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              Outrage at Sea: Naval Atrocities in the First World War
              Bridgland, Tony
 Leo Cooper First Edition 2002   ISBN: 0850528771
 New Unread Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover.
 Tony Bridgland examines maritime events that took place during the First World War...In so doing he succeeds
 in giving many examples of how the concept of Total War had evolved and how futile efforts had become to exercise
 some degree of judicial control over war at sea. Illustrated.                     
 NAUTICAL,NAVAL HISTORY,SUBMARINES,U-BOATS,WORLD WAR I,GREAT WAR,LUSITANIA,HOSPITAL SHIPS     
 Book #7699		  
US$14.00
    
           
             
              The Drama of the Scharnhorst: A Factual Account from the German Viewpoint
              Busch, Fritz-Otto
 Wordsworth 2001   ISBN: 1840222492
 New Unread Trade Paperback. Unmarked.
 A factual account by a German corvette-captain of the sinking of the mighty German battleship,
 Scharnhorst, in 1943. Illustrated.                      
 WORLD WAR II,NAVAL BATTLES,GERMAN NAVY,ROYAL NAVY,BATTLESHIPS,RADAR       Book #7384		  
US$12.00 
   


               Memoir of the Bobotes
               Cary, Joyce
 Phoenix 2000   ISBN: 1842121022
 Fine Trade Paperback. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked.
 A stirring account of war in the Balkans by one of the 20th century's greatest writers. Illustrated by the author.                     
 MEMOIRS,BALKANS,BALKAN WAR,BRITISH HISTORY,TWENTIETH CENTURY,BRITISH ARMY,
 BRITISH MILITARY,MILITARY HISTORY       Book #6311		  
US$8.00
    
         
          
               U.S. Grant and the American Military Tradition
               Catton, Bruce

 Little, Brown 1954                                     
Good Trade Paperback. Mild creasing and rolling of spine and a trace of edge spotting. Book is tight, bright and unmarked.
"Ulysses S. Grant was a man superbly fitted by character and background for his role as a military leader. He moved unsteadily into the nation's highest office in the period of confusion and great change after the Civil War. But as a civilian the very qualities that made him a great soldier proved a liability."
U. S. ARMY,U. S. MILITARY,U. S. PRESIDENCY,AMERICAN PRESIDENCY,U. S. HISTORY,AMERICAN HISTORY                                                                                   Book# 4091 		US$4.75

           
               Every Man a Tiger
               Clancy, Tom with General Chuck Horner (ret.)

 G.P. Putnam's Sons First Edition 1999                                      
Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket in a clear protective cover.
Every Man a Tiger is a ground-breaking exploration of the art of war - a look deep into modern air power, as seen through the eyes of one of its most outstanding commanders..Horner commanded the U.S. and allied air assets during Desert Shield and Desert Storm... Illustrated with Maps & Photos.
U.S.AIR FORCE,USAF,U.S. MILITARY,AERIAL WARFARE,AERIAL STRATEGY,AVIATION,PERSIAN GULF WAR,DESERT SHIELD,DESERT STORM                                                                                                                                                                 Book#4015 		US$15.50

         
               Waging Modern War
                Clark, General Wesley K.
Perseus First Edition 2001   ISBN: 158648043X
Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. The war in Kosovo may have been short in duration, but it was a harbinger of the new realities of war-fighting and war-planning, and Clark offers a blueprint for how the American military infrastructure must adapt if it is to meet the new threats that are likely to emerge in the coming years and decades. Waging Modern War is thus the story not only of war today, but also of war as it will be fought tomorrow. Illustrated.                      
MILITARY STRATEGY,MILITARY TACTICS,U.S. MILITARY,WAR-FIGHTING       Book #7017		  
US$17.50
    


               The Submarine Pioneers
               Compton-Hall, Richard

 Sutton First Published 1999, Reprinted 2001          ISBN  0750921544
Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover.
“Richard Compton-Hall has combined meticulous research with his own experience as a submariner to provide an illuminating insight into the inventions and motivations of the early submarine pioneers.”
NAUTICAL,ROYAL NAVY,U. S. NAVY,TORPEDOES,U-BOATS,NAVAL WARFARE                                                                                                                                                                Book# 6884 		US$14.00

