodstuffs and Raw Materials as International Questions; and, Concluding Thoughts., (Order No: 31602 ), $15.00

124. Fentiman, Sandra (photographs by Julie Lewis), THE WORLD AT WAR - 50 YEARS LATER TOLD BY VETERANS AND CIVILIANS FROM CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE, Turner Publishing Company, Paducah, KY, (1997), B&W illustrations, 104pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) author inscribed, ISBN 1563113554 This book began as a series of newspaper articles that began as the 50th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Italy was approaching. The experiences of the veterans and civilians sharing their private experiences became a series and documented here in a book., (Order No: 54390 ), $40.00

125. Ferguson, Julie H., THROUGH A CANADIAN PERISCOPE: THE STORY OF THE CANADIAN SUBMARINE SERVICE, Dundurn Press, Toronto, Canada, (1995), B&W illustrations, 364pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0550022172 Colorful and thoroughly researched account of Canada's silent service from its unexpected inauguration in British Columbia in 1914., (Order No: 38036 ), $14.50

126. Finn, James, SABRES OF FRANCE - THE NAPOLEONIC WARS - COMPANION BOOK SERIES, Walker and Company, New York, (1961), B&W illustrations, 115pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 49501 ), $7.50

127. Flood, Charles Bracelen, HITLER: THE PATH TO POWER, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1989 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 686pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0395353122 The fascinating story of Adolf Hitler's political apprenticeship in the years immediately following World War I. In so doing the author provides an entirely new understanding of how Hitler came to power., (Order No: 20656 ), $6.50

128. Forbes, Archibald, THE AFGHAN WARS, 1839-42 AND 1878-80, Charles and Scribner's Sons, New York, 1892, B&W illustrations, 337pp, good, brown cloth (hardcover) light edgewear, Part I.--The First Afghan War. Part II.--The Second Afghan War., (Order No: 53860 ), $40.00

129. Ford, Roger; and, Ripley, Tim, THE WHITES OF THEIR EYES: CLOSE-QUARTER COMBAT, Brassey's Inc., Washington, DC, (2001) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 298pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1574883798, (Order No: 53293 ), $7.50

130. Foss, Christopher F., ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES OF THE WORLD, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, (1974), B&W and color illustrations, 192pp, good, brown cloth (no dustjacket), ISBN 0684141132, (Order No: 1828 ), $6.00

131. Franks, Norman; Giblin, Hal; and, McCrery, Nigel, UNDER THE GUNS OF THE RED BARON: THE COMPLETE RECORD OF VON RICHTHOFEN'S VICTORIES AND VICTIMS FULLY ILLUSTRATED, Grub Street, London, (1995), B&W and color illustrations, 224pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1898697272 Over the last 75 years there have been numerous books and articles written about Baron Manfred von Richthofen, Germany's highest scoring fighter ace of WW1, not only about his life but also of his death. This new book deals specifically with his victories and the men he shot down., (Order No: 54095 ), $12.00

132. Franzwa, Gregory M. & Ely, Lt. Gen. William J., LEIF SVERDRUP "...ENGINEER SOLDIER AT HIS BEST.", The Patrice Press, Gerald, MO, (1980) 1st ed, B&W photographs, 387pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) author inscribed, ISBN 0935284125 Sverdrup rose to prominence as a master soldier, master engineer, master businessman, and master citizen. He was one of the greatest civic leaders St. Louis and Missouri ever had. Inscribed on title page "To Sen. Lipscomb with best wishes Gregory M. Franzwa.", (Order No: 8164 ), $15.00

133. Freidel, Frank, THE SPLENDID LITTLE WAR, Galley Press, London, (1960), over 300 B&W ill., 314pp, good+, cream colored clotdh (hardcover) no dustjacket, "The dramatic story of the almost forgotten Spanish-American War - The MAINE, San Juan Hill, Manila Bay, Santiago, and the Rough Riders." First published in the US in 1958., (Order No: 9243 ), $5.00

134. Frey, John W. and Ide, H. Chandler, A HISTORY OF THE PETROLEUM ADMINISTRATION FOR WAR, 1941-1945, US Gov Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1946, B&W and color illustrations, 463pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) - EX-LIB (never circulated), This is a record of the operations of the Petroleum Administration for War, and its predecessor agency, the Office of Petroleum Coordinator, covering the period from May 28, 1941, to May 8, 1946, is one of a series of histories of wartime Government agencies, prepared in accordance with instructions by former President Franklin D. Roosevelt and President Harry S. Truman., (Order No: 53068 ), $10.00

135. Futrell, Robert Frank, THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE IN KOREA 1950- 1953 - REVISED EDITION, Office of Air Force History, Washington, DC, 1983, B&W illustrations, 823pp, good, wraps (softcover), First published in 1961. The official history., (Order No: 4041 ), $6.00

136. Garrard, John; and, Garrard, Carol (edited by), WORLD WAR 2 AND THE SOVIET PEOPLE, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1993), B&W illustrations, 268pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0312085311 Selected Papers from the Fourth World Congress for Soviet and East European Studies, Harrogate, 1990., (Order No: 50105 ), $60.00

137. Gibson, Hugh, A JOURNAL FROM OUR LEGATION IN BELGIUM, Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, NY, 1918, B&W illustrations, 363pp, good, brown cloth (hardcover) slight bump to corners, Presents some idea of life in Belgium during the first few months of the war., (Order No: 40417 ), $6.00

138. Gilbert, Martin, THE DAY THE WAR ENDED: MAY 8, 1945 - VICTORY IN EUROPE, Henry Holt and Company, New York, (1995) 1st Amer, B&W ill., B&W maps, 473pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0805039260 This is the story of that single day fifty years ago and of the days leading to it., (Order No: 30971 ), $7.50

139. Gillman, Peter and Gillman, Leni, 'COLLAR THE LOT!': HOW BRITAIN INTERNED AND EXPELLED ITS WARTIME REFUGEES, Quartet Books, London, (1980), B&W illustrations, 334pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0704322447 Just how this bizarre passenger list came to be compiled can only be told through the story of internment in Britain in 1940--one of the strangest, most disreputable, and least-known episodes of the Second World War., (Order No: 53467 ), $25.00

140. Glover, Michael, THE NAPOLEONIC WARS: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY 1792-1815, Hippocrene Books, New York, (1979), B&W and color illustrations, 232pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 088254473X, (Order No: 1417 ), $7.00

141. Glover, Michael, WELLINGTON'S PENINSULA VICTORIES - BUSACO, SALAMANCA, VITORIA, NIVELLE - BRITISH BATTLES SERIES, The Macmillan Company, New York, (1963), B&W illustrations, 192pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), In the course of the Peninsular War Wellington became the most celebrated general in British history., (Order No: 4127 ), $14.50

142. Goode, W. A. M. (With chapters by: Rear Admiral Sampson, Captain Robley D. Evans, and Commander C.C. Todd), WITH SAMPSON THROUGH THE WAR, Doubleday & McClure Co., New York, 1899 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 307pp, very good, decorated grey cloth (hardcover) clean & tight copy, "Being an Account of the Naval Operations of the North Atlantic Squadron during the Spanish American War of 1898." An exceptionally nice copy., (Order No: 20014 ), $125.00

143. Gordon, Lawrence L., MILITARY ORIGINS, A. S. Barnes & Co., New York, (1971), B&W and color illustrations, 256pp, very good, red cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, ISBN 0498078132, (Order No: 52727 ), $5.00

144. Gore, James Howard (compiled by), AMERICAN LEGIONNAIRES OF FRANCE: A DIRECTORY OF THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES..., W. F. Roberts Co., Washington, n.d. c1920, 451pp, good+, red cloth (hardcover), "...ON WHOM FRANCE HAS CONFERRED HER NATIONAL ORDER - THE LEGION OF HONOR." "This Directory includes the names of Legionnaires of France who were living at the time the manuscript went to the printer. An exception, however, was made in the case of officers decorated for services during the War who succumbed to wounds received in action or died subsequently, weakened no doubt, by strain or exposure incident to their war duties. The inclusion of their names is intended to augment, if it be possible, our appreciation of their supreme sacrifice.", (Order No: 39924 ), $135.00

145. Grady, Frank J. and Dickson, Rebecca, SURVIVING THE DAY: AN AMERICAN POW IN JAPAN, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, (1997) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 277pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1557503400 Frank Grady's remarkable account of his years as a prisoner-of-war--his capture, his interrogations, his labor, his survival strategies--offers a riveting portrayal of the heroic efforts required to outlast a hellish war., (Order No: 52597 ), $10.00

146. Graham, Michael B. (foreword by Ken Hechler), MANTLE OF HEROISM: TARAWA AND THE STRUGGLE FOR THE GILBERTS, NOVEMBER 1943, Presidio Press, Novato, CA, (1997), B&W illustrations, 360pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0891416528 First published in 1993., (Order No: 3840 ), $6.00

147. Gray, Edwyn, SUBMARINE WARRIORS, Presidio Press, Novato, CA, (1988), B&W illustrations, 275pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0891413251 "Thrilling stories of men who do battle in the harshest environment of all.", (Order No: 49092 ), $5.00

148. Greenland, Tony, TONY GREENLAND'S PANZER MODELLING MASTERCLASS, Windrow & Greene Ltd, London, (1996), color illustrations, 128pp, very good++, pictorical boards (hardcover), ISBN 1859150675 The World War II tank models of Tony Greenland are renowned from Europe to Japan. In this long-awaited book, Tony Greenland shares his mastery of a wide range of materials and techniques., (Order No: 54621 ), $17.50

