Search Results: Authors starting with I from Military History Books

(Subject: Colonial & Other Wars - The American Civil War) An examination of the reasons why the Confederate States were defeated in the American Civil War. Wiley considers the failures of the military and political leadership, the rigid attitudes they held, and their poor judgement of the strengths of their Northern opponents. (Published: 1994) (Publisher: Louisiana State Univ.Pr.) (ISBN: 0807119113) (Pagination: 121pp, 12 illustrations) (Condition: storage wear only, vg) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War II - Eastern Front) Book Club Edition. This is a very detailed and authoritative study,using primary German and Russian sources. Covers Soviet Defence Strategy, German Planning, the drive to the Dneiper, the Minsk pocket, the fall of Smolensk, Yelnia Salient, the Smolensk counter-offensive, the OKW vacillation, the Army Group Center pause, the failure of German Command and Control, the fall of Kiev, defence of Moscow, the collapse of German Strategic Planning. With details of the Organization and Structure of Soviet Units, Soviet tank strengths, Soviet Order of Battle, Organization and Structure of the German Army in the East. (Published: 1984) (Publisher: Book Club Edition) (Pagination: 415pp figures, maps, illustrations) (Condition: Very good in plastic covered dustjacket) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War II - Eastern Front) This is a very detailed and authoritative study,using primary German and Russian sources. Covers Soviet Defence Strategy, German Planning, the drive to the Dneiper, the Minsk pocket, the fall of Smolensk, Yelnia Salient, the Smolensk counter-offensive, the OKW vacillation, the Army Group Center pause, the failure of German Command and Control, the fall of Kiev, defence of Moscow, the collapse of German Strategic Planning. With details of the Organization and Structure of Soviet Units, Soviet tank strengths, Soviet Order of Battle, Organization and Structure of the German Army in the East. (Published: 1984) (Publisher: Presidio Press) (ISBN: 0891411976) (Pagination: 415pp.maps.figures, illustrations) (Condition: very good in torn d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Post World War II - Gulf, Middle East, Afghanistan) Subtitled 'With the I Marine Expeditionary Force in desert Shield and Desert Storm', this monograph written by the US Marine Command historian, describes USMC combat operations of the Marine Expeditionary Force in the Persian Gulf conflict from 8 August, 1990 to 16 April, 1991. (Published: 1993) (Publisher: US Marine Corps) (Pagination: Large Format. vii + 131pp, 40 ills, maps, tables) (Condition: very good in card covers) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War II - Mediterranean/Balkans) A collection of contemporary photographs with captions in Greek, English and German. (Published: 1991) (Publisher: Heraklion) (Pagination: Large Format 175pp) (Condition: card covers with a crease on bottom right hand corner, edge worn. ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Aviation - World War II ) The story of the author's father's adventures as a WWII bomber pilot. It recounts his last mission as the pilot of a Liberator shot down over Jugoslavia, and Merritt's quest to meet the former partisans who rescued the crewmen. (Published: 1993) (Publisher: Wright Stat Univ. Press) (ISBN: 188209008X ) (Pagination: 183pp, 20 illustrations, map, notes, bibliography, index) (Condition: Very good in d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War II - Far East) This book includes a letter signed by the author to a previous owner. The memoir of a young, newly married American tank crewman who was captured during the fall of the Philippines at the start of World War II. He spent three-and-a-half years as a Japanese Prisoner of War, being forced to walk under the hot sun for 12 days to a prison camp on Bataan. The prisoners died by the score from thirst and disease or were executed by brutal Japanese guards. Tenney managed to escape early in his captivity and joined a guerrilla band but he was soon recaptured and put on a notorious "hell ship" bound for Japan. With a fierce determination to see his wife and home again, he endured the rest of the war as a slave in a Japanese coal mine. Then one day he saw a strange cloud over nearby Nagasaki, and set off through Japanese towns to find the US forces. (Published: 1995) (Publisher: Brassey's) (ISBN: 0028811259) (Pagination: 219pp illustrations) (Condition: Very good… Read More

(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) Here are stories of Allied and enemy submarine commanders who desplayed unbelievable courage in World War II. They include accounts of Commander Sam Dealey's historic operations around Tawitawi, the ill-fated career of the German U-505, Lawson P. Ramage's attacks on a heavily escorted enemy convoy, M. E. Naismith's exploits in World War I, and Commander Yahachi Tanabe's account of how he sank the Yorktown at the Battle of Midway. (Published: 1964) (Publisher: Franklin Watts) (Pagination: 180pp) (Condition: vg in plastic sleeved d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Land Vehicles & Weapons - General) Dustjacket has repaired tear on front. Previous owner name and date on inside page. Useful reference copy. Written by two of the leading authorities on tanks and tank history and illustrated by over 400 photographs and diagrams. The development of tanks, tank characteristics and the tanks of some 40 countries are detailed. (Published: 1975) (Publisher: Chartwell) (Pagination: 256pp, 1 col photo & 541 b/w photos) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Medals, Decorations (incl. Recipients) & Rolls of Honour) United States Campaign medals with valuations c.1990. With articles by Stephen J Johnson. (Publisher: Nolon Publishing) (ISBN: 1871710022) (Pagination: 52pp numerous illustrations) (Condition: Good in card covers) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Osprey: Campaign) By 1429, with French fortunes in the Hundred Years War at their lowest ebb, an English victory seemed inevitable. Northern France including Paris was firmly under English control and the city of Orleans was besieged by an English army. At the darkest hour, a deeply religious peasant girl from Champagne came to the Dauphin, convinced that she had a divine mission to help him defeat the English. Her name was Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc). In less than four months Joan's inspired leadership helped to break the siege of Orleans. (Published: 2001) (Publisher: Osprey Publishing) (ISBN: 1841762326) (Pagination: 96pp illustrations) (Condition: Used. Rubbed edges. Good) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) Good in faded d/w with small tear of spine. Describes in concise detail the operational use and technical development of the major surface warship types, from the giant Aircraft carriers down to missile-armed fast attack craft, with an information text supported by artwork and photographs. (Published: 1996) (Publisher: Tiger Books Int.) (ISBN: 1855018039) (Pagination: Large Format. 144pp illustrations) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Small Arms, Personal Weapons, Equipment & Accoutrements) Features seven views of each weapon, created in 3D, then rendered as elevations. From handguns such as the Colt .44, Magnum and Beretta 93R, to classic rifles such as M16 and AK47, this book profiles thirty five small arms, including handguns, submachine guns, rifles and support weapons. (Published: 2011) (Publisher: Amber Books) (ISBN: 9781907446801) (Pagination: Landscape Format 224pp digital illustrations, photographs) (Condition: Fine in d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Aviation - World War II ) Mass market paperback. Covers creased, pages browning. Useful study copy. The most critical week of the air war over Europe in the Second World War - February 1944. The major battle between the USAAF's 8th Air Force and the Luftwaffe over Germany. Based on the recollections of the two principal commanders Generals Doolittle and General Adolf Galland, as well as those of other airmen and US and German war records (Published: 1976) (Publisher: New English Library) (ISBN: 0450028046) (Pagination: 188p) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Political & Biographies - General) Small tears on dustjacket. Unread. Brigadier Ingall was one of the last Cavalry Officers of the old Indian Army. These are his experiences on the Frontier at the battle of Karawal near the Khyber Pass, and in a cavalry charge, sword in hand. Later, in the Second World War, he commanded the 6th Lancers in their drive through Northern Italy. (Published: 1989) (Publisher: Leo Cooper) (ISBN: 0850523257) (Pagination: xiv + 157pp, 19 photos.) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War II - General) A contemporary critical and controversial American view of the Allied campaigns in North Africa and North West Europe in World War II. (Published: 1946) (Publisher: Partridge Publications) (Pagination: 285pp, 7 maps) (Condition: Boards marked, text good.) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War II - Africa/Middle East) An early contemporary eyewitness account of the WWII battle of El Guettar in Tunisia fought by units of the US 1st Infantry Division. Captain Ingersoll, who was a journalist in peacetime, wrote of what he observed during the battle. His description of the battle, and of the events both immediately before and after it, paints a vivid picture of the struggles and heroism of ordinary fighting men. (Published: 1943) (Publisher: John Lane,The Bodley Head) (Pagination: 188pp, endpaper maps) (Condition: Very good in d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War II - General) An American journalist recounts his journeys covering the battle fronts of World War Two. His 30,000 mile journey took him to Singapore, Chungking, Moscow, Cairo and the Desert War, and Britain where he reported on the people at War and the Battle of the Atlantic. (Published: 1942) (Publisher: John Lane,The Bodley Head) (Pagination: 304pp, 7 ills, ep maps) (Condition: blue cloth, g+) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War II - Home Front) The story of a 19 year old who joined the strangely named First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY) then trained as a radar mechanic during World War II. From 1943 she was a radar maintenance officer on London gun-sites and gives a detailed account of life in the Little Blitz of Autumn, 1943 to May, 1944. There is a lively description of the gun sites and the people who worked on them. She writes of the difficulties of planning and execution, and praises the men who worked in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) workshops. (Published: 2006) (Publisher: Brewin Books) (ISBN: 1858582806) (Pagination: 102pp, 26 b/w photos & illustrations) (Condition: New) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: The Wars of Religion to the Middle Ages) This enthralling study which examines the impact of the Spaniards upon the Aztec and Inca worlds, is dominated by the personalities involved, in particular Cortes and Montezuma. Their confronation in the Aztec lake-city of Tenochtitlan is a moving drama of human conflict revealing the dilemma and the enigma of the Indians. It is a story of battles and voyages, full of strange episodes - Cortes burning his ships, Pizarro drawing a line with his sword, saying "Gentlemen, this line represents toil, hunger, thirst, weariness, sickness" and daring them to cross it, and Atahualpa nursing his wound in the hot springs of Cajamarca and watching, with his army, the tiny band of Spanish adventurers descending the green slopes of the Andes. (Published: 1969) (Publisher: Collins) (ISBN: No ISBN) (Pagination: 336pp, numerous colour & b/w illustrations & maps) (Condition: ex library, some staining to top p/edges, otherwise fair in illustrated,… Read More