          
               War in the Air: True Accounts of the 20th Century's Most Dramatic Air Battles - by the Men Who Fought Them
               Coonts, Stephen

 Pocket Books 1996                                       ISBN  0671881914
Very Good Trade Paperback. Edge wear and mild creasing of wraps. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked.
Stephen Coonts, America's foremost writer of aviation fiction, presents the most dramatic true stories ever told of men in aerial combat.
FIGHTER PILOTS,AERIAL COMBAT,AERIAL WARFARE,WORLD WAR I,WORLD II,VIETNAM WAR,ACES,TWENTIETH CENTURY                                                Book# 6030 		US$5.95


 
               Chariot: From Chariot To Tank, The Astounding Rise And Fall Of The World’s First War Machine
                Cotterell, Arthur
 Overlook First Edition 2005   ISBN: 1585676675
 New Unread Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover.
 Chariot, a compelling history of what is now acknowledged as the world’s first war machine, traces the rise and fall
 of the chariot across the Old World...its influence on modern mechanized warfare, and its resonance in the popular
 imagination, from ancient art and literature to the films of Hollywood. Illustrated.                     
 ANCIENT HISTORY,ARMORED WARFARE,MECHANIZED WARFARE       Book #7548		  
US$16.00
    


               Charlie Wilson’s War
               Crile, George
 Grove Press First Edition 2002   ISBN: 0802141242
 Fine Trade Paperback. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked.
 Charlie Wilson’s War is the true story of how a Texas congressman and a rogue CIA agent conspired to launch
 the biggest, meanest, and most successful CIA campaign ever - the operation to fund the mujahideen in their fight
 against the Soviet army that had invaded Afghanistan. Illustrated.                     
 AFGHANISTAN,MUJAHIDEEN,CIA,CONGESS,SOVIET ARMY       Book #7801		  
US$10.00
    
   
     
               Over The Top: Great Battles Of The First World War
               Evans, Martin Marix
 Chartwell 2002   ISBN: 078581633X
 New Unread Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover.
 Over the Top offers an innovative examination of trench warfare on the Western Front and Gallipoli
 during 1914-1918 in the major battles that influenced the outcome of the First World War.                      
 WORLD WAR I,GREAT WAR,TRENCH WARFARE,TWENTIETH CENTURY,AMERICAN HISTORY,
 BRITISH HISTORY,WESTERN FRONT,GALLIPOLI       Book #7329		  
US$10.00 
   
          
           
               The Fall of the Roman Empire: The Military Explanation
               Ferrill, Arthur

 Thames and Hudson First Edition 1986                                      
Fine Hardcover in Fair Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with small chips and closed tears; now held in a clear protective cover.
With 48 illustrations, maps and battle plans.
CLASSICAL WORLD,ANCIENT HISTORY,ROMAN EMPIRE,ROMAN LEGIONS,THEODOSIUS,BARBARIANS,HUNS,VANDALS,VISGOTHS                                                                                                                                                                                          Book#3913 		US$17.50


               Hit the Beach: The Drama Of Amphibious Warfare
               Foster, Simon
 Rigel 2004   ISBN: 1898799849
 New Unread Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Laminated pictorial binding. Unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover.
 An examination of four amphibious campaigns: Quebec,The Dardanelles, Inchon, and The Falkland Islands.                     
 AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE,AMPHIBIOUS LANDINGS,MILITARY STRATEGY,QUEBEC,DARDANELLES,
 GALLIPOLI,INCHON,FALKLAND ISLANDS       Book #7554		  
US$12.50
     


               Sailors to the End: The Deadly Fire on the USS Forrestal and the Heroes Who Fought It
               Freeman, Gregory A.
 William Morrow / HarperCollins First Edition 2002   ISBN: 0066212677
 Near Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. A trace of edge spotting - else Fine. Book is tight and bright. DJ in a clear protective cover.
 Sailors to the End tells the dramatic and until now forgotten story of the 1967 fire on board the USS Forrestal during its time at Yankee Station
 off the coast of Vietnam. Illustrated.                     
 US NAVY,USS FORRESTAL,NAVAL OPERATIONS,AIRCRAFT CARRIERS,SHIPBOARD FIRE       Book #7802		  
US$10.00
    