149. Grenfell, Russell, THE BISMARCK EPISODE, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1949 4th ptg, B&W illustrations, 219pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 2585 ), $8.00

150. Griffin, Susan, A CHORUS OF STONES: THE PRIVATE LIFE OF WAR, Doubleday, New York, (1992) 1st ed, 363pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0385418574 Author looks at the "nature of war and gender and the illuminating interplaya between private suffering and public tragedy.", (Order No: 7770 ), $7.50

151. Grigg, Edward, THE GREATEST EXPERIMENT IN HISTORY, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1924, 216pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Contents include: The Greatest Experiment in History; The Near Eastern Question; British Imperialism in Egypt; The Treaty of Versailles and the European Situation; India Yesterday and To-Day; British and American Imperialism., (Order No: 40263 ), $25.00

152. Groh, Richard, 50 FAMOUS FIGHTER AIRCRAFT, Arco Publishing Company, Inc, New York, (1975) 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 96pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0668017511 Shows the best remembered fighters and tells why each earned a special place in the pages of air history., (Order No: 51915 ), $5.00

153. Guillaume, Augustin (General), SOVIET ARMS AND SOVIET POWER: THE SECRETS OF RUSSIA'S MIGHT, Infantry Journal Press, Washington, DC, (1949) 1st ed, 212pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) pencil marks on a few pages, (Order No: 39132 ), $7.50

154. Gunston, Bill, THE ILLUSTRATED DIRECTORY OF FIGHTING AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR II, Greenwich Editions, London, (2005), B&W and color illustrations, 479pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0862886724 More than 160 aircraft described - all major fighters, bombers, and ground attack aircraft deployed by the combatant nations of World War II., (Order No: 52777 ), $5.00

155. Guyol, Philip N., DEMOCRACY FLIGHTS: A HISTORY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE IN WORLD WAR II, Dartmouth Publications, Hanover, NH, 1951, B&W illustrations, 309pp, good+, maroon cloth (hardcover), Contents include: Part One--Military Aspects; Part Two--Governmental Aspects; Part Three--Economic Aspects; Part Four--Cultural Aspects., (Order No: 44690 ), $45.00

156. Hackett, General Sir John, THE PROFESSION OF ARMS, Macmillan Publishing Co., New York, (1983), B&W illustrations, 239pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0025471201, (Order No: 4172 ), $5.00

157. Hackworth, David H.; and England, Eilhys, STEEL MY SOLDIERS' HEARTS, Rugged Lane, New York, (2002), B&W illustrations, 441pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1590710029 "The Hopeless to Hardcover Transformation of U.S. Army, 4th Battlaion, 39th Infantry, Vietnam.", (Order No: 53301 ), $7.50

158. Hamley, General Sir Edward, THE WAR IN THE CRIMEA, Scribner & Welford, New York, 1890, B&W illustrations, 312pp, good+, brown cloth (hardcover), Contents include: Events Which Led To The War In The Crimea; The Landing In The Crimea; Battle Of The Alma; The March Round Sebastopol To Balaklava; Beginnings Of The Siege; Attacked At Balaklava And On The Upland; Battle Of Inkerman; The Hurricane And The Winter; Extension Of The Siege Works And Defences; Important Events Elsewhere; The New General; A Succession Of Conflicts; The Destruction Of Sebastopol; The Close Of The War., (Order No: 53861 ), $20.00

159. Hanley, Charles J.; Choe, Sang-Hun; and, Mendoza, Martha (with research assistance by Randy Herschaft), THE BRIDGE AT NO GUN RI - A HIDDEN NIGHTMARE FROM THE KOREAN WAR, Henry Holt and Company, New York, (2001) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 313pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) remainder mark, ISBN 0805066586, (Order No: 53291 ), $6.00

160. Hansen, Marcus L., WELFARE CAMPAIGNS IN IOWA - CHRONICLES OF THE WORLD WAR (EDITED BY BENJAMIN F. SHAMBAUGH), State Historical Soc. of IA, Iowa City, IA, 1920, 320pp, very good+, blue cloth, teg (hardcover), "The pages of this book are devoted to an account of the campaigns in Iowa for the raising of funds to support welfare work incident to the World War.", (Order No: 54497 ), $14.50

161. Hapgood, David & Richardson, David, MONTE CASSINO, Congdon & Weed, Inc., New York, (1984) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 269pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) bump top edge bending few pps, ISBN 0312925379 "At last, the full story behind one of World War II's most disputed events - the day American bombers destroyed the great abbey.", (Order No: 3435 ), $5.00

162. Harclerode, Peter (edited by), THE ELITE AND THEIR SUPPORT - VOLUME 1, Strategic Publishing Co. Ltd, Hampshire, England, [1986], B&W and color illustrations, 104pp, ads, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0951154605 The only definitive annual reference work solely concerned with the specialists units of the armed forces of the world. Contents include: Part 1 - Formations & Units; Part 2 - Equipment & Systems., (Order No: 30983 ), $20.00

163. Harlan, Louis R., ALL AT SEA: COMING OF AGE IN WORLD WAR II, University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL, (1996), B&W illustrations, 212pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0252022327 An intimate look at how the United States Navy made sailors out of land-lubbers and sent them into battle., (Order No: 52091 ), $10.00

164. Harrington, Peter and Sharf, Frederic A., "A SPLENDID LITTLE WAR" THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, 1898: THE ARTISTS' PERSPECTIVE, Greenhill Bks/Stackpole Bks, London/Pennsylvania, (1998), B&W and color illustrations, 83pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1853673161 Contents include: Maps of--Spanish American War: The Cuban Campaign Theatre of Operations of the Campaign of Cuba; Chronology of the Spanish-American War; 1898: The Artists' Perspective; Douglas Macpherson: A British Artist-Correspondent with the American Army 1898; Douglas Macpherson's Eye-Witness Accounts; Catalogue of the Exhibition; Works in the Exhibition; Biographies., (Order No: 53973 ), $7.50

165. Harris, Frank, ENGLAND OR GERMANY?, The Wilmarth Press, New York, 1915, 187pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 29595 ), $12.00

166. Harris, Gordon, A NEW COMMAND: THE LIFE OF BRUCE MEDARIS, MAJOR GENERAL, USA, RETIRED - THE STORY OF A GENERAL WHO BECAME A PRIEST, Logos International, Plainfield, NJ, (1976), 313pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0882701819, (Order No: 49963 ), $7.50

167. Hart, Sir Basil Liddell (prepared by) and Hart, Adrian Liddell (edited by), THE SWORD AND THE PEN: SELECTIONS FROM THE WORLD'S GREATEST MILITARY WRITINGS, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, (1976) 1st ptg, 282pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0690000529 Throughout history, generals have tried to enhance their reputations by the use of their pens while historians have sometimes lied in fear of the sword. This book is an exploration not only into war but into the minds and nature of those who have engaged in it, with sword and pen, in time past., (Order No: 16457 ), $5.00

168. Hatcher, Julian S.; Wilhelm, Glenn P.; and Malony, Harry J., MACHINE GUNS, George Banta Publishing Co., Menasha, WI, (1917), B&W illustrations, 251pp, ads, good+, red cloth w/some old spotting (hardcover), Part I. MECHANISM; Part II. THE PRACTICAL HANDLING OF MACHINE GUN FIRE; and Part III. MACHINE GUN TACTICS., (Order No: 38930 ), $75.00

169. Hayward, David K. (editor in chief) - 22nd Bomb Squadron Association, EAGLES, BULLDOGS & TIGERS - HISTORY OF THE 22ND BOMB SQUADRON IN CHINA-BURMA-INDIA, 22nd Bomb Squadron Assn., Huntington Beach, CA, (1997) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 294pp, very good+, light blue cloth (hardcover), 22nd Bomb Squadron (M), 341st Bomb Group (M), 10th and 14th Air Forces - China-Burma-Theater 1942-1945. Both a historical record and a collection of stories about a bunch of "kids" in World War II who went to India, later China, in the US Army Air Corp (later US Air Force) 22nd Bomb Squadron., (Order No: 47814 ), $100.00

170. Hearn, Chester G., THE ILLUSTRATED DIRECTORY OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS, Greenwich Editions, London, (2005), B&W and color illustrations, 360pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0862887542 Details of the weapons and equipment, the battles, and the personalities., (Order No: 53300 ), $6.00

171. Hearn, Chester G., THE AMERICAN SOLDIER IN WORLD WAR II, MBI Publishing Company, Osceola, WI, (2000), B&W and color illustrations, 176pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0760309698 A fascinating and moving account of what life was really like for the ordinary GI from the draft, throughout the battles, to the victorious homecoming., (Order No: 54186 ), $7.00

172. Held, Werner and Nauroth, Holger (translated by David Roberts), THE DEFENCE OF THE REICH: HITLER'S NIGHTFIGHTER PLANES AND PILOTS, Arms and Armour Press, London, (1982), B&W illustrations, 231pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0853684146 A vivid pictorial history of the German night-fighters that fought to defend the cities and factories of the Reich from British and American bombing raids during the Second World War., (Order No: 32852 ), $20.00

173. Hershey, Lewis B. (Director), SELECTIVE SERVICE AND VICTORY - THE 4TH REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF SELECTIVE SERVICE 1944-1945 WITH A SUPPLEMENT FOR 1946-1947, U.S. Government Printing Off, Washington, DC, 1948, 709pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 49359 ), $8.50

