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London: The Adventurers Club. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1958. Hardcover. Hardcover is clean & tight, light wear to edges/corners, a little fading & bumping to spine ends. Jacket is fair to good minus - with moderate edgewear and numerous small tears/chips, light soiling, not clipped. The story of how Major John Fox of the Special Investigation Branch of the British Army, together with two other Englishmen and eight Pathans, travelling in disguise through Pakistan and the Khyber Pass to Kabul, tracked down and arrested the ring-leader of a band engaged in stealing arms and ammunition towards the end of WWII.. (*shipping will be reduced to some locations) ; 8vo .
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AFGHAN ADVENTURE
by Fox, John, As Told To Goodchild, Roland
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AGAINST THE FIRES OF HELL The Environmental Disaster of the Gulf War
by Hawley, Thomas M.
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Harcourt. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 0151039690 . Hardcover clean and all intact, a little corner bumping, slight soiling outer edge of pages. Jacket has scuffing and light edgewear. "Through interviews with scientists, firefighters and Kuwaiti citizens, plus firsthand observations, freelance science reporter Hawley assesses the environmental impact of the Gulf war. It is a grim story...." (505) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 208 pages .
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AMIENS, DAWN OF VICTORY
by McWilliams, James and Steel, R. James
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Toronto: Dundurn Press. Very Good. 2000. First Edition. Softcover. 155002342X . Clean, tight condition. Ex-library with sturdy laminated cover & usual type markings - only very light wear overall. Interior pages clean & tight. Very light edgewear to cover. "It was the decisive battle of World War I. German commander Erich Ludendorff called it "the black day of the German army. " Many authors have stated that it was the beginning of the end of the great conflict. And yet, until now, no book has been published on the climactic battle at Amiens. " ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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AUSCHWITZ AND AFTER Race, Culture, and "The Jewish Question" in France
by Kritzman, Lawrence D.
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New York: Routledge. Very Good. 1995. First Edition. Softcover. 0415904412 . Retired library book but still in very good condition - laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Interior clean and tight, light soiling outer edge of pages, light edgewear to cover. ; 8vo; Reviews: "Auschwitz and After represents a truly notable step toward providing substantial insights into...Jewish identity in post-war France.." Beginning with Marcel Ophus's documentary The Sorrow and the Pity (1970) there has been an attempt to question the idea of a totally unified, courageous and resistant wartime France. Even more startling have been the increasingly shocking revelations that the politics of collaboration were a mere extension of a deep-seated French anti-semitic tradition. In the shadow of these developments French writers and philosophers today are reflecting on the meaning of Jewish identity in the contemporary world. Auschwitz and After analyses for the first time how the memory of…
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BIALYSTOK TO BIRKENAU The Holocaust Journey of Michel Mielnicki
by Mielnicki, Michel & John Munro; Gilbert, Martin, Sir
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Ronsdale Press. Very Good. 2000. Paperback. 0921870779 . Clean, tight condition. Ex-library book with sturdy laminated cover & usual type markings. Internal pages clean, a little soiling to outer edges. Light edgewear & scuffing to covers. "A Holocaust memoir by Michel Mielnicki, who survived the camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buna, Mittelbau-Dora and Belsen. Mielnicki takes us from the pleasures and charms of pre-war Polish Jewry (now entirely lost) into some of the darkest places of the 20th century. Includes many black and white photos and a full index. " [428-osl? ] ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 248 pages .
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THE BUNKER
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Da Capo Press. Very Good. 2001. Softcover. 0306809583 . Very good - interior pages clean and unmarked, a little light spotting to outer edge of pages. Cover has light corner wear, light scuffing and a little corner curling, price sticker on are. "A powerfully vivid documentary reconstruction of Adolf Hitler's final days". ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 416 pages; From a Reviewer: "A Fascinating Descent into Madness.......O'Donnell was a Signal Corps captain, and one of the first Americans to enter the bunker in July of 1945. His sleuth style of research, combined with exhaustive interviews of Hitlers inner circle have allowed him to re-create for the reader almost exactly what happened in the last two weeks of April 1945. All the major players are described in detail, and every personality type is present in this underground fortress, with its gasproof design, cast iron doors and two seperate levels. You will feel the desperation of these committed and loyal Nazis…
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Bloody Buna, The Grueling Campaign in New Guinea That Thwarted the Japanese Invasion of Australia
by Lida Mayo
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NY: Doubleday & Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. Book club edition. Hardcover is clean and intact, no markings. One front bottom corner has minor damage. Dustjacket has age tanning, light edgewear with a few tiny tears and bottom front corner has the corner clipped off. (378noto4-22) ; 8vo .
