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Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1991. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. xviii + 579 pages. 34 maps. Professor Weigley brings a vast learning and an infectious enthusiasm to the study of warfare. This is narrative history in the grand manner, deeply and passionately informed by a wide understanding of every aspect of the topic: the historical circumstances and political conditions of the contending adversaries, the strategic thinking and the personalities of the military commanders, the tactic on the field of battle, the role of armaments and technology, and the performance of the soldiers. Note: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.17 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 15. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Vintage, 1996. A Fine unmarked copy. xiv + 757 pages. Illustrations in the text. In the ruling circles of the Third Reich, Albert Speer was one of the most powerful figures. He was not only Hitler's architect and armaments minister but the Fuhrer's closest friend - 'his unhappy love'. In the dock at the Nuremburg Trials, Speer was one of the few defendants to take responsibility for Nazi war crimes, even as he denied knowledge of the Holocaust. Now this moral and psychological enigma is unveiled in a monumental biography by a writer who came to know Speer intimately in his final years. 51. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: B. T. Batsford, 1979. A near Fine unmarked copy with VG+ price clipped dustjacket. 32 illustrations and 8 maps. The author, Professor Rothenberg, is a military historian and presents in his book detail lacking in other surveys of the Israeli Defence Force. A unique study of the small beginnings. the ups and downs, apparent weaknesses and unsuspected strengths that have characterized the history of the Israeli Army during the last three decades. C3A. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Northamptonshire: Patrick Stephens, 1987. A Very Good+ unmarked copy. 184 pages. Profusely illustrated. Foreword by Air Commodore Ron Dick, RAF, Former OCIX Squadron. The phenomenal Vulcan is now part of history and for many years formed the backbone of Britain's nuclear deterrent, finally ending its Service days as a tanker. The book describes its evolution and operational history with invaluable data and many outstanding illustrations. 4. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Sphere, 2006. A Fine unmarked copy with dustjacket which is not price clipped. Johnson Harry was a private with the 1st Battalion Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment who received Britain's highest award for gallantry, the Victoria Cross, in 2005, becoming the first living recipient for nearly 40 years. Born in an isolated on the island of Grenada, he arrived in England aged 19 and enlisted. As driver of a Warrior armoured fighting vehicle, he carried out two acts of outstanding heroism in Southern Iraq, saving the lives of 30 of his companions, aged just 24. In the second action, a rocket propelled grenade exploded 6 inches from his head, yet he managed to reverse his vehicle out of an ambush zone before collapsing. Nobody thought he would survive, but against all odds he emerged from his coma and endured a series of complex operations to remove shrapnel from his brain. 13. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1988. A Fine unmarked copy with Very Good+ complete dustjacket. Map endpapers, 22 plates, 15 illustrations and 16 maps. Few battles in the history of the Second World War have been so misunderstood, for decades German archivists have considered the task of producing a definitive account to be impossible, so scattered and incomplete was the documentary evidence. Now after years of research, the author has penetrated the facade of official Soviet records to produce an entirely new perspective to that of Ryan, Toland, Tully or Ziemke. Nowhere is this more evident than in his exposure of how Stalin so skilfully engineered the humiliation of his Marshals for the sake of his political plan. **** NOT EX LIB **** 12. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Horam, East Sussex: Owlers, 2006. SIGNED BY AUTHOR and dated Dec 07 to half title page. A clean, tight and unmarked copy. 476 pages. 81 photographs and other illustrations in the text. A 'warts and all' account of National Service, of a REME craftsman in the UK and Malaya in the late 1950's and early 1960's. Soldiers will readily recognise and chuckle at the wickedly accurate portraits of army drill instructors and the pithy badinage that passes for barrack room humour. 1. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Michael Joseph, 1986. A Very Good copy with inscription to front endpaper and ghosting imprints from dustjacket to boards. Dustjacket is not price clipped. A record of the experiences of a unique cross section of British society, evoking the good and bad times, of their National Service between 1945-1963. Legions of fresh faced 18 year olds were conscripted in the wake of the Second World War to oversee the dismantling of an empire and to garrison West Germany in the lowered temperatures of the Cold War. 3. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Poole, Dorset: Blandford Press, 1981. A near Fine copy which has an inscription to front endpaper with VG+ priceclipped dutsjacket. A compilation of the best military material from the Pocket Encyclopedia of World Aircraft in Colour, providing in an exciting new format operational, technical and visual reference to over 120 military aircraft. They include the most famous warplanes of past and present, together with others which have played important parts in the development of aerial warfare. Modellers will find this book an invaluable source of inspiration. Each entry is illustrated in full colour by a side view and 'split' plan view showing exact camouflage and markings of a representative example. 16. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Wood, John . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2004. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. The author reveals how his ancestor, John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough and his friend and ally Prince Eugene of Savoy brought about the incredible victory of the battle of Blenheim, where Louis XIV's hitherto invincible army was utterly defeated, changing the course of history. It stopped the French from conquering Europe and enabled the British to start its first steps towards Empire. 19 illustrations and 3 maps. **** NOT EX LIB **** C3C. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Abelard-Schuman, 1966. Silver title on brown boards which are unmarked with no wear just a gentle bump to front lower corner tip. Internally there is age toning to endpapers and to closed edges else clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has foxing to reverse, repaired closed tears and is price clipped. 192 pages. 9 illustrations. Throughout history, boys of many nations have found themselves involved in battles of the armed forces, and it is to their credit that they have come through these ordeals with courage and endurance. The author was himself a soldier as a boy - and as a man - and knows too much about war to find in it anything glorious. He feels however that the boys who fought so bravely in combat deserve to have their names and exploits recorded. He has delved deeply into history and into records to uncover some astonishing stories of gallantry, skill and audacity on the part of boys. Here are teenage winners of the highest decorations for bravery - the Victoria Cross, the… Leer más

