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New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (2017). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (prev owner's name, toning to edges of textblock.. First printing. Agent 110 was Allen Dulles, a new spy from an eminent family. From his townhouse in Bern, and in clandestine meetings in restaurants, he "met with and facilitated the plots of Germans who were trying to destroy the countrys leadership. Their underground network exposed Dulles to the political maneuverings of the Soviets, who were already competing for domination of Germany, and all of Europe, in the post-war period." While his negotiations fell short during the war, in the 1950s he was placed in charge of the CIA. Photographs. Notes, index. xxii, 342 pp.

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (1998.). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good silver foil dust jacket.. First printing. An acount of what this grueling two year training program involves, based on interviews with hundreds of trainees and the author's own experiences when he was given permission to participate in the program. Photographs, source notes, index. 416 pp.

New York:: Harcourt, Inc.,, (2007). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) The story of American airmen, whose B-24 was shot down in 1944 during a mission over Japanese-controlled Borneo, into the territory of headhunters, who befriended and protected the airmen, as they used their hunting skills against the occupying Japanese, until the eventual rescue of the Americans. Glossary, sources. 271 pp.

Lincoln:: University of Nebraska Press,, (2014). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) "The submarine was one of the most revolutionary weapons of World War I, inciting both terror and fascination for militaries and civilians alike. During the war, after U-boats sank the Lusitania and began daring attacks on shipping vessels off the East Coast, the American press dubbed these weapons "Hun Devil Boats," "Sea Thugs," and "Baby Killers." But at the conflict's conclusion, the U.S. Navy acquired six U-boats to study and to serve as war souvenirs. Until their destruction under armistice terms in 1921, these six U-boats served as U.S. Navy ships, manned by American crews. The ships visited eighty American cities to promote the sale of victory bonds and to recruit sailors, allowing hundreds of thousands of Americans to see [them] up close." Photographs, bibliographic essay.A title in the "Studies in… Read More

Indianapolis:: Bobbs-Merrill,, (1980.). Hardcover -. Very good in a good only dust jacket (general edgewear to the dj).. Hardcover. A comprehensive history and analysis of tank and mechanized infantry battalions used in the Vietnam War, in an area where tanks were once considered impractical. Includes a foreword by Brigadier General James C. Pennington and several appendices. Illustrated with many black and white photographs,17 maps and 6 diagrams. Glossary and index. 250 pp, 

Newport News, Virginia:: U. S. Army Training Support Center, , [1975.]. Good condition - original mailing envelope still attached to rear cover, some wear to covers.. US Army Quartermaster School, Fort Lee, Virginia: Subcourse TQM 2023, Edition 3. Illustrated, 10 1/2 inches by 8 inches in stiff yellow stapled wrappers. Index. 46 pp plus exam.

New York:: Random House,, (1979). SIGNED hardcover -. Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.. 4th printing. An account of an attack that was lied about and covered up by both sides, written by a former ship's officer who was there when it happened "In June 1967, jet aircraft and motor torpedo boats of Israel brutally assaulted an American naval vessel, the USS Liberty, in international waters off the Sinai Peninsula in the Mediterranean Sea. The attack was preceded by more than six hours of intense low-level surveillance by Israeli photo-reconnaissance aircraft. . . the assault that followed was initiated by high-performance jet aircraft, followed up by slower and more maneuverable jets carrying napalm, and was finally turned over to lethal torpedo boats, which blasted a forty-foot hole in the ship's side. The attack lasted more than two hours - killing 34 Americans and wounding 171 others - and inflicted 821 rocket and machine-gun holes in the ship. When the Liberty stubbornly… Read More

New York & Boston:: Little Brown,, (2019). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The story of a group of scientists and spies determined to keep Adolf Hitler from obtaining a nuclear bomb - among those who played roles in this story were Moe Berg, a major league catcher who abandoned the game for a career as a multilingual international spy - one of the strangest fellows to ever play professional baseball; Werner Heisenberg the Nobel Prize-winning physicist credited as the discoverer of quantum mechanics; Joe Kennedy Jr. older brother of JFK whose need for adventure led him to volunteer for the most dangerous missions the Navy had to offer; and Irne and Frederic Joliot-Curie, a physics Nobel-Prize winning power couple who used their status as scientists to become active members of the resistance. Illustrated with photographs. List of major characters, sources, index.xii, 447 pp.

Toronto:: Macmillan Canada,, (1992.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a fine dust jacket (inscription on front endpaper.). First printing. Based on the author's interviews with more than 200 instructors, this is the story of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan - "the plan that won the allied air war." In five years, the BCATP turned over 200,000 young men and teenagers into seasoned aircrew. SIGNED on the title page with "All the best" and dated in the year of publication. Sixteen pages of photographs. Notes, sources, index. Map endpapers. viii, 358 pp.

New York & Boston:: Twelve,, (2018). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First printing. "In 1978, CIA maverick Jack Platt and KGB agent Gennady Vasilenko were new arrivals on the Washington, DC intelligence scene, with Jack working out of the CIA's counterintelligence office and Gennady out of the Soviet Embassy. Both men, already notorious iconoclasts within their respective agencies, were assigned to seduce the other into betraying his country in the urgent final days of the Cold War, but instead the men ended up becoming the best of friends." Recounts some of the most celebrated spy stories of the twentieth century, including the crucial discovery of the Soviet mole Robert Hanssen, and the 2010 Spy Swap which freed Gennady from Soviet imprisonment. Photographs in both full color and black and white, bibliography, index. 342 pp.