174. Hibbert, Christopher, CORUNNA - BRITISH BATTLES SERIES, The Macmillan Company, New York, (1961), 41 B&W plates, 216pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The Battle of Corunna, which was fought on January 16, 1809, saved a British army from annihilation., (Order No: 4124 ), $12.00

175. Higgins, Trumbull, WINSTON CHURCHILL AND THE SECOND FRONT, 1940-1943, Oxford University Press, New York, 1957, 281pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) slight cant to bookblock, In this analysis of British and American strategy from the fall of France through the Casablanca Conference in 1943, Winston Churchill inevitably dominates the scene., (Order No: 34924 ), $10.00

176. Hill, Helen and Agar, Herbert, BEYOND GERMAN VICTORY, Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, (1940), 117pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), A sober assessment of all the vital factors in the world situation in 1940 by two highly competent American observers., (Order No: 20191 ), $17.50

177. Hills, George, FRANCO: THE MAN AND HIS NATION, The Macmillan Company, New York, (1967) 1st Amer, 19 B&W ill., 12 B&W maps, 464pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), In a biography certain to antagonize both Francophiles and Francophobes, a biography that is as much a concise history of modern Spain as it is a telling portrait of its mentor, George Hills has penetrated the official censorship in Spain and the myths created by the enemies and friends to get at the facts. He leaves the reader to make the final judgment., (Order No: 17168 ), $10.00

178. Hindus, Maurice, THE COSSACKS - THE STORY OF A WARRIOR PEOPLE, Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., New York, 1945 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 321pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "A Cossack army galloped into the open and with horrible fury cut and hacked a German Panzer divison to pieces in the summer of 1942.", (Order No: 52737 ), $5.00

179. Hodges, Phelps (Major), BRITMIS: A GREAT ADVENTURE OF THE WAR, Jonathan Cape, London, (1931), B&W illustrations, 364pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover) light foxing bookblock edges, "Being an account of Allied intervention in Siberia and of an escape across the Gobi to Peking.", (Order No: 40475 ), $150.00

180. Holden, James A. (state historian), THE CENTENARY OF THE BATTLE OF PLATTSBURG - AT PLATTSBURG, N.Y. SEPTEMBER 6 TO 11, 1914 -- 1814 SEPTEMBER 11 1914, Univ. of the State of N.Y., Albany, NY, 1914, B&W illustrations, 98pp, good, wraps (softcover), Interesting centennial celebration booklet on the War of 1812 battle. Of interest is one photograph of a cannon ball lodged in the wall of one home., (Order No: 45250 ), $25.00

181. Hooton, E. R., PHOENIX TRIUMPHANT: THE RISE AND RISE OF THE LUFTWAFFE, Arms and Armour Press, London, (1994), B&W illustrations, 320pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1854091816 This book, the product of much new research in military archives in Germany, France and Britain, tells the story of how Germany came to develop the Luftwaffe., (Order No: 43529 ), $12.50

182. Horton, Edward, THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE SUBMARINE, Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY, (1974), B&W illustrations, 160pp, good+, black cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), ISBN 0385056141, (Order No: 17767 ), $8.50

183. Howe, M. A. DeWolfe (edited by), THE HARVARD VOLUNTEERS IN EUROPE, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1916 2nd ptg, 264pp, good, maroon cloth (hardcover) fade to spine as usual, "Personal Records of Experience in Military, Ambulance, and Hospital Service" during World War I., (Order No: 49420 ), $40.00

184. Howe, Quincy, ASHES OF VICTORY: WORLD WAR II AND ITS AFTERMATH, Simon and Schuster, New York, (1972) 1st ptg, 542pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0671211773, (Order No: 14088 ), $7.50

185. Huard, Frances Wilson, MY HOME IN THE FIELD OF MERCY, George H. Doran Company, New York, (1917), ill. by Charles Huard, 269pp, very good+, green cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 47276 ), $10.00

186. Hubbard, Douglass H., SPECIAL AGENT, VIETNAM - A NAVAL INTELLIGENCE MEMOIR, Potomac Books, Inc., Washington, DC, (2006), B&W illustrations, 269pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1574889702 Author relates the story of a highly dedicated and professional group of men who served voluntarily as officers, enlisted men, and civilian agents in the Office of Naval Intelligence in Vietnam., (Order No: 52584 ), $13.50

187. Huchthausen, Peter, AMERICA'S SPLENDID LITTLE WARS - A SHORT HISTORY OF U.S. MILITARY ENGAGEMENTS, 1975-2000, Viking, New York, (2003) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 254pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) remainder mark, ISBN 0670032328, (Order No: 53299 ), $5.00

188. Huie, William Bradford, THE HIROSHIMA PILOT, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1964), 318pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "The case of Major Claude Eatherly who has been called 'The American Dreyfus.'", (Order No: 3021 ), $7.50

189. Humes, Edward, OVER HERE - HOW THE G.I. BILL TRANSFORMED THE AMERICAN DREAM, Harcourt, Inc., Orlando, FL, (2006), 319pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0151007101 In 1944 the US government feared the flood of returning World War II soldiers almost as much as it longed for peace. To avoid economic catastrophe, FDR, Congress, and veterans groups devised a modest measure, the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944., (Order No: 51711 ), $6.50

190. Hutchinson, Robert, JANE'S SUBMARINES - WAR BENEATH THE WAVES FROM 1776 TO THE PRESENT DAY, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, (2005), B&W and color illustrations, 223pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0060819006 Begins with the primitive boats of the 18th and 19th centuries, covers the submarines of both World Wars and goes on to the nuclear submarines of today., (Order No: 52558 ), $10.00

191. Inglis, Fred, THE CRUEL PEACE: EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE COLD WAR, BasicBooks, New York, (1991) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 492pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) review slip laid in, ISBN 0465014941 An unforgettable saga of the epoch that has shaped our lives, chronicling the impact of the Cold War from the arenas of global politics to the psychic interior of our private fears and phobias., (Order No: 21293 ), $10.00

192. Isenberg, Michael T., WAR ON FILM: THE AMERICAN CINEMA AND WORLD WAR I, 1914-1941, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ. Pr, Rutherford, NJ, (1981), B&W illustrations, 273pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0838620043 An exercise in the use of motion pictures as historical evidence., (Order No: 53993 ), $20.00

193. Ivelaw-Chapman, John, THE RIDDLES OF WIPERS: AN APPRECIATION OF THE WIPERS TIMES, A JOURNAL OF THE TRENCHES, Leo Cooper, London, (1997), B&W illustrations, 163pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0850524946 THE WIPERS TIMES was the PRIVATE EYE of the Ypres Salient during World War one. Edited, while under bombardment, by a battalion commander in the Sherwood Foresters, written by soldiers actually in the trenches and distributed by ration-wagon and ammunition-mule, the paper bears vivid witness to the shocking realities of Trench Warfare., (Order No: 54405 ), $17.50

194. Jackson, G. Gibbard, THE ROMANCE OF THE SUBMARINE, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., London, [1931], B&W illustrations, 244pp, good, grey cloth w/some light spotting (hardcover), A fascinating early history of the submarine and how it developed., (Order No: 19443 ), $47.50

195. Jackson, Robert, WARPLANES OF WORLD WAR II: FIGHTERS - BOMBERS - GROUND ATTACK AIRCRAFT, Chartwell Books, Inc., Edison, NJ, (2002), B&W and color illustrations, 256pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0785814779 Detailed examination of 50 key aircraft that served in World War II., (Order No: 54188 ), $10.00

196. Jackson, W. G. F., THE BATTLE FOR ROME, B. T. Batsford, Ltd., London, (1969), 34 B&W photos, maps, 224pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 071341152X The capture of Rome on 4 June 1944 was the climax of Operation 'Diadem'. It was the Allies' greatest single triumph of the Italian campaign., (Order No: 8798 ), $5.00

197. Jaksch, Wenzel (translated and edited by Kurt Glaser), EUROPE'S ROAD TO POTSDAM, Frederick A. Praeger, Pub., New York, (1963), B&W ill., B&W maps, 468pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This first pre-history of the Conference, written by a member of the German Bundestag, analyzes the events in Central Europe during the hundred years that began with the liberal revolutions of 1848., (Order No: 31458 ), $14.50

198. James, D. Clayton, A TIME FOR GIANTS: THE POLITICS OF THE AMERICAN HIGH COMMAND IN WORLD WAR II, Franklin Watts, New York, 1987 1st ptg, B&W photos, 317pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0531150461, (Order No: 8378 ), $8.50

199. Jane's (Blake, Bernard, edited by), JANE'S UNDERWATER WARFARE SYSTEMS - SECOND EDITION - 1990-91, Jane's Information Group, Surrey, UK, 1990, B&W illustrations, 289pp, very good+, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, ISBN 0710609191, (Order No: 17729 ), $25.00

200. Jensen, Chaplain Andrew and Abramson, Martin, THE TRIAL OF CHAPLAIN JENSEN: THE FIRST-PERSON ACCOUNT OF THE MOST SENSATIONAL MILITARY TRIAL OF THE DECADE, Arbor House, New York, (1974), 288pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0877950652 "I was destined to become the only chaplain in the history of America to be court-martialed on any charge, and the only officer in the history of the U.S. Navy to be court-martialed on charges of adultery only." So begins this first-person account of one of the most extraordinary trials--personal or legal--in American history., (Order No: 18868 ), $7.50

201. Jensen, Joan M., ARMY SURVEILLANCE IN AMERICA, 1775-1980, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, (1991) 1st ptg, 325pp, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0300046685 This book presents a comprehensive history of military surveillance in the United States, tracing the evolution of America's internal security policy during the past two hundred years., (Order No: 43348 ), $14.50