       
               MacArthur’s Victory: The War in New Guinea, 1943-1944
               Gailey, Harry A.
 Random House 2004   ISBN: 0739450751
 Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover.
 A detailed look at General Douglas MacArthur at the height of his power.                     
 AMERICAN HISTORY,WORLD WAR II,PACIFIC THEATER,TWENTIETH CENTURY,U.S. ARMY,BIOGRAPHY       
 Book #7337		  
US$14.00
    


               Sky Wars: A History of Military Aerospace Power
               Gates, David
 Reaktion 2003   ISBN: 186189189X
 New Unread Trade Paperback. Unmarked.
 Sky Wars is a history of military air power, from the early airships, through two World Wars
 and various colonial and regional conflicts, to the use of air power today including the recent conflicts involving Iraq.                     
 AVIATION,AIR POWER,AIR WARFARE,MILITARY AIRCRAFT       Book #7409		  
US$12.00
    

         
               Kamikaze: Japan’s Suicide Samurai
               Lamont-Brown, Raymond
 Rigel / Orion 2004   ISBN: 1898799814
 New Unread Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Decorative laminated binding. Unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover.
 In this fascinating study historian Raymond Lamont-Brown examines the psychology, myths and reality of the
 kamikaze programme. Illustrated.                     
 WORLD WAR II,JAPANESE MILITARY,MILITARY TRADITION       Book #7289		  
US$15.00 
   


               The 1916 Battle of the Somme: A Reappraisal
               Liddle, Peter
 Wordsworth 2001   ISBN: 1840222409
 New Unread Trade Paperback. A small crease of back wrap. Unmarked.
 A critical re-examination of this major battle of World War I. Illustrated.                       
 FIRST WORLD WAR,GREAT WAR,BRITISH HISTORY,BRITISH MILITARY,
 BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE,MILITARY STRATEGY       Book #7406		  
US$10.00   
  


           

               Gallipoli
               Moorehead, Alan
 Wordswoth Military Library 1998   ISBN: 1853266752
 New Unread Trade Paperback. Unmarked.
 Using private papers as well as official records, Alan Moorehead re-creates with extraordinary vividness
 the drama of Gallipoli with its tragic hesitations and missed opportunities. Illustrated.                     
 BRITISH HISTORY,BRITISH ARMY,FIRST WORLD WAR,GREAT WAR,MILITARY STRATEGY       
 Book #7504		  
US$12.00
    


               Seize and Hold: Master Strokes on the Battlefield
               Perrett, Bryan
 Arms and Armour / Cassell 1994   ISBN: 1854091875
 Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover.
 This book examines the miltary strategy of the coup de main - the sudden acquistion of a strategic objective - in modern history.
 Illustrated.                     
 MILITARY STRATEGY,FIRST WORLD WAR,SECOND WORLD WAR,KOREAN WAR,VIETNAM WAR,ROMMEL,
 LAND BATTLES,TANK BATTLES,ARMOURED WARFARE       Book #7610		  
US$12.00
    
         

               War in the Modern World
               Ropp, Theodore
 Macmillan Revised Edition 1985   ISBN: 0020363907
 Good Oversized Trade Paperback. Gift inscription on reverse of front wrap and a number written on a
 front endpaper.
 The slightest wear of wraps and faint edge spotting. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight and bright.
 “A brilliant survey of the history of warfare...the best yet produced anywhere” ___B.H.Liddell Hart                      
 RENAISSANCE,NAPOLEON,WORLD WAR I,WORLD WAR II,NAVAL WARFARE,MODERN HISTORY       
 Book #7251		  
US$5.00
    


         
         
               Blind Man’s Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage
               Sontag, Sherry and Christopher Drew
 PublicAffairs Seventh Printing 1998   ISBN: 1891620088
 Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover.
 No espionage missions have been kept more secret than those involving American submarines. Illustrated.                      
 U.S. NAVY,NUCLEAR SUBMARINES,NAVAL INTELLIGENCE,COLD WAR       Book #7100		  
US$12.00
     




