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               Pearl Harbor: The Movie and the Moment
               Sunshine, Linda and Antonia Felix (edits.)
 Hyperion First Edition 2001   ISBN: 0786867809
 New Unread Tall (quarto) Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover.
 Lavishly illustrated, Pearl Harbor: The Movie and The Moment brilliantly captures the movie and the history
 it celebrates...
                    
 AMERICAN HISTORY,MILITARY HISTORY,U.S. MILITARY,U.S. NAVY,JAPANESE NAVY,MOVIES,
 MOTION PICTURES       Book #6001
 
US$17.50
    


               Enola Gay
               Thomas, Gordon and Max Morgan Witts
 Stein and Day First Edition 1977   ISBN: 0812821505
 Fine Hardcover in Poor Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with scuffs, edge wear and small, closed tears;
 now held in a clear protective cover.
 The story of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the momentous flight into the future of the B-29 Enola Gay, as revealed
 from firsthand sources. Photos.
                     
 HIROSHIMA,NAGASAKI,JAPAN,ATOMIC BOMB,LITTLE BOY,FAT BOY,MANHATTAN PROJECT,B29S,
 U.S. AIR CORPS,AVIATION,PAUL TIBBETS        Book #5688
 
US$12.00 
   


               D-Day: Spearhead of Invasion
               Thompson, R.W.
 Ballantine Reprint Edition 1968   ISBN:
 Fine Hardcover in Very Good Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked.
 DJ with several small, closed tears; now in a clear protective cover.
 Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II. Introduction by Sir Basil Liddell Hart. Well illustrated.
                     
 NAZIS,NAZI GERMANY,GERMAN MILITARY,NORMANDY INVASION,OPERATION OVERLORD        
 Book #3226
 
US$12.00
    


               A French Tragedy: Scenes of Civil War, Summer 1944
               Todorov, Tzvetan
 University Press of New England First English Language Edition 1996   ISBN:
 Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover.
 As Allied troops landed in Normandy in 1944, members of the local French Resistance in the small town of Saint-Amand-Montrond
 embarked on an ill-fated attempt to liberate their town. Based on noble but politically questionable motives, and failing to inspire
 broader support, the incident quickly devolved from confrontation to a stand-off and ultimately to a tragedy.
                     
 HISTORY,FRANCE,FRENCH RESISTANCE,EUROPEAN HISTORY,TWENTIETH CENTURY        Book #3646
 
US$14.00   
  


               Long Day's Journey Into War: December 7, 1941
               Weintraub, Stanley
 Lyons 2001   ISBN: 1585742554
 Fine Oversized Trade Paperback. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked.
 The definitive chronicle of "a date that will live in infamy". Illustrated.
                     
 AMERICAN HISTORY,TWENTIETH CENTURY,MILITARY HISTORY,PEARL HARBOR,
 U.S. NAVY,JAPANESE NAVY,AIRCRAFT CARRIERS        Book #6029
 
US$12.50   
 


               They Were Expendable
               White, W.L.
 World First Edition 1944   ISBN:
 Very Good Hardcover in no Dustjacket. Cloth binding with scuffing and some corner wear. Top edge stained red.
 Printed on fragile wartime paper which shows tanning and closed edge tears of some pages. Book remains tight
 with no fading of spine lettering or of text.
 The true narrative of Motor Torpedo Squadron Three in the Philippines during the early days of WW II in the Pacific.
 Includes a roster of all who served in the squadron.
                     
 MOTOR TORPEDO BOATS,PT BOATS,NAVY,PHILIPPINES       Book #1631
 
US$6.00
    


               Ghost Front: The Ardennes Before the Battle of the Bulge
               Whiting, Charles
 Da Capo First Printing 2002   ISBN: 0306811480
 Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, brfight and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover.
 The Battle of the Bulge was the largest and costliest battle in United States history. Ghost Front fills a crucial gap
 in the story of World War II by describing how the Germans achieved their surprise - thus forcing the Americans
 to confront what would be their greatest crisis of the war. Illustrated.
                     
 AMERICAN HISTORY,TWENTIETH CENTURY,MILITARY HISTORY,U.S. ARMY,GERMAN MILITARY       Book #6619
 
US$14.00