202. Johnsen, Frederick A., BOMBERS IN BLUE: PB4Y-2 PRIVATEERS AND PB4Y-1 LIBERATORS, Bomber Books, Tacoma, WA, 1979, B&W illustrations, 29pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), The role of the B-24 Liberator heavy bomber in Air Corps service., (Order No: 54618 ), $10.00

203. Jordan, David, THE HISTORY OF THE FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION: FROM 1831 TO THE PRESENT DAY, The Lyons Press, Guilford, CT, (2005) 1st ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 192pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1592287689 Reveals the facts and reality behind this compelling unit., (Order No: 52598 ), $9.50

204. Jordan, David, FIREPOWER AIRCRAFT CARRIERS: CUTAWAY ILLUSTRATIONS - PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS - MISSION REPORTS, Chartwell Books, Inc., Edison, NJ, (2002), B&W and color illustrations, 176pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0785815295, (Order No: 54187 ), $7.50

205. Kahn, David, HITLER'S SPIES: GERMAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE IN WORLD WAR II, Macmillan Publishing Co., New York, (1978) 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 671pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0025606107, (Order No: 1582 ), $8.50

206. Karig, Walter and Kelley, Welbourne, BATTLE REPORT: PEARL HARBOR TO CORAL SEA, Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., New York, 1944, B&W illustrations, 499pp, good (no dustjacket), light fade/wear and soil to cloth as usual, (Order No: 18278 ), $8.00

207. Keegan, John and Wheatcroft, Andrew, ZONES OF CONFLICT - AN ATLAS OF FUTURE WARS, Simon and Schuster, New York, (1985) 1st ptg, maps, 158pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0671624113, (Order No: 42252 ), $8.00

208. Keegan, John and Wheatcroft, Andrew, WHO'S WHO IN MILITARY HISTORY - FROM 1453 TO THE PRESENT DAY, Routledge, London, (2002), 340pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0415260396, (Order No: 53366 ), $4.00

209. Keil, Sally Van Wagenen, THOSE WONDERFUL WOMEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES: THE UNKNOWN HEROINES OF WORLD WAR II, Rawson, Wade Publishers, Inc, New York, (1979) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 334pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0892560665 From 1942 to 1944, almost two thousand women pilots left their civilian lives as students, movie stuntwomen, secretaries, blackjack dealers, and wives with husbands overseas to converge on Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas. There, the only all-female cadet air base in history, marched into the "Army Way" of life., (Order No: 54597 ), $7.50

210. Kelley, Frank and Ryan, Cornelius, STAR-SPANGLED MIKADO, Robert M. McBride & Company, New York, (1947) 1st ed, 282pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "Here is the first penetrating behind- the-scenes study of General Douglas MacArthur and the American occupation of Japan. Pulling no punches, it is a down-to-earth account of America's role in Japan told with wit, understanding - and where necessary with criticism.", (Order No: 52664 ), $35.00

211. Keyserlingk, Robert H., AUSTRIA IN WORLD WAR II: AN ANGLO-AMERICAN DILEMMA - AUSTRIA IN WWII, McGill-Queen's Univ. Press, Kingston, Canada, (1988), B&W illustrations, 305pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), review press rel., ISBN 0773506446 The first comprehensive work on the British and American attitude toward Austria during the wary, and also serves as a case study in the growing importance of propaganda as an arm of government., (Order No: 2651 ), $15.00

212. Kightly, Charles, STRONGHOLDS OF THE REALM: DEFENSES IN BRITAIN FROM PREHISTORY TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, Thames and Hudson, London, (1979), 193 ill. 20 in color, 208pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0500250634 An exciting collaboration between one of the liveliest of the younger generation of British historians and a photographer who has traveled throughout the country to make a unique visual record tracing the overall role played by defenses in the history of Britain., (Order No: 35748 ), $12.00

213. King, Jere Clemens (editor), THE FIRST WORLD WAR, Walker and Company, New York, (1972), 341pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0802720471 A volume in "The Documentary History of Western Civilization Series.", (Order No: 11233 ), $5.00

214. King, William, THE STICK AND THE STARS, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, (1958) 1st ed, 192pp, good w/chipped and worn dustjacket (hardcover), "A British submarine commander, a man of wit and charm and adventure, tells the story of his combat, his fears, his moments of laughter, and love, and of himself.", (Order No: 17511 ), $10.00

215. Kinross, John, WALKING & EXPLORING THE BATTLEFIELDS OF BRITAIN, Hunter Publishing Inc., Edison, NJ, (1989), B&W and color ill., maps, 192pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1556501560 Interesting and unusual area of walking, which will stimulate interest in Britain's historic battles. More than sixty of the greatest British battles are explained. Detailed maps and illustrations help the walker get the most from their walks., (Order No: 34403 ), $14.50

216. Kirkland, Richard C., TALES OF A WAR PILOT, Smithsonian Institution Pr., Washington, DC, (1999) 3rd ptg, B&W illustrations, 160pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1560988886 More than a memoir, this book encompasses two very different kinds of combat flying - the aggressive dogfights of the fighter pilot and the lifesaving missions of the unarmed helicopter pilot., (Order No: 52582 ), $5.00

217. Koch, H. W., THE HITLER YOUTH - ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT 1922-45, Barnes & Noble Books, New York, (1996) 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 348pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0880292369 First published in 1975. In Nazi Germany, childhood ceased at the age of ten; thereafter, there were only "political soldiers" of the future. The story of the Hitler Youth from its beginning in 1922 to its end in 1945 is largely the story of the exploitation, corruption, and final betrayal of the young people of Germany., (Order No: 51663 ), $6.00

218. Lachouque, Henry (introduction by David G. Chandler; plates by Baron Louis de Beaufort; maps by Jean-Claude Quennevat; et al), WATERLOO, Arms and Armour Press, London, (1975), B&W and color illustrations, 202pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) owner's bookplate, ISBN 0853683409 An authoritative and detailed study in words and pictures of one of history's most famous battles., (Order No: 54534 ), $20.00

219. Laffin, John, LINKS OF LEADERSHIP - THIRTY CENTURIES OF MILITARY COMMAND, Abelard-Schuman, New York, (1970), 304pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 50591 ), $6.00

220. Lamb, Richard, THE DRIFT TO WAR, 1922-1939, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1991) 1st US, color illustrations, 372pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0312058586 The definitive account of British policy from the advent of the League of Nations to the beginning of war in 1939., (Order No: 30057 ), $6.50

221. Lane, Frederic C. (with the collaboration Blanche D. Coll, Gerald J. Fischer, David B. Tyler; charts by Joseph T. Reynolds), SHIPS FOR VICTORY: A HISTORY OF SHIPBUILDING UNDER THE U.S. MARITIME COMMISSION IN WORLD WAR II, The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, MD, 1951 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 881pp, very good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "A Book about 5,777 Ships built under the U.S. Maritime Commission." In World War II the shipbuilding industry, mobilized under the U.S. Maritime Commission, set records of production which have never been equaled. How this program was inaugurated, carried out, and concluded is the story of this book., (Order No: 26182 ), $35.00

222. Langsford, A. E., HMS MARATHON, Presidio Press, Novato, CA, (1990), 240pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0891413901 An accomplished story-teller turns the sights on the war at sea: the Mediterranean, 1942., (Order No: 50049 ), $5.00

223. Large, Hector (preface by Pierre Mac Orlan), LE COSTUME MILITAIRE - A TRAVERS LES AGES - TOME III, Aux Editions Arc-En-Ciel, Paris, n.d., Original, good, fold-over folio slipcase. Contents fine; including: Preface of six pages; table of plates of six pages, and 105 hand-colored spectacular plates (complete). Text in French. The hand-colored plates depict the French Military Uniforms from 1848 to 1935 from The Republic, The Second Empire, The Imperial Guard, and the later Republic period. Edition limited to 1,000 sets., (Order No: 20869 ), $350.00

224. Laur, Timothy M., and Llanso, Steven L. (edited by Walter J. Boyne), THE ARMY TIMES - NAVY TIMES - AIR FORCE TIMES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MODERN U.S. MILITARY WEAPONS, Berkley Books, New York, (1995) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 496pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0425147819 Provides a collective description of the principle weapon systems of the United States., (Order No: 52575 ), $10.00

225. Laurence, William L., THE HELL BOMB, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1951 1st ed, 198pp, good, orange cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 26879 ), $7.50

226. Laurie, Clayton D., THE PROPAGANDA WARRIORS: AMERICA'S CRUSADE AGAINST NAZI GERMANY, University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, (1996) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 335pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 070060765X Laurie details the creation, evolution, and field operations of the overseas branch of the Office of War Information (OWI); the Morale Operations Branch of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS); and the Army-dominated Psychological Warfare units (PWB and PWD) serving the Allied forces in Europe. These agencies wree as much at war with each other as with the Third Reich., (Order No: 51635 ), $30.00

227. Leasor, James, THE UNINVITED ENVOY - THE MYSTERIOUS FLIGHT OF RUDOLF HESS, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, (1962), B&W illustrations, 249pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 41395 ), $8.00

228. Lee, Loyd E., WORLD WAR II - CRUCIBLE OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD: COMMENTARY AND READINGS, M. E. Sharpe, Inc., Armonk, NY, (1991) 1st ptg, 427pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0873327322 A wide-ranging anthology dealing with social, diplomatic, military, and political developments during the Second World War., (Order No: 50234 ), $25.00