London: Arms and Armour, 1997. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A collection of true stories of bravery on land, at sea and in the air from the colonial past to the 1973 Egyptian / Israeli conflict. 24 pages. 39 photographic illustrations and numerous sketch maps. **** NOT EX LIB **** 12. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Stroud, Gloucestershie: Sutton Publishing, 2003. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. xii + 207 pages. 32 illustrations. 6 maps. Private Albert Turley was just an ordinary British soldier of the First World War. He died on the Somme for King and Country. He didn't win any medals for gallantry and has no known grave. Like thousands more soldiers whose names fill local war memorials the length of the country, he left neither letters nor diaries to tell his story. This book describes one man's determination to piece together the events that led to a distant relative's death in one of the most infamous battles of the 20th century. Whithorn reconstructs Albert's active service with the 3rd Battalion the Worcestershire Regiment, painstakingly searches for traces of Albert in surviving records and histories, culminating in a pilgrimage to the Somme hillside where Albert fell in August 1916. What sets this book apart from many others is its dual function as both a… Leer más

Stroud, Gloucestershie: Budding, 1997. A Very Good+ unmarked copy which has some light spots to fore edge and a few pages with gentle creasing to top corner with dustjacket which has a repaired closed tear and is not price clipped. ix + 214 pages. 31 illustrations. A forceful and probing analysis of the British generals' leadership in the First World War. For too long, Dr. John Laffin maintains, the military reputation has not been critically enough examined, and he asks how those responsible for such catastrophic defeats were able to retain their commands. Haig, whose army suffered 60, 000 casualtie on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, was still in command after five months more fighting and another 400,000 casualties. By the war's end the numbers of dead ran into millions - doggedly brave British Empire soldiers who. Dr. Laffin believes, were killed, wounded or broken by commanders who were vain, egocentic or incompetent. But the generals, who blamed the dead and junior in rank,… Leer más

Stroud, Gloucestershie: Chancellor Press, 2001. An As New copy in pictoial laminated boards with dustjacket which has a minor taped repair to lower front flap edge and which is not price clipped. 200 pages. Illustrated throughout. The Desert Rats, the 7th Armoured Division, wore its famouse insignia of the jerboa, the long-tailed rodent, with pride. It was Winston Churchill's favourite division and was widely recognised as being among the most powerful in Europe during the second world war. This book tells the story of the division's final campaign, from Normandy to Berlin, in the words of the soldiers who fought with it. 21. Hard Cover. As New/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First edition, First printing. The gripping story of how Winston Churchill and the British Secret Service outwitted Adolf Hitler into invading the Soviet Union, a move that changed the course of World War II, allowing millions to die whilst saving Britain from almost certain defeat. The Pulitzer Prize winning author has uncovered documentation which exposes this untold story which adds a new dimension to Churchill's legacy. 15 photographs. 12. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Gramercy, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine complete dustjacket. Fourteen tales which vividly evoke the period in American history, all of which were written during the war, with eyewitness accounts of military and naval battles, including the 'Merrimac' and the 'Monitor', Sheridan's hold against Grant and Sherman's March. Archival documents and photographs illustrate many of the stories. 11. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Constable, 1987. A very Good+ clean copy which has a small inscription to front endpaper with VG+ dustjacket which is price clipped. 238 pages. 60 illustrations. When war broke out in 1914 conscription seemed unnecessary: there was no shortage of volunteers ready to lay down their lives for their country. In this fascinating book, illustrated with contemporary drawings and photographs, Dr. Dakers explores exactly what their 'country' meant to the men and women who fought, died, survived. Drawing on a wide range of unpublished papers and family archives, she presents the most complete picture of the impact of the war on rural England. **** NOT EX LIB **** C3D. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Macdonald, 1973. Gold title on red boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a mark to the upper margin of 2 pages, a light crease to the corners of 3 pages, else very clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has a small closed tear and is not price clipped. xiv + 256 pages. 22 illustrations with sketches by the author and maps by Max Lennox. First UK edition. In this impartial and fast moving account, General Marshal describes the wars with the Nez Perce and Chief Joseph's battles against federal troops; provides a new analysis of Custer's last stand wih a demonstration of his military errors, and reconstructs the battle of Wounded Knee showing that an actual battle took place - not just a massacre, as is often believed. **** NOT BOOK CLUB **** A1E. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Marshall, S.L.A.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Southampton: Southern Newspaper Group, 1993. A Fine unmarked copy. A large format volume of 160 pages. The official guide to the anniversary events. Contains the background to D-Day, Preparations in the South, Life during the war years, The landings - Utah and bloody Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword, D-Day legends - Pegasus Bridge, Poinre du Hoc, Ste Mere Eglise and the French resistance. The genius behind the D-Day success, the work of the Royal British Legion. 2. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.