Category: Military History

A Bridge Too Far

By: Ryan, Cornelius

Price: $4.50

Publisher: New York, Popular Library : 1977

Seller ID: 001536

ISBN-13: 9780445083738

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Good+

Spine/covers slightly creased, corners bumped, some edge wear to covers and spine. Some darkening. "On the narrow corridor that would carry the armored drive, there were five major bridges to take. They had to be seized intact by airborne assault. It was the fifth, the crucial bridge over the Lower Rhine at a place called Arnhem, 64 miles behind the German lines, that worried Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning, Deputy Commander, 1st Allied Airborne Army. Pointing to the Arnhem bridge on the map he asked, 'How long will it take the armor to reach us?' Field Marshal Montgomery replied briskly,...
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A Leader's Guide to Company Training Meetings TC 25-30

By: Department of the Army

Price: $6.50

Publisher: Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office : 1994

Seller ID: 004266

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

White wraps, 3 holes punched along left edge for inserting in binder. Corners bumped, slight edge wear. A nice copy.

"This manual provides a practical guide to company training meetings for company commanders, platoon leaders, platoon sergeants, and other leaders involved in the planning and execution of company-level training."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Communications-Electronics Fundamentals: Amplifiers F M 11-66

By: Department of the Army

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., Department of the Army : 1983

Seller ID: 002557

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

iii + 117 pp, glossary, index. Slight edge wear, covers a little bowed. A very nice copy.

This Field Manual is an introductory study of amplifiers and amplification.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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Death is Lighter Than a Feather

By: Westheimer, David

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Denton, Texas, University of North Texas Press : 1994

Seller ID: 9096

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

0929398904 Corners bumped, slight edge wear and rubbing. An attractive copy. ; xliv + 388 pp. Afterword by John Ray Skates, several pages of photographs of Japanese places important in the book. ; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall; 388 pages; "If the U. S. Had invaded Japan instead of dropping the bomb in 1945... Both the literary and military world applauded Westheimer's meticulously researched novel about the invasion of Japan. " ... Presents in masterly detail the progression [of the invasion] from the points of attackers and defenders, shifting from one to the other with an accumulative power...
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Decisive Battles of the Civil War

By: Mitchell, Joseph B.

Price: $3.95

Publisher: New York, Fawcett Books : 1988

Seller ID: 000135

ISBN-13: 9780449300312

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Owner's name written inside cover.; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall
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Egypt: A Country Study (DA Pam No. 550-43 )

By: Nyrop, Richard F. (editor)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office : 1983

Seller ID: 005104

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

xxxvi + 362 pp., 10 figures plus numerous b/w photos, fold-out map, appendices, bibliography, glossary, index. Spine slightly slanted, corners bumped. A bright, attractive copy.

Supercedes the 1976 edition. "Each book in the series deals with a particular foreign country, describing and analyzing its economic, national security, political, and social systems and institutions and examining the interrelationships of those systems and institutions and the ways that they are shaped by cultural factors."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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General H. Norman Schwarzkopf - The Autobiography: It Doesn't Take a Hero

By: Schwarzkopf, H.Norman (written with Peter Petre)

Price: $3.00

Publisher: New York, Bantam Books : 1993

Seller ID: 005624

ISBN-13: 9780553563382

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Very Good-

625 pp, 32 pp black and white photographs, index. Spine creased and curved, minor edgewear, corners bumped. Text is clean and unmarked. " He set his star by a simple motto: Duty, Honor, Country. Only rarely does history grant a single individual the ability, personal charisma, moral force, and intelligence to command the respect, admiration, and affection of an entire nation. But such a man is General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of the Allied Forces in the Gulf War. Now, in this refreshingly candid and typically outspoken autobiography, General Schwarzkopf reviews his remarkable...
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Guatemala: A Country Study (DA Pam No. 550-78 )

By: Nyrop, Richard F. (editor)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office : 1984

Seller ID: 005105

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

xxvi + 261 pp., 7 figures plus numerous b/w photos, appendix, bibliography, glossary, index. Corners bumped, slight edge wear, a little darkening. An attractive copy.