229. Lefebure, Victor (preface by Marshal Foch; introduction by Field- Marshal Sir Henry Wilson), THE RIDDLE OF THE RHINE: CHEMICAL STRATEGY IN PEACE AND WAR, The Chemical Foundation, Inc, New York, (1923), B&W illustrations, 282pp, good, red cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket EX-LIB no external mks, An account of the critical struggle for power and for the decisive war initiative. The campaign fostered by the great Rhine factories, and the pressing problems which they represent. A matter of pre-eminent public interest concerning the sincerity of disarmament, the future of warfare, and the stability of peace., (Order No: 19145 ), $3.50

230. Lessa, William A., SPEARHEAD GOVERNATORE: REMEMBRANCES OF THE CAMPAIGN IN ITALY, Undena Publications, Malibu, CA, 1985, B&W illustrations, 257pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) some light waterstaining, ISBN 0890031630 A personal biography recounting the author's participation in Allied Military Government in Italy during World War II as a Civil Affairs Officer, or governatore., (Order No: 33105 ), $10.00

231. Lewin, Ronald, THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE AFRIKA KORPS, Quadrangle/NY Times Book Co., New York, (1977), 16 B&W ill., 10 maps, 207pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0812906829 The story of General Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps., (Order No: 10846 ), $10.00

232. Lewis, H. H. (edited by) (introduction by W. T. Sampson), A GUNNER ABOARD THE "YANKEE": FROM THE DIARY OF NUMBER FIVE OF THE AFTER PORT GUN, Doubleday & McClure Co., New York, 1898 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, 312pp, good, decorated green cloth (hardcover) clean and tight copy, THE YARN OF THE CRUISE AND FIGHTS OF THE NAVAL RESERVES IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. "Number Five's diary was written simply for his family, but the fame gained by the 'Yankee' leads the publishers to believe that it will prove interesting to Americans far and wide. It is set forth in narrative form, but the incidents and the stratightforward, simple, and sailor-like words are those of the actual participant. This is his story.", (Order No: 54069 ), $20.00

233. Lewis, Jon E., THE GIANT BOOK OF BATTLES, Magpie Books, London, (2006), 498pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1845294033 Excellent accounts by outstanding military writers of events from the Relief of Ladysmith in 1900 during the Anglo-Boer South African War through all military operations up to an including Operation Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf in 1991., (Order No: 52587 ), $7.50

234. Lieut.-Col. C. a Court Repington (Commander of the Order of Leopold Officer of the Legion of Honour), THE FIRST WORLD WAR 1914-1918: PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF LIEUT. COL. C. A COURT REPINGTON -- TWO VOLUME SET COMPLETE, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1921, good++, maroon cloth (hardcover) nice clean and tight set, Volume I, 621pp; and Volume II, 581pp., (Order No: 54345 ), $25.00

235. Lindbergh, Charles A., THE WARTIME JOURNALS OF CHARLES A. LINDBERGH, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, (1970) 1st ed, 76 B&W photographs, 1038pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0151946256 These are the journals Lindbergh kept between the years 1938 and 1945., (Order No: 15453 ), $10.00

236. Lindstrom, Lamont & White, Geoffrey M., ISLAND ENCOUNTERS: BLACK AND WHITE MEMORIES OF THE PACIFIC WAR, Smithsonian Institution Pr., Washington, D.C., (1990) 1st ptg, B&W photographs, 194pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0874744571 This book explores the massive and sudden contact between two worlds- powerful military forces and Pacific islanders-blending oral histories recorded in the islands after World War II with more than 175 photographs gleaned from hundreds of thousands reposing in Japanese newspaper morgues, the private albums of U.S. veterans, and Allied military archives., (Order No: 13078 ), $8.00

237. Lloyd, Mark, MODERN COMBAT UNIFORMS, Squadron/Signal Publications, Carrollton, TX, (1988), B&W and color illustrations, 216pp, good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0897472268 A Survey of Modern Military Personnel -- 100 Full Colour Battle Dress Uniforms -- Illustrated Appraisal of the World's Elite Fighting Forces., (Order No: 30984 ), $12.50

238. Lloyd, Selwyn, SUEZ 1956: A PERSONAL ACCOUNT, Mayflower Books, Inc., New York, (1978) 1st Amer, 30 B&W ill., B&W map, 282pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 20849 ), $7.50

239. Lockwood, Allison McCrillis, TOUCHED WITH FIRE: AN AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN WORLD WAR II, Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, MA, (1993), B&W illustrations, 193pp, very good, wraps (softcover) inscribed by the author & owner, This volume shows how the Second World War affected a single American community, Northampton, Massachusetts., (Order No: 44288 ), $30.00

240. Lodge, Henry Cabot, THE WAR WITH SPAIN, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1899 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 276pp, good, red cloth, teg (hardcover) fadesd spine, light water stain, The story of the war of the United States with Spain based on official reports of the military and naval operations. NOTE FADED SPINE and LIGHT WATER STAINING TO A FEW PAGES AT THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE BOOK BLOCK., (Order No: 54070 ), $30.00

241. Lord, Walter, THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT, W. W. Norton & Co., Inc., New York, (1972), B&W illustrations, 384pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover) BCE, ISBN 0393054527 "The climactic shaping of 'the land of the free' during the hazardous events of 1814 in Washington, Baltimore, and London.", (Order No: 7369 ), $2.50

242. Lucas, Jack; with D. K. Drum (forword by Senator Bob Dole), INDESTRUCTIBLE: THE UNFORGETTABLE STORY OF A MARINE HERO AT IWO JIMA, Da Capo Press, Cambridge, MA, (2006) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 212pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0306814706 The hard-hitting and unforgettable memoir of a hero at the Battle of Iwo Jima - the youngest Marine in history to receive the Medal of Honor., (Order No: 52856 ), $5.00

243. Lukas, Richard C., THE STRANGE ALLIES: THE UNITED STATES AND POLAND, 1941-1945, Univ. of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, (1978) 1st ed, 230pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870492292 The course of United States-Polish relations during World War II resembled that of many friendships: close at first but growing more distant as the United States became more allied with the Soviet Union., (Order No: 11075 ), $12.50

244. Luvaas, Jay (edited and translated by), FREDERICK THE GREAT ON THE ART OF WAR, The Free Press, New York, (1966), B&W illustrations, 391pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), BCE, This volume is based on selections from THE ART OF WAR and other works by Frederick, including military manuals and advice to officers on the conduct of battles. It gives a detailed, intimate picture of military life in the eighteenth century., (Order No: 31479 ), $10.00

245. Lyall, Gavin (editor), THE WAR IN THE AIR: THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN WORLD WAR II, William Morrow & Co., Inc., New York, (1969), B&W photo section, 422pp, good w/lightly edgeworn dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 8217 ), $7.50

246. Maas, Peter, THE TERRIBLE HOURS: THE MAN BEHIND THE GREATEST SUBMARINE RESCUE IN HISTORY, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, (1999) 16th ptg, 259pp, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0060194804 On the eve of World War II, America's newest submarine, U.S.S. SQUALUS, plunged helplessly to the North Atlantic bottom during a test dive. Miraculously, 33 crew members still survived, and this is the story of their rescue., (Order No: 53075 ), $4.00

247. Maass, Walter B., ASSASSINATION IN VIENNA: THE STORY OF THE NAZIS' FIRST ATTEMPT TO TAKE OVER ANOTHER COUNTRY, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, (1972), B&W ill., B&W maps, 180pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0684125870 A dramatic account of the Nazis' first attempt to take over another country, with their conspiracy against the Austrian government in 1934 which resulted in the assassination of the Prime Minister, Englebert Dollfuss., (Order No: 21032 ), $10.00

248. MacGregor-Hastie, Roy, THE DAY OF THE LION - THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A FASCIST ITALY 1922-1945, Coward-McCann, Inc., New York, (1964) 1st Amer, 395pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) SOME RED MARKS & UNDERLINING, (Order No: 41022 ), $9.50

249. MacKenzie, Norman, THE ESCAPE FROM ELBA: THE FALL & FLIGHT OF NAPOLEAN 1814-1815, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1982, 299pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0192158635, (Order No: 1412 ), $7.00

250. Macksey, Kenneth, INVASION: THE GERMAN INVASION OF ENGLAND JULY 1940, Collier Macmillan Canada Ltd, Ontario, (1980), B&W illustrations, 223pp, very good, blue cloth (no dustjacket), ISBN 0029902908, (Order No: 3269 ), $5.00

251. Magnus, Philip, KITCHENER: PORTRAIT OF AN IMPERIALIST, John Murray, London, (1958), B&W photos, 410pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This is the life of the British soldier-imperialist Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Viscount of Khartoum and of Aspall in Suffolk. He became a legend during his lifetime, and through his adventurous and distinguished service became virtually the idol of the British public., (Order No: 8282 ), $7.50

252. Martienssen, Anthony, HITLER AND HIS ADMIRALS, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York, 1949 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 275pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover)(no dustjacket), "These four sets of papers made it possible to reconstruct an accurate and detailed account of the higher direction of the German Navy. Together with the numberous other political and military papers which were unearthed, they also made possible a comprehenisve history of Nazi Germany at war.", (Order No: 27236 ), $13.50

253. Martin, Laurence, ARMS AND STRATEGY: THE WORLD POWER STRUCTURE TODAY, David McKay Company, Inc., New York, (1973) 1st Amer, over 70 B&W ill., 320pp, good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), The book is divided into four main sections covering nuclear weapons and total war; the machinery and theory of limited war; the main areas of conflict; and current political and economic problems that affect defence planning., (Order No: 16368 ), $8.50