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CODES AND CIPHERS An a to Z of Covert Communication, from the Clay Tablet to the Microdot
by Wrixon, Fred B.
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Prentice Hall. Good+. 1992. First Edition. Softcover. 0132770474 . Ex-library book, but still in good condition - laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Light edge and corner wear to cover, light soiling outer edge of pages. Interior very good - occasional light wrinkling or earmarks. 260 pages. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; "This thoroughly researched, highly readable volume has biographies of famous--and infamous--spies and cryptographers, illustrations of codes and cipher devices with explanations of how they work, and fascinating examples of how covert communications have changed the course of history, from ancient times through World War II and beyond. 50 photos and illustrations; tables and graphs throughout. (500) .
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DEFENCE, 1978 IN REVIEW
by Department Of National Defence
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Ottawa, ON: Department of National Defence. Good. 1979. First Edition. Softcover. 0660501341 . Internal pages are clean & tight other than name written on endpage and a light stain to upper inside corner which affects edge of first section of pages. There are several small corner creases and a couple small edge tears. Cover has moderately heavy edgewear, several creases & corner curling. Text is in English and French. Contents: Canada and the World in 1978; Defence Policy; Organization for Defence; National Defence Operations; Maritime Command and others. [573]; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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THE END OF THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY
by Ito, Masanori
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Jove. Very Good. 1984. First Edition. Softcover. 0515081760 . Clean, tight condition. Pages unmarked, light age tanning to pages and inside covers. Cover has light wear to corners and creasing to spine. B/w illus. "....after four years of naval warfare against the United States, the Imperial Japanese Navy simply no longer existed, having lost more than 400,000 men, its great carriers and battleships reduced to scrap metal..." (140noto) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 253 pages; .
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FLYING TIGER Chennault of China
by Robert Lee Scott Jr.
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Berkley Medallion. Good. 1960. First Edition. Softcover. Cover has moderate edge and corner wear, creasing and light soiling. Small stamp and name written inside front cover. Very light edge stain first couple pages. Pages are otherwise clean. All pages are intact although binding is getting a little fragile. The heroic, exciting story of World War II's most famous pilots - told by the author of God is My Co-pilot. To the Chinese the Hawk-faced leather-skinned American was "Chennote Chiang Chun" and his men were "Tigers" - the family Flying Tigers who plunged into China in 1941 to help in the desperate struggle against the invading Japanese. [110-osl]; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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GENERATION OF VIPERS
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Pocket Books. Very Good. 1966. Softcover. Light edge & corner wear, light creasing, light age yellowing. Interior clean & unmarked, age tanning to pages & inside covers. Description: Perhaps the most vitriolic attack ever launched on the American way of living, from politicians to professors to businessmen to Mom to sexual mores to religion. Generation of Vipers ranks with the works of De Tocqueville and Emerson in defining the American character and malaise. Wylie's classic, written with devastating wit and a pen as sharp as a barber's razor, wages war on all forms of American hypocrisy.... (osl) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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GIRL IN A SLOPPY JOE SWEATER Life on the Canadian Home Front During World War II
by Peate, Mary
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Optimum Pub Intl. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0888902220 . HC/DJ - fine/near fine. Excellent condition. Hardcover clean & unmarked. Jacket has light scuffing & light edgewear/crinkling, no tears. A light-hearted but true-to-life account of Canadian home front living during the war years (WWII) . [460]; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 202 pages .