               Thomas ap Catesby Jones: Commodore of Manifest Destiny
               Smith, Gene A.
 Naval Institure Press 2000   ISBN: 1557508488
 Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover.
 Thomas ap Catesby Jones was one of the most controversial officers in the U.S. Navy during the first half
 of the nineteenth century...this biography explores his colorful career which spanned nearly fifty years,
 and places it within the context of his changing times.                     
 NAVAL HISTORY,U.S. NAVY,MEN OF WAR,SAILING SHIPS,PACIFIC OCEAN,PACIFIC EXPLORATION     
 Book #7421		  
US$12.50 
   


              American Naval History: An Illustrated Chronology of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-Present
              Sweetman, Jack
 Naval Institute Press Third Printing 2002   ISBN: 155750430X
 New Unread Oversized Trade Paperback. Very slight corner creasing of front wrap. Unmarked.
 American Naval History provides concise, year-to-year summaries of events in the history of the U.S. Navy
 and Marine Corps from the Revolution onward. Well illustrated.                      
 U.S. NAVY,NAVAL HISTORY,MEN OF WAR,NAUTICAL       Book #7697		  
US$15.00
    

           
               To Win A War: 1918 The Year Of Victory
               Terraine, John
 Cassell Military Paperbacks 2001   ISBN: 0304353213
 Fine Trade Paperback. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked.
 “Written by one of the most respected and readable historians of the First World War, this book tells
 the story of how after all the setbacks of the previous years, in 1918 the British Army conclusively
 defeated the German Army in the field and brought about the final defeat of Germany by the Allies.”                      
 WORLD WAR I,GREAT WAR,BRITISH ARMY,GERMAN MILITARY,TWENTIETH CENTURY,
 EUROPEAN HISTORY      Book #7104		  
US$12.00
    
          
           
               Cavalier in Buckskin: George Armstrong Custer and the Western Military Frontier
               Utley, Robert M.

 University of Oklahoma Press 1988                                      ISBN  0806122927
Fine Trade Paperback. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked.
Volume 1 in the Oklahoma Western Biographies series. "Clearly the best biography of Custer ever written." ___Paul Andrew Hutton
AMERICAN HISTORY,U.S. HISTORY,MILITARY HISTORY,WESTERN FRONTIER,
U.S. ARMY,U.S. CAVALRY,LITTLE BIGHORN,GENERAL GEORGE CUSTER                                                                                                                                                                                 Book# 4896 		US$9.75
           
           
               Field Marshall Earl Haig
               Warner, Philip

 Cassell 2001                                      ISBN  030435645X
Fine Trade Paperback. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked.
Douglas Haig commanded the British Army in France from December 1915 until the end of the First World War...what sort of man really was he?
WORLD WAR I,GREAT WAR,BRITISH HISTORY,BRITISH ARMY,TWENTIETH CENTURY                                                                                                                              Book# 6865 		US$9.00
           

               The Battle of Loos
               Warner, Philip
 Wordsworth 2000   ISBN: 1840222298
 New Unread Trade Paperback. Unmarked.
 An account, by military historian Philip Warner, of one of the bloodiest battles of the bloody First World War.
 Illustrated.                      
 FIRST WORLD WAR,GREAT WAR,TWENTIETH CENTURY,BRITISH HISTORY, BRITISH ARMY,
 MILITARY STRATEGY       
 Book #7405		  
US$10.00
    
           
         
               The Reason Why
               Woodham-Smith, Cecil
 Time-Life 1982   ISBN: 0809437198
 Fine Trade Paperback in stiff paper wraps. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked.
 The classic examination of the military system that lead - among other things - to the disastrous
 “charge of the Light Brigade”.                      
 BRITISH HISTORY,BRITISH ARMY,LIGHT BRIGADE,CAVALRY,CRIMEAN WAR       Book #7160		  
US$9.00 
   
         
         
               Tank: The Progress of a Monstrous War Machine
               Wright, Patrick

 Viking Second Printing 2002                                       ISBN  0670030708
Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover.
Chronicling the creation and evolution of the tank, Wright takes us through war zones and battlefields - from the tank's infancy during the First World War and the Russian Revolution through World War II, the Six Day War, and the Gulf War.
ARMORED WARFARE,MILITARY STRATEGY,TANK BATTLES,ABRAMS TANK,TIGER,PANZER,MERKAVA,CENTURION,SHERMAN,T-34                                                                                                                                                                                               Book# 6370 		US$15.00