254. Martin, Paul, EUROPEAN MILITARY UNIFORMS: A SHORT HISTORY, Spring Books, London, (1967), B&W and color ill., 128pp, ill., good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The aim of this book is to survey, briefly and concisely, the whole field of military costume from the point when, with the creation of standing armies, it became detached from everyday civilian attire and took on a distinctive guise., (Order No: 35746 ), $12.00

255. Maslowski, Peter and Winslow, Don, LOOKING FOR A HERO: STAFF SERGEANT JOE RONNIE HOOPER AND THE VIETNAM WAR, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, (2004), B&W illustrations, 618pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0803232446, (Order No: 53288 ), $7.00

256. Mason, Herbert Molloy, THE RISE OF THE LUFTWAFFE: FORGING THE SECRET GERMAN AIR WEAPON, 1918-1940, The Dial Press, New York, 1973 1st ptg, B&W ill., 403pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) couple closed tears dj, This fascinating account details the subterfuge and ingenuity used to create the new Luftwaffe., (Order No: 32856 ), $5.00

257. Masse, C. H., THE PREDECESSORS: OF THE ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS 1757-1888, Gale and Polden Limited, Aldershot, 1948, B&W and color ill., maps, 116pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A history of the development of the supply and transport services of the British Army., (Order No: 20588 ), $45.00

258. Matthews, William and Wecter, Dixon, OUR SOLDIERS SPEAK, 1775-1918, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, 1943 1st ed, 365pp, good+ w/lightly edgeworn dustjacket (hardcover), Out of the diaries, the journals, the letters of riflemen, sailors, soldiers and militiamen, comes a history more vivid, more vigorous, more alive than one from any historian's pen., (Order No: 27923 ), $15.00

259. Mauch, Christof (translated from the German by Jeremiah M. Riemer), THE SHADOW WAR AGAINST HITLER: THE COVERT OPERATIONS OF AMERICA'S WARTIME SECRET INTELLIGENCE SERVICE, Columbia University Press, New York, (2003) 1st ptg, 333pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0231120443 The full story of America's far-flung secret intelligence apparatus during World War II., (Order No: 39467 ), $18.00

260. May, E. S. (Major, R.A.), GUNS AND CAVALRY - THEIR PERFORMANCES IN THE PAST AND THEIR PROSPECTS IN THE FUTURE, Sampson Low, Marston and Co., London, 1896, B&W plans and illustrations, 220pp, good+, blue cloth, teg (hardcover), Contents include: On the Mobility of Guns; The Action of Guns and Cavalry Together; Examples of Co-operation when Acting as an Independent Force; Opportunities on the Battle-Field; Subsidiary Roles; Some Remarks as to the Influence of Quickfiring, Machine Gunds, and Mounted Infantry., (Order No: 44960 ), $65.00

261. McDowell, Ernest R. (illustrated by Don Greer), 49TH FIGHTER GROUP, Squadron/Signal Publications, Carrollton, TX, (1989), B&W and color illustrations, 64pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0897472217 The history of the 49th Fighter Group told through the personal experiences of the men that made up the Squadrons., (Order No: 54619 ), $10.00

262. McKinley, William; Woodford, Stewart L.; Buel, J. W.; Trusdell, Franklin; O'Neill, Edward; Harden, E. W.; May, Sidney; et al, HERO TALES OF THE AMERICAN SOLDIER AND SAILOR AS TOLD BY THE HEROES THEMSELVES AND THEIR COMRADES, J. H. Moore Co., Philadelphia, PA, (1899), color frontis, B&W ill., 503pp, good++, pictorial blue boards (hardcover) clean & tight copy, The Unwritten History of American Chivalry., (Order No: 54076 ), $17.50

263. McLaughlin, Redmond & Horrocks, Brian (edited by), THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS, Leo Cooper Ltd., London, (1972), B&W illustrations, 121pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0850520916 Part of the Famous Regiments series, this book is the first comprehensive history of the Royal Army Medical Corps., (Order No: 13973 ), $25.00

264. Melegari, Vezio, THE WORLD'S GREAT REGIMENTS, Spring Books, London, (1972), 160 color, 70 B&W ill., 256pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0600338991 A comprehensive and lavishly illustrated review of the most famous and historically significant regiments of the world, from the elite troops of antiquity to the crack Panzer divisions of the Second World War. Includes a catalogue of uniforms and separate indexes of names and military uniforms, all of which increase its usefulness as a reference work., (Order No: 11101 ), $12.50

265. Melton, Brad and Smith, Dean (edited by), ARIZONA GOES TO WAR - THE HOME FRONT AND THE FRONT LINES DURING WORLD WAR II, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ, (2003) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 233pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0816521905 "In these pages, you will relive a time when military installations sprang up all over Arizona as thousands of airmen arrived to train in the state's clear desert skies, and when soldiers destined from North Africa came to get their first taste of desert sands.", (Order No: 44533 ), $10.00

266. Meredith, Roy, THE AMERICAN WARS: A PICTORIAL HISTORY FROM QUEBEC TO KOREA 1755-1953, World Publishing Co., Cleveland, (1955) 1st ed, 100s of B&W illustrations, 349pp, very good, gray cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), "This is the pictorial history of the American wars as seen by artists in uniform, a unique compilation of the work in sketch book and on canvas of the men who recorded history as they made it.", (Order No: 4150 ), $12.50

267. Michie, Allan A. and Graebner, Walter (edited by), THEIR FINEST HOUR: FIRST-HAND NARRATIVES OF THE WAR IN ENGLAND, Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, (1941) 1st Amer, B&W illustrations, 226pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "A notable advance in journalism's technique of reporting war. ... contains sixteen dramatic accounts by men and women who conduct right now the crucial operations in the defense of Britain.", (Order No: 17564 ), $10.00

268. Michie, Allan A., RETREAT TO VICTORY, Alliance Book Corporation, Chicago, IL, (1942), B&W illustrations, 492pp, index, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), A Mighty Answer to A Faltering Confidence. To know when to retreat and to dare to do it--this was the Duke of Wellington's test of military greatness, and it is in the light of this verdict that Allan Michie brilliantly reports and interprets the ebb and flow of Allied fortunes in the Middle and Far East., (Order No: 27266 ), $10.00

269. Middlebrook, Martin, THE NUREMBERG RAID: THE WORST NIGHT OF THE WAR MARCH 30-31, 1944, William Morrow & Co., Inc., New York, 1974, B&W illustrations, 369pp, good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 068802873X, (Order No: 3030 ), $7.50

270. Miller, Marc Scott, THE IRONY OF VICTORY - WORLD WAR II AND LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL, (1988) 1st ptg, 233pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0252015053 "This pioneering study of the effects of World War II on American society is the first to focus on everyday life in one industrial town during and after the war.", (Order No: 50096 ), $7.50

271. Miller, William H., GEORGE PATTON AND THE 5TH CONNECTION, Dean and Alan Publishing Co., Rockford, IL, (1993) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 576pp, very good+, blue cloth (hardcover), This volume highlights the controversial life and times of General George S. Patton Jr. It also serves as a condensed overview of World War II; providing a blunt, no holds barred account of the people, places and politics shaping the biggest war in modern history., (Order No: 53707 ), $85.00

272. Millett, Allan R. and Maslowski, Peter, FOR THE COMMON DEFENSE: A MILITARY HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, The Free Press, New York, (1984), B&W illustrations, 621pp, good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0029215803 The authors focus on the political, social, and economic aspects involved in the formulation of military policy and the impact of that policy on domestic and international developments., (Order No: 21736 ), $9.50

273. Millis, Walter (edited by), AMERICAN MILITARY THOUGHT, The Bobbs- Merrill Company, Indianapolis, IN, (1966) 1st ptg, 554pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Addresses how American military thought has been shaped and has developed from colonial times until today., (Order No: 35035 ), $7.50

274. Millis, Walter, THE MARTIAL SPIRIT, Literary Guild of America, 1931, B&W illustrations, 427pp, good+, maroon cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, An overall history of the Spanish-American War., (Order No: 53898 ), $4.00

275. Mollo, John and Mollo, Boris (color plates by Bryan Fosten), INTO THE VALLEY OF DEATH: THE BRITISH CAVALRY DIVISION AT BALACLAVA, 1854, Windrow & Greene, London, (1994) 2nd ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 127pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 187200475X Text and illustrations combine to present the most carefully detailed impression ever published of the regiments of the British Cavalry on perhaps the most famous day in all their long history., (Order No: 54536 ), $45.00

276. Montgomery of Alamein, DISPATCH SUBMITTED BY FIELD MARSHALL THE VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN, K.G., G.C.B., D.S.O. ..., British Information Services, New York, 1946, 79pp, good+, wraps (softcover), "... to the Secretary of State for War Describing the Part Played by the 221st Army Group, and the Armies Under His Command, from D Day to VE Day.", (Order No: 41319 ), $20.00

277. Moore, Robin and Lennon, Michael, THE WARS OF THE GREEN BERETS - AMAZING STORIES FROM VIETNAM TO THE PRESENT, Skyhorse, Publishing, Inc., New York, (2007) 1st ptg, 241pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1602390541 A work of fiction, this book "retells the stranger-than-fiction, hair-raising experiences of the stout men who have risked it all.", (Order No: 53298 ), $8.50