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THE HINGE FACTOR How Chance and Stupidity Have Changed History
by Durschmied, Erik
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London: Coronet Books. Near Fine. 1999. First Edition. Softcover. 0340728302 . Very nice condition, clean and unmarked, light corner wear/scuffing. B/w illus. 394 pages plus booklists. From the wooden horse at Troy to a dropped package of cigars at Antietam to a photograph snapped in Vietnam, world history has been shaped as much by chance and error as by courage and heroism. Military conflicts are often decided by a caprice of weather, coincidence, or incompetence - in short, by the unpredictable hinge factor. Durschmied takes us through history's major battles and, in a series of gripping narratives, recreates the events that defined their outcomes. Drawing from historical accounts and personal documents, Durschmied gives us a fascinating look at how the unexpected and the bizarre have dictated world events. (400noto) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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HUGH HAMBLETON, SPY: THIRTY YEARS WITH THE KGB
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Methuen & Company. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 0458969702 . Hardcover is clean, tight and unmarked. Jacket has light scuffing, tiny peels where sticker was removed and light edge wear & tiny edge tears. "Working from court transcripts, interviews with key players and long discussions with Hambleton himself, the author provides fascinating details on how the Soviets recruited the quiet professor, how a Canadian government agency bankrolled the subversion of the Western Hemisphere and how the intricate weave of a double life finally became unravelled...." [400-noto]; 8vo .
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Hokahey! A Good Day to Die! The Indian Casualties of the Custer Fight
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University of Nebraska Press. Fine. 1999. First Edition. Softcover. 0803273223 . Excellent condition, clean, no markings, very light corner wear, one small crease front cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; "Traditionally historians of the Little Big Horn fight have focused on Custer and his troopson what they were doing and where they died. But as one Miniconjou warrior told a gathering at a 1926 commemoration of the battle, the Lakotas and Cheyennes also lost brave men. These men had died defending their homes and families, and they too deserved recognition....Concise, well-written, and respectful of Cheyenne and Lakota cultural practices, this book is an essential contribution to our understanding of how the Cheyennes and Lakotas waged the Battle of the Little Big Horn. " (200os) .
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The Hungry Tigers: the Fighter Pilot's Role in Modern Warfare
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Tab Books. Fine. 1986. Softcover. 0830681957 . Excellent condition, no markings, slight corner creasing on one back corner. Illustrated. 309 pages. A former fighter pilot, whose impressive service record includes 163 combat missions, provides fascinating insight into the realities of the U. S. Tactical Air Forces. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Putting his emphasis on the human element - the "hungry tigers" whose pride, dedication & skills set them apart from ordinary service men - O'Brien includes detailed descriptions of the modern fighter planes, its weapons & ordnance.... (378-noto) .
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THE JOLLY ROGERS The Story of Tom Blackburn and Navy Fighting Squadron VF-17
by Blackburn, Tom
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Orion Books. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. Book club edition. Hardcover is clean & tight, only marking is a small inscription on endpage. Jacket has moderate edgewear and several small tears/chips. "The story of Navy Fighting Squadron VF-17, whose combat record in the 76 day campaign against the Japanese in the Solomon and Bismarck Islands totaled 154 enemy plans destroyed, surpassing the record of the better known "Black Sheep" led by Pappy Boyington. No less than 13 men in this squadron, including Blackburn himself, became aces, each destroying more than 5 enemy aircraft. " [403-notosl]; 8vo .
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THE LAST GREAT VICTORY The End of the World War II, July / August 1945
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Truman Talley Books / Plume. Very Good+. 1995. First Edition. Softcover. 0452270634 . Ex-library book, but still in very good condition - laminated cover and usual ex-lib type of markings. Cover has light edge/corner wear, a small amount of soiling to outer edge of pages. Interior is clean and intact, a couple lightly wrinkled pages. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 730 pages; "From the inner councils of the Japanese to the fateful decisions to atom-bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Stanley Weintraub brings to life this watershed month in which empires fell, old orders passed away, and a new age began. "The best account yet of the war's final month". --Newsweek". .
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A Lonely Kind of War - Forward Air Controller, Vietnam
by Marshall Harrison
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CA: Presidio Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 1199349925 . HC/DJ - fine/very good. Assumed to be first edition. Hardcover is clean and unmarked , slight bumping to spine ends. Jacket has light edge and corner wear, edge crinkling, one small closed tear on front, light scuffing. Remarkable account of the life of a Forward Air Controller in the Vietnam war. In his OV-10 Bronco he was the eyes and ears of the attack aircraft, searching out and marking targets, co-ordinating bombing runs and directing close air support. An account of an immensely dangerous role in a low-flying unarmed aircraft. (370noto, 1113) .
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