New York:: The Free Press (Simon and Schuster), (1998). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First US printing. A memoir by the son of the bookseller at 84 Charing Cross Road. In 1942, at 22 years old, Leo Marks left his father's famous London bookshop and went off to fight the war. He became head of communications at the Special Operations Executive (SOE), where he revolutionized the codemaking techniques of the Allies and trained some of the most famous agents dropped into occupied Europe, including "the White Rabbit" and Violette Szabo. Although this book displays Marks's keen sense of the absurd and his wry wit, it is even more a book which celebrates individual courage and endeavor, as it never loses sight of the human cost and horror of war. Illustrated with photographs. Index. 614 pp.

New York:: St Martin's,, (1991.). Hardcover -. Very good in very good dust jacket.. Book club edition. In 1967, as a young Army Lieutenant, the author was attached as an advisor to units of the ARVN ((Army of the Republic of Vietnam). He saw the South Vietnamese Army in action against the Viet Cong and he served as a Battalion advisor and later with a Reconnaissance Company. This book describes his conclusions that despite adverse conditions, and poor equipment and training, the ARVN fought bravely and professionally. Illustrated with 8 pages of photographs and 7 maps. 291 pp.

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (1994). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. A look at the US special operations forces, including Green Berets, Navy SEALs, and Delta Force, based on interviews with hundreds of these members. Photographs. Source notes, index. 399 pp.

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (2010). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First printing. An account of a military operation that changed the world. On June 26, 1948, Harry S. Truman began recalling the airmen of World War II to active duty to try to save the people of the western sectors of Berlin. "Stalin had ordered a blockade of the city. . . He was gambling that he could drive out the small detachments of American, British, and French occupation troops, because their only option was to stay and watch Berliners starveor retaliate by starting World War III. . . . [Truman's] answer: 'We stay in Berlin. Period.' That was when the phones started ringing and local police began banging on doors to deliver telegrams to the vets. Drawing on service records and hundreds of interviews in the United States, Germany, and Great Britain, Reeves tells the stories of these civilian airmen. . . [who] did the impossible, living in barns and muddy tents,… Read More

Philadelphia & Newbury, UK:: Casemate,, (2008.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.). First printing. "This is a rarely detailed 'you are there' account of World War II combat [by the grandson of one of the American officers involved in the battle], describing a brief but bloody tank/infantry action in August 1944. Based on six years of research - drawing from interviews, primary documents, and visits to the battlefield. [this] transports the reader into the ranks of L Company, 15th Regiment, Third Infantry Division, and its supporting M4s of the 756th Tank Battalion as they grapple head-on with the Wehrmacht. " Photographs, maps, bibliography, notes, appendices, index. xxv, 365 pp.

Seattle:: Nordic Adventures,, (2001). SIGNED hardcover -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. 3rd printing. "In late March of 1943, four commandos arrive in northern Norway with a mission of establishing a base for sabotage operations. Before they can unload their cutter, they are betrayed, as a German Schnell boat arrives and turns the quiet fjord into a battle zone. Only one man, Jan Baalsrud, surrvives the attack. Wounded, the dauntless soldier swims icy fjord waters, climbs snow-laden granite peaks, endures violent snowstorms and is hurled off a mountain by an avalanche. Fleeing the Gestapo and battling the harsh Arctic cold, Jan suffers snowblindness and frostbite. The people of northern Norway's Troms district step forward to assist Jan. Selflessly defying Nazi dictates, more than sixty people risk their lives to help the fugitive commando." Dr. Haug, one of the co-authors of this book, was a cousin of Jan Baalsrud. INSCRIBED by Astrid Karlsen Scott on title page. Photographs, 10 maps… Read More

St. Louis, : US Army AG Publications Center. , 1967. Near fine in stapled yellow wrappers.. Revised Edition. Illustrated with photographs and drawings, tables, references, several appendices, index. Noted on the first page that this supersedes TM 3-220, 18 September 1961, through 11 September 1965. Quarto, 115 pp.

Novato, CA:: Presidio Press,, (1989.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Described on the dust jacket as "The Epic Novel of Vietnam" this, his second novel, is given accuracy and realism by the author's own experiences as a Navy Lieutenant who served during the Vietnam War as a gunnery officer, boat officer and navigator in support of Marine and Army operations. 607 pp.

New York:: Brassey's / Macmillan, , (1991.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. A professional soldier's heartfelt story: Lt. Col. Bussey's personal account of racism and prejudice in the Korean War. He is a former Tuskegee airman, World War II combat fighter pilot and aims in this book to set the record straight about the performance of African American troops at Yechon. Illustrated with 16 black-and-white photographs. 264 pp. Map of Korean Peninsula and of the Pusan Perimeter on the front endpapers.

New York:: Norton,, (1972.). Hardcover -. Very good in an edgeworn and fair only dust jacket.. Book club edition. An account of the blackest day in British military history - on that date, the mostly volunteer British Army went over the top and into the German trenches and had 60,000 casualties in just one day. With the deaths went a loss of innocence and a confidence that the war could be won. Photographs, maps, Index. 381 pp.