278. Moore, William E.; and, Russell, James C., U.S. OFFICIAL PICTURES OF THE WORLD WAR - FOUR VOLUME SET COMPLETE, Pictorial Bureau, Washington, DC, (1920), sepica toned illustrations, good++, 3/4 red leather, aeg, marbled boards (hardcover), "SHOWING AMERICA'S PARTICIPATION SELECTED FROM THE OFFICIAL FILES OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT WITH UNOFFICIAL INTRODUCTORY PHOTOGRAPHS." Deluxe four volume set from the estate of the original owner, with his name in gilt stamping on the front of each volume. Volume I, page 1-224; Volume II, page 225-464; Volume III, page 465-576, colored plate of "Decorations for American Soldiers," and additional supplemental sections including FINAL REPORT OF GEN. JOHN J. PERSHING; NEW YORK TROOPS IN THE WORLD WAR (LXIV pages); and, OUT OF THE WEST (XVI pages, tear to one page); and, Volume IV, 320pp. A handsome clean and tight set., (Order No: 53984 ), $150.00

279. Morgan, Ted, AN UNCERTAIN HOUR: THE FRENCH, THE GERMANS, THE JEWS, THE BARBIE TRIAL, AND THE CITY OF LYON, 1940-1945, William Morrow and Company, New York, (1990), B&W illustrations, 416pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), BCE, ISBN 0877959897 A work of lasting resonance about the impact of war on ordinary people-- on the heroic, the cruel, the dutiful and the deluded, the traitorous and the tragic, the resolute and the wavering, and about the many-stranded web of chance and choice in which they played out their destinies., (Order No: 31168 ), $6.00

280. Morgan, Terry, FIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF THE UNITED STATES, Arco Publishing Company, Inc, New York, (1977) 3rd ptg, B&W illustrations, 96pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0668015543, (Order No: 51916 ), $7.50

281. Morris, Eric; Chant, Christopher; Johnson, Curt; and, Willmott, H. P., WEAPONS & WARFARE OF THE 20TH CENTURY, Derbibooks, Secaucus, NJ, (1976), over 700 B&W and color ill., 480pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 070640534X A comprehensive and historical survey of modern military methods and machines., (Order No: 14597 ), $15.00

282. Morrissey, Brendan, YORKTOWN 1781: THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN - PRAEGER ILLUSTRATED MILITARY HISTORY SERIES, Praeger, Westport, CT, (2004), B&W and color illustrations, 96pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0275984575, (Order No: 52438 ), $7.50

283. Napier, William, ENGLISH BATTLES AND SIEGES IN THE PENINSULA [ON SPINE - NAPIER'S BATTLES OF THE PENINSULA], John Murray, London, 1869, B&W frontis, 469pp, good, red cloth (hardcover) clean and tight copy, By Lieutenant-General Sir William Napier, K.C.B., extracted from his PENINSULAR WAR. New Edition. In this publication, the combats of Rorica, Vimiero, and Coruna, and the character of Sir John Moore, have been entirely recomposed. The other battles and sieges are, with more or less compression of details, transcripts from the History of the Peninsula War., (Order No: 53976 ), $30.00

284. Natkiel, Richard (text by S. L. Mayer & Robin Sommer), ATLAS OF BATTLES: STRATEGY AND TACTICS, CIVIL WAR TO PRESENT, The Military Press, New York, (1984), B&W ill., over 200 maps, 160pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517442868 A guide and reference to the most influential military actions that have taken place since the American Civil War., (Order No: 35747 ), $12.00

285. Newcomb, Richard F., ABANDON SHIP! THE SAGA OF THE U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS - THE NAVY'S GREATEST SEA DISASTER, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, (2000) 1st thus, B&W illustrations, 326pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (bright colors on dustjacket), ISBN 006018471X First published in 1958. At two minutes after midnight July 29/30, 1945, in the South Pacific, the heavy cruiser INDIANAPOLIS, Flagship of the Fifth Fleet, was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. By a fantastic turn of fate and error, the Navy did not know the INDIANPOLIS had gone down., (Order No: 3109 ), $4.00

286. Nofi, Albert A., THE WAR AGAINST HITLER - MILITARY STRATEGY IN THE WEST, Hippocrene Books, Inc., New York, (1982), 273pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0882546317, (Order No: 41344 ), $10.00

287. Nogueres, Henri, MUNICH OR THE PHONEY PEACE, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, (1965), 8pp of B&W ill., 423pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Suddenly on an early autumn day in 1938 there was not going to be a world war after all. This is the petit-point of history: a play-by-play, hour-by-hour account of the most important meeting of an era. Captured German secret archives, Chamberlain's private letters, Daladier's recollections and a mass of other evidence, brilliantly assembled show every aspect of Munich-the background, the real forces opposing one another, the manoeuvres of the politicians, the opinions of the men entrusted with the lives of nations, and the dreadful outcome., (Order No: 9382 ), $8.00

288. Nolan, Liam, SMALL MAN OF NANATAKI - THE TRUE STORY OF A JAPANESE WHO RISKED HIS LIFE TO PROVIDE COMFORT FOR HIS ENEMIES, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York, 1966 1st ed, B&W frontis, 162pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 50398 ), $4.00

289. Noli, Jean, THE ADMIRAL'S WOLF PACK, Doubleday & Co., New York, 1974 1st ed, 396pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0385003722 The exciting story of the German U-boat campaigns of World War II as told by the men who were actually there., (Order No: 3161 ), $14.50

290. Noon, Marjorie H., THE TASK AND THE BURDEN, Vantage Press, New York, (2004) 1st ed, 247pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0533146399 This is the story of the American reaction to challenge and threat in the 1940s, told sympathetically by one who lived through the times., (Order No: 44264 ), $14.50

291. Norman, Vesey, ARMS AND ARMOR - PLEASURES AND TREASURES SERIES, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1964), B&W and color illustrations, 128pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Author was a specialist in arms and armor., (Order No: 40507 ), $12.50

292. Norton, Bruce H.; and Maffioli, Len, GROWN GRAY IN WAR: THE LEN MAFFIOLI STORY, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, (1997), B&W illustrations, 284pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1557506434, (Order No: 53281 ), $6.00

293. Nyrop, Kr., THE IMPRISONMENT OF THE GHENT PROFESSORS - A QUESTION OF MIGHT AND RIGHT: MY REPLY TO THE GERMAN LEGATION IN STOCKHOLM, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1917, 91pp, very good, wraps (softcover), "On March 18th, 1916, the military authorities in Belgium arrested two of the professors attached to the University of Ghent.", (Order No: 48917 ), $40.00

294. O'Ballance, Edgar, THE RED ARMY: A SHORT HISTORY, Frederick A. Praeger, Pub., New York, (1964), B&W illustrations, 237pp, very good, red cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), Contents include: The Birth of the Red Army; The Civil War; The Polish War, 1920; The Period of Consolidation, 1920-8; Expansion and Mechanization, 1928-36; Crisis and Change, 1936-9; The Finnish Campaign, 1939-40; War Against Nazi Germany; Post-War Developments; The Soviet Armed Forces Today., (Order No: 43721 ), $12.50

295. O'Donnell, Patrick K., BEYOND VALOR - WORLD WAR II'S RANGER AND AIRBORNE VETERANS REVEAL THE HEART OF COMBAT, A Touchstone Book, New York, (2002) 1st ptg, 366pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0684873850 "In Their Own Words, The Personal Stories of American's World War II Veterans.", (Order No: 53367 ), $4.00

296. O'Neill, Richard, SUICIDE SQUADS - THE MEN AND MACHINES OF WORLD WAR II SPECIAL OPERATIONS, The Lyons Press, Guilford, CT, (2001) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 272pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1585744328, (Order No: 53282 ), $3.00

297. Olden, Rudolf (translated by Walter Ettinghausen), HITLER, Covici Friede Publishers, New York, (1936), 394pp, good, black cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 33542 ), $15.00

298. Olmsted, Bill, BLUE SKIES - THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A CANADIAN SPITFIRE PILOT IN WORLD WAR II, Stoddart Publishing Co., Toronto, Canada, (1989) 2nd pt, B&W illustrations, 262pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0773752137 Author recounts hair-raising dogfights with German Me 190s and FockeWulf 190s and describes the amazing escapades of his fellow pilots., (Order No: 48938 ), $10.00

299. Otis, James (illustrated by J. Steeple Davis and Frank T. Merrill), THE BOYS OF '98, Dana Estes & Company, Boston, MA, (1898), B&W illustrations, 386pp, good+, decorated tan cloth (hardcover) clean and tight copy, A story of the Spanish-American War., (Order No: 54073 ), $12.00

300. Padfield, Peter, WAR BENEATH THE SEA: SUBMARINE CONFLICT DURING WORLD WAR II, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, (1995) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 560pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0471146242 The first book to cover all the major submarine campaigns of the war, describing, in detail, the operations of the British, American, Japanese, Italian, and German submarine and antisubmarine forces., (Order No: 52714 ), $10.00

301. Page, Kirby, MUST WE GO TO WAR? - A BOOK FOR MEN WITH A SUB-TITLE FOR WOMEN, Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., New York, (1937) 1st ed, 278pp, good, red cloth (hardcover), "Must American Women Send Their Men to Fight in Europe or Asia?", (Order No: 42250 ), $8.50

302. Page, Kirby, NOW IS THE TIME TO PREVENT A THIRD WORLD WAR, published by the author, La Habra, CA, (1946), 361pp, good++, red cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 43820 ), $6.00