Replaces 1970 'Area Handbook for Guatemala.' "Each book in the series deals with a particular foreign country, describing and analyzing its economic, national security, political, and social systems and institutions and examining the interrelationships of those systems and institutions and the ways that they are shaped by cultural factors."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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How to Make War : A Comprehensive Guide to Modern Warfare

By: Dunnigan, James F.

Price: $7.95

Publisher: New York, William Morrow & Company : 1982

Seller ID: 002808

ISBN-13: 9780688007805

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

Apparent water damage to top of spine/front board/DJ, but text undamaged, corners bumped. DJ somewhat creased, esp. to flaps, moderate edgewear & chipping. Text is clean & unmarked. "Informative, fascinating, shocking, How to Make War cuts through the myths and complexities of modern warfare. Neither pro-war nor anti-war, this primer makes no statements—except of the facts. Succinct, non-technical explanations and unique statistical charts cover every aspect of modern warfare on land and sea, in air and space. James F. Dunnigan, a leading expert on military history and simulations, u...
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Hunters from the Sky The German Parachute Corps 1940-1945

By: Whiting, Charles

Price: $10.50

Publisher: New York, Stein & Day : 1974

Seller ID: 9417

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Red boards with gold lettering. Corners bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing. Jacket in new Brodart, a little edge wear, slightly sunned. A nice copy. ; 8 pages of b/w photos, 8 maps, a very short bibliography. ; 7" - 9" Tall; 209 pages; "Charles Whiting captures the terror and the exhilaration of the first parachute combat drop made by the Germans into Holland in May of 1940, and relates the entire dramatic story of Nazi Airborne tactics throughout World War II. We see Luftwaffe General Kurt Student fighting to use his airborne troops, not just as saboteurs but as the essential ...
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In the Company of Heroes: A True Story

By: Durant, Michael; Hartov, Steven

Price: $11.95

Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam's Son's : 2003

Seller ID: 004536

ISBN-13: 9780399150609

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

A bright, attractive copy. "A true story by Michael J. Durant, Chief Warrant Officer 4 (Ret.). Piloting a U.S. Army Special Operations Blackhawk, Durant was shot down and captured on October 3, 1993, in the battle depicted in Mark Bowden's bestselling book Black Hawk Down. Although saved by two valiant but doomed Delta Force operators from being town apart, Durant became a prisoner of Somali warlord Mohammed Aidid --- the man responsible for prolonging starvation in his country by hijacking United Nations food shipments. U.S. policy makers had determined that capturing Aidid was the onl...
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JG 26 Top Guns of the Luftwaffe

By: Caldwell, Donald L.

Price: $9.00

Publisher: New York, Ivy Books : 1993

Seller ID: 8766

ISBN-13: 9780804110501

Binding: Mass Market paperback

Condition: Very Good+

Corners bumped, slight edge wear and rubbing. A fairly tight, attractive copy. ; xx + 426 pp. Foreword by Adolf Galland. Bibliography, appendices, index, 16 pp of b/w photos. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 426 pages; "During the years when the outcome of World War II was very much in doubt, the skies over Europe were the setting for the greatest air battles ever fought. In that titanic struggle, no pilots were more feared by Allied aircrews than the men of Jagdgeschwader 26, nicknamed the 'Abbeville Kids.' "Ask any veteran of the American Eighth Air Force about the Abbeville Kids, and he'l...
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Night Fighter

By: Rawnsley, C. F. ; Wright, Robert

Price: $8.95

Publisher: New York, Ballantine Books : 1967

Seller ID: 9119

Binding: Mass Market paperback

Condition: Good

Spine slightly creased, some edge wear, some cover creasing and soiling. A good reading copy. ; Foreword by John Cunningham. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 319 pages; " Night Fighter tells of a fascinating and chilling war, fought by lone pilots in radar-equipped planes who stalked their German prey in the high darkness. Totally different from fighter combat in the day, this nighttime war demanded absolute reliance on the radar operator, superb nerves, and the ultimate in flying skill. This is the war that C. F. Rawnsley fought and flew, and his story will stand with such great fighter pilot na...
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Operation Overflight

By: Powers, Francis Gary with Gentry, Curt

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Tower Books : 1970

Seller ID: 004646

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Very Good-

Minor edgewear. Text clean and unmarked.

