353 pp. As new, no spine creases or markings, appears unread. A collection of essays on the civil war for "Greater Serbia" that followed the disintegration of Yugoslavia in 1991. The focus is multicultural Bosnia -- its significance, symbolism and necessity for survival. Among the contributors, besides the editors: Shkelzen Maliqui, T.D. Allman, Smail Balic, Orhan Bosnevic, David Rieff, Ivo Banac, Mark Thompson, Kasim Trnka, and Bogdan Denitch. View More...
353 pp. Close to new, some acetate wrinkles near top edge of front cover. Spine uncreased, no markings. More than 30 essays on the ethnic violence that swept the Balkans after the 1991 breakup of Yugoslavia. Some deal with the hesitation of other nations to intervene. Size: 8vov -- 9.25 in Tall View More...
258 pp. Slight rippling from dampness, tiny black slash on top edge near spine. Text clean. Collection of Bierce's essays and fictional pieces about the Civil War, primarily unsentimental impressions of various battles he experienced as a Union soldier from Indiana. Introduction by William McCann, editor. Size: 12mo -- 7.25 in Tall View More...
Approx 350 pp. Lightly used, spine uncreased. Text clean. Centerpiece is a quartet of articles on sexuality and intimacy in mid-2oth-century France, including a piece by Mary Louise Roberts on US soldiers fighting in France during WW 2. Other articles: The English Revolution and the Atlantic Origins of Abolition, by John Donahue; Getting Out of Iraq -- In 1932, by Susan Pederson. Dozens of book reviews. Postcard sketch on front cover shows a U.S. GI in his Jeep, being welcomed by two French women. Size: 4to -- 10.25 in. View More...
463 pp. Nearly new, small smudge mark, possibly a remainder slash, on bottom edge. Pulitizer Prize- winning war correspondent Peter Arnett recounts his 35 years in war zones. With 16 pp. glossy b&w photos. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View More...
28 pp. Lightly read AP house organ with feature promoting AP's new book "Vietnam: the Real War." Cover shows b&w photo of a GI in Vietnam sniffing a letter from a girlfriend back in Oklahoma. Article by Mike Silverman includes more information and photos from the Vietnam book. Other articles deal with the Naibobi AP bureau; photo transmission methods over the decades; a look back at WW II coverage by Max Desfor and George Bria. Size: 4to -- 11 in Tall View More...
108 pp. With colored battle illustration on glossy front cover. Ballard, a longtime historian with the Army, gives a detailed guide to the Antietam battleground, and re-creates America's bloodiest day in its domestic military history: more than 4,000 soldiers dies and 18,000 were wounded near Sharpsburg, Maryland. The clash ended the Confederate push into Maryland. The guidebook is designed for Army staff officers touring the battlefield and researching the details of what took place. Several colored maps of various battle movements and a detailed chronology are included. Also, brief biographi... View More...
333 pp. Tight, nearly new collection of articles about the First Gulf War (against Iraq's attempt to occupy Kuwait), written from the perspective of the U.S. Socialist Workers Party. Cover corner creased. The anthology denounces the American campaign as a failure that slaughtered tens of thousands of Iraqi soldiers and created millions of refugees but didn't rein in Saddam Hussein. Other articles criticize the surge in US militarism during the Carter administration, and revisit the forgotten 1945 protest against U.S. occupation of Japan. The magazine was dated and issued in 1991, but may have ... View More...
Unpaginated, approx. 100 pp. on glossy stock. Numerous color photos on every page. Corners slightly thumbed but still close to new. No markings.Spine uncreased. A photo book of aircraft deployed in Desert Storm, the Gulf War of 1990-01. Detailed captions. Size: 8vo -- 8.5 In Tall By 8.5 In Wide View More...
196 pp., no markings, dj flap has sawtoothed corner, perhaps a form of price clipping. Binding firm. A nuclear sub skipper recounts his career in the Navy, directing his comments to young men considering a military career. He explains how Navy people keep busy when there isn't a war to fight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View More...
32 pp. unpagingated. Overall light wear, but tape damage and tears on rear cover and final page. No publication date but likely late 1943 or 1944. A photo souvenir of Army training facilities that were opened near Spartanburg in 1941. Two pages of history, but most of the booklet consists of snapshot-type photos showing GIs going through basic training. Front cover shows earnest trainee in jeans, undershirt, sun hat and ammo belts draped around his neck. A few photos show segregated dances at the camp. Size: 8vo -- 8.5 In Tall By 6 in. Wide View More...
Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 1st Paperback Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ISBN:042515601X. 492 pp. no markings. A suspense novel about a Kurdish plot to blow up a Turkish dam and provoke a super-power conflict. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall View More...
218 pp., index. New, lightly read. Slight edgewear to dust jacket. No markings. Marketing materials laid in. Published just before his Democratic candidacy in the 2004 presidential campaign, Gen. Clark weighs in with a critique of the Bush administration's Iraq campaign (written as of Sept. 2003). He is not surprised by the quick American victory on the battlefield, but notes the war is far from won with the civilian population, and is distracting America from the more critical "war against terrorists, i.e. Al Qaeda. Rear of dust jacket has a color portrait of Clark in civilian garb. In retros... View More...
306 pp., 10 pp. glossy b&w photos, bibliography. Nearly new, unread. No markings. The saga of the shipment of more than 200,000 U.S. war dead from overseas to America following World War 2. An additional 70,000-plus remained classified as "missing in action.: Size: 8vo -- 9.25 in. Tall View More...
317 pp., 8 pp. b&w and color photos from the film version. Dj somewhat curled, light wear. No markings. This novelization is based on the screenplay of Robert Rodat. A band of Army Rangers have a mission to rescue a paratrooper lost in the D-Day invasion. View More...
450 pp. Close to new, spine uncreased. Remainder slash mark on bottom edge. Text clean. Tight binding. Originally published as an "instant" history of the war right after its conclusion in 1945. Useful today as a chronology and as a benchmark of how the U.S. assessed the war in its immediate aftermath and perceived the significance of individual battles. Written in Commager's vivid, trenchant style that makes his scholarship accessible to a popular readership. Size: 8vo-- 7.75 in. View More...
257 pp. Softcover advance reading copy, with all text and notes except index and maps. Nearly new, probably unread. A detailed look at the naval encounters in the opening years of the Civil War, with technical details of ship construction, armoring, sail configuration, battle strategy, etc. An important reference for understanding how commerce was disrupted by the Civil War, eventually crippling the South. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View More...
467 pp. No creases or markings, crisp and tight as new. A 2006 facsimile reproduction of an adulatory 1884 biography of a Civl War hero who later served as an Illinois congressman and a Republican nominee for vice president. Most of the material is about his political career. Frontispiece portrait of Logan is dark and not well reproduced. However, text throughout is crisp and clear in approximately a 10-point font. Size: 8vo -- 9 in Tall View More...
264 ppp. Very light wear, spot on fore edge, no markings, spine uncreased, tight binding. An account of the Green Berets working with Cambodian guerillas in South Vietnam's An Loc province in 1967. Their mission was code-named Operation Blackjack 34. Size: 12mo - 7 in. Tall View More...
280 pp. Light scuffing on front cover, toned. Light spine creasing. No markings. The 1943 mission to bomb Nazi-controlled oil refineries in Rumania is recounted in detail. Cover blurb calls the battle "the most daring bomber attack of World War II." Frontispiece map. View More...