303. Palmer, Frederick, NEWTON D. BAKER: AMERICA AT WAR - TWO VOLUME SET, Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1931 3rd ptg, B&W illustrations, good, blue cloth (hardcover) occasional ink marks and notes, "Based on the Personal Papers of the Secretary of War in the World War; His Correspondence with the President and Important Leaders at Home and Abroad; the Confidential Cablegrams Between the War Department and Headquarters in France; the Minutes of the War Industries Board, and other first-hand material." Volume I, 421pp; Volume II, 451pp., (Order No: 40122 ), $17.50

304. Pappas, George S., PRUDENS FUTURI: THE US ARMY WAR COLLEGE, 1901- 1967, Alumni US Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA, (1979) 5th ptg, B&W illustrations, 337pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The history of the Army War College., (Order No: 17376 ), $7.00

305. Parkinson, Roger, THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MODERN WAR, Stein and Day Publishers, New York, (1977), maps, 226pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0812818989 A comprehensive survey of the upheavals experience in warfare from 1793 to the present in battles, weapons and people., (Order No: 9136 ), $5.00

306. Parkinson, Roger, SUMMER, 1940: THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN, David McKay Company, Inc., New York, (1977) 1st Amer, B&W illustrations and maps, 236pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0679507566 Author has drawn on extensive contemporary accounts and on hitherto unpublished documentation, up to the War Cabinet level, for a new view of these controversial events of World War II., (Order No: 27205 ), $5.00

307. Parry, Francis Fox, THREE-WAR MARINE - THE PACIFIC - KOREA - VIETNAM, Pacifica Press, Pacifica, CA, (1987) 1st ed, B&W photos, 273pp, very good w/good dj, (Order No: 9129 ), $20.00

308. Paschall, Rod (with an introduction by John S. D. Eisenhower), THE DEFEAT OF IMPERIAL GERMANY, 1917-1918, Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill, NC, 1989, B&W ill., B&W maps, 247pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), BCE, ISBN 094557505X This book is the first volume in the Major Battles and Campaigns series published under the general editorship of John S.D. Eisenhower. Paschall points out the continuum between the fighting techniques at the end of World War I and the beginnings of World War II., (Order No: 20768 ), $10.00

309. Paul, Jim, CATAPULT: HARRY AND I BUILD A SIEGE WEAPON, Villard Books, New York, 1991 2nd ptg, 256pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0394585070, (Order No: 36490 ), $7.50

310. Payne, Robert, THE LIFE AND DEATH OF ADOLF HITLER, Praeger Publishers, New York, (1973), B&W illustrations, 623pp, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover) BCE, (Order No: 22232 ), $5.00

311. Pericoli, Ugo (with additional text by Michael Glover; introduction by Elizabeth Longford), 1815 THE ARMIES AT WATERLOO, Sphere Books Limited, London, (1973) 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, 174pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), Contents include: The Campaign; Arms, Tactics and Uniforms; Orders of Battle of Armies; Notes on the Plates; French Army; Anglo-Netherlands Army; Prussian Army; Glossary., (Order No: 54090 ), $15.00

312. Perrett, Bryan, KNIGHTS OF THE BLACK CROSS: HITLER'S PANZERWAFFE AND ITS LEADERS, Dorset Press, New York, (1994), B&W ill., B&W maps, 260pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1566195330 The story of this remarkable band of soldiers and the evolution of their superlative fighting vehicles., (Order No: 30978 ), $7.00

313. Pfanner, Helmut F. (edited by), WORLD WAR II AND THE EXILES: A LITERARY RESPONSE -- DER ZWEITE WELTKRIEG UND DIE EXILANTEN: EINE LITERARISCHE ANTWORT, Bouvier Verlag, Bonn Berlin, 1991, 324pp, very good++, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 3416022718 Text in German and some English., (Order No: 50103 ), $45.00

314. Phelan, Joseph A., HEROES & AEROPLANES OF THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918, Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, New York, (1966), B&W and color illustrations, 128pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), A vivid pictorial presentation of that warfare from the first use of aircraft in war--Italian reconnaissance against the Ottoman Empire in 1912--to the Armistice in 1918., (Order No: 54493 ), $10.00

315. Pizer, Vernon, THE UNITED STATES ARMY, Frederick A. Praeger, Pub., New York, (1967), 213pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover), Praeger Library of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies., (Order No: 29994 ), $5.00

316. Polmar, Norman (ed), SOVIET NAVAL DEVELOPMENTS, Nautical & Aviation Pub. Co., Annapolis, (1979), B&W illustrations, 119pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0933852010 Prepared at the direction of the Chief of Naval Operations by the Director of Naval Intelligence and the Chief of Information, Department of the Navy, Washington, D.C. America's leading expert on the Soviet Navy describes the evolution of Russia's high seas fleet in an economical, dispassionate, and articulate analysis, which is illustrated with more than 110 photographs and 60 silhouettes of warships., (Order No: 9394 ), $5.00

317. Polmar, Norman, GUIDE TO THE SOVIET NAVY: THIRD EDITION, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, (1985) 4th ptg, approx. 700 B&W & color ill., 465pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870212397 This third edition provides a comprehensive overview of the Soviet Navy of the 1980s. This volume contains detailed descriptions of the Soviet Navy's ships, aircraft, weapons, and electronics. Also included are informative discussions of the Soviet Navy's organization, missions, tactics, personnel, and support activities, which illustrate the Soviet's continuing efforts to expand their naval capabilities., (Order No: 15637 ), $7.00

318. Poolman, Kenneth, ALLIED SUBMARINES OF WORLD WAR TWO, Arms & Armour Press, Ltd., London, (1990), B&W illustrations, 160pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0853689423 The history and stories here graphically illustrate the terror and apparent hopelessness of a submarine crew under attack during the underwater warfare waged by the Allies on a brave and persistent Axis enemy., (Order No: 51659 ), $12.50

319. Potter, Chandler E., THE MILITARY HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 1623-1861, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, ME, 1972, 401pp, index, very good++, maroon buckram cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0806305142 Originally printed in two parts: Part 1: "Adjutant General's Reports, Part 1 of Volume 2, Concord, 1866; and, Part 2 Adjutant Generals's Reports, Part 2, Manchester, 1868. This reprint also includes a biographical sketch of the author, Chandler E. Potter, first published in 1869. This reprint has indexes added that were prepared by the Staff of the New Hampshire Historical Society. Original title page reads: " The Military History of The State of New Hampsire, From its Settlement, in 1623, to the Rebellion, in 1861: Comprising an Account of the Stirring Events Connected Therewith; Biographical Notices of Many of the Officers Distinguished Therein: and Notes Explanatory of the Text.", (Order No: 49290 ), $225.00

320. Powell, E. Alexander, SLANTING LINES OF STEEL, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1933, B&W frontis, 307pp, very good, red cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, (Order No: 53130 ), $10.00

321. Powell, Wm. H. (Colonel, US Army) (compiled from the official records by), LIST OF OFFICERS OF THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES FROM 1779 TO 1900, L. R. Hamersly & Co., New York, 1900, 863pp, ads, very good, blue/green cloth (hardcover) light fading to cloth, "Embracing a Register of all Appointments by the President of the United States in the Volunteer Service During the Civil War and of Volunteer Officers in the Service of the United States June 1, 1900." Includes General Officers of the Continental Army of the Revolution, and Appointments 1861-65., (Order No: 50815 ), $250.00

322. Prange, Gordon W. (with Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon), TARKET TOKYO: THE STORY OF THE SORGE SPY RING, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, (1984), B&W illustrations, 595pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), BCE, ISBN 0070506779, (Order No: 36330 ), $7.50

323. Prepared by the Office of Naval Records and Library, Navy Department, REGISTER OF OFFICER PERSONNEL UNITED STATES NAVY AND MARINE CORPS AND SHIPS' DATA 1801-1807 -- THE BARBARY WARS, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1945, with 20 folding plates, 86pp of text, very good, brown cloth (hardcover), This register of officers and ships of the Navy during the years 1801 through 1807 supplements the operational material in NAVAL DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE UNITED STATES WARS WITH THE BARBARY POWERS., (Order No: 54589 ), $45.00

324. Preston, Antony; Lyon, David; and, Batchelor, John H. (edited by S. L. Mayer), NAVIES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, Prentice-Hall Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, (1975), B&W and color illustrations, 160pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 01361077454 Contents include: A Maritime War; The Ships; The Weapons; The Men; and, The Navies., (Order No: 3755 ), $7.50

325. Price, Alfred, BLITZ ON BRITAIN - THE BOMBER ATTACKS ON THE UNITED KINGDOM, 1939-1945, PBS - Book Club Edition, London, [1976], B&W illustrations, 192pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), An objective two-sided account containing much new information to enable the reader to see the bombing attacks on Britain during the Second World War in an entirely new perspective., (Order No: 52953 ), $12.50

326. Prince Reichstadt-Napoleon V, "ON HIS MAJESTY'S SERVICE", J. Howard Randerson, Albany, NY, 1925, B&W illustrations, 54pp, good, black cloth spine (hardcover) light edgewear, An account of the extraordinary experience of Prince Reichstadt-Napoleon V in World War I, with "especial reference to the circumstances surrounding his origination of war terms which were destined to become a part of our popular vocabulary.", (Order No: 47542 ), $100.00

327. Pyadyshev, B., THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX OF THE USA, Progress Publishers, Moscow, Russia, (1977) 1st ptg, 188pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 51856 ), $12.50

328. Quarrie, Bruce, SAS AND ELITE FORCES - THE ELITE MILITARY UNITS OF THE WORLD, The Lyons Press, Guilford, CT, (2004) 1st ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 128pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1592287093, (Order No: 54184 ), $7.50

329. Rapoport, Vitaly and Ale