"The true story of the most sensational espionage case in Cold War history: the U-2 incident. The U-2 incident wrecked a Summit Conference and created the credibility gap. Suppressed for years, the tremendously exciting report brings to light events that are important for all Americans today."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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PT 109 - John F. Kennedy in World War II

By: Donovan, Robert J.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Greenwich, Conn, Crest Books : 1962

Seller ID: 002085

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Good

160 pp, index, 16 pp of photographs. Some edge wear/chipping, 2" tear along front cover hinge at bottom, corners bumped, slight spine slant. Ink scribblings inside covers and a few words written on back cover. Margin note on one page. Text is clean and unmarked. The New York Times said: "In PT-109 we see a man assailed by hunger, heat, cold, discouragement and Danger, and rising, without dramatics of posturing, to greatness. . . he acted, not in panic but with coolness, with supreme self-confidence and a firm belief in his own and his country's destiny, Just as important he had the c...
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Spoken German: Basic Course - Units 1-12 (War Department Education Manual EM 518)

By: Moulton, William G. & Moulton, Jenni Karding

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., Linguistic Society of America : 1944

Seller ID: 006164

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

269 pp. Stiff grey paper boards with black lettering. Spine ends a little chipped, corners bumped, some foxing, paper boards starting to come loose from spine. Text is clean, light, and unmarked.

A general introduction to the German language designed to make it possible for US Naval personel to deal with common situations and topics in Germany.; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall
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The Fourth Division Its Services and Achievements in the World War

By: Bach, Christian A. ; Hall, Henry Noble

Price: $28.50

Publisher: Garden City, NY, Country Life Press : 1920

Seller ID: 8799

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Dark green cloth, gold lettering. Spine a bit cocked, sunned, corners bent, some edge wear and rubbing. Boards starting to detach with webbing visible at front and back. Owner's name and company (L) on front free end paper, some highlighting for the battles owner took part in. ; Xvi + 368 pp. Numerous b/w photos, five paintings by Captain Leon Dabo. Bibliography, references, index, appendices. The five maps listed are not present, however there is what appears to be a map of the Sergy battlefield (marked Secret). ; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall; 368 pages; "This book is not a tactical study of th...
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The Guns of August

By: Tuchman, Barbara W.

Price: $6.95

Publisher: New York, Bantam Books : 1980

Seller ID: 001537

ISBN-13: 9780553227734

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

Covers a bit creased, corners bumped. Slight edge wear.

"Barbara Tuchman's great epic is the stunning masterpiece of WWI. Here are the unforgettable portraits of an era-and the disasters of leadership. Here is the big picture of war-the full shocking drama of August, 1914, an incredible month of bloody battles that changed the course of the world."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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The March of the Mormon Battalion From Council Bluffs to California: Taken from the Journal of Henry Standage

By: Golder, Frank Alfred; Bailey, Thomas A.; Smith, J. Lyman

Price: $110.00

Publisher: New York, The Century Co. : 1928

Seller ID: 007411

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Dark blue cloth with gold lettering, xiii + 295 pp, index, bibliography, list of the members of the battalion, 8 full page b/w photos tipped in. Two tone map end papers showing the routes of the Mormon pioneers to Salt Lake City and the Mormon battalion to Los Angeles. Ex-library with typical markings stamps and stickers. Spine a bit cocked and sunned, corners bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing, small stain to front board that is likely a dampstain. Boards starting to separate from text block along the hinges, exposing some of the webbing. Pages slightly browned but text is clean and unmar...
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The Sands of Dunkirk

By: Collier, Richard

Price: $7.25

Publisher: New York, Dell : 1962

Seller ID: 8877

Binding: Mass Market paperback

Condition: Very Good

Top corner creased, a little edge wear and rubbing, light tanning. A nice copy. ;
Dell # 7604, 1st paperback printing. ; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall; 287 pages;

"Trapped between German armored forces and the sea, soldiers marched, ran and crawled through the blazing towns to the beaches; battled for hopeless positions; knelt praying in the sand, while German Stukas dive-bombed them. This was Dunkirk, France, 1940, when men fighting for freedom turned defeat into epic victory. "
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Category: Military History