New York: Hippocrene Books, 1991. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Reissue of second edition. Jacket edges rubbed.
254 pp. Every field of human activity develops its own terms and jargon, and the military field is no exception. This timely and necessary dictionary includes fundamental military terms, contemporary political and technological terms and.....
New York: The New Press, 2004. Trade Paperback.
Highlighting on about 20 pages, page ridge smudged.
xx, 587 pp. The story of American support for one of the worst dictators in South America uses recently declassified United States intelligence reports to paint a portrait of Pinochet's bloody reign and the.....
New York: Carrol & Graff Publishers, 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. A fine copy in a fine jacket.
xv 448 pp. Robert Maxwell -- ruthless, volatile, defiant; a man of gargantuan appetites, for food, wine, women, power, money -- unabashedly bared his ambition to the world, as he.....
New York: Public Affairs, 1998. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. Edge wear.
xviii, 422 pp. Combining razor-sharp analysis with dramatic narrative, vivid portraits of soldiers and commanders with illuminating discussions of battle tactics and covert actions, The Sword and the Olive traces the history of the IDF from its.....
Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2009. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Pages faintly toned.
xiv, 228 pp. A detailed study of the Teutonic Knights in the Holy Land, covering both their military and administrative affairs. The Teutonic Order was founded in 1190 to provide medical care for crusaders in the.....
East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University Press, 2000. First Edition. Soft Cover.
First edition. Minor general wear.
xix, 340 pp. On one level, Peter Moogk's latest book, La Nouvelle France: The Making of French Canada—A Cultural History, is a candid exploration of the troubled historical relationship that exists between the.....
Edison, New Jersey: Knickerbocker Press, 2004. Large Hardcover.
A fine copy in a fine jacket.
160 pp. Profusely illustrated with drawings and maps and 46 tables. The age of fighting sail is primarily seen as a contest on the oceans, but there was also a huge, if neglected, naval shipbuilding.....
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1999. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Signed by author on title page with inscription, "To David, with thanks for your attention." Minor general wear.
272 pp. "Includes 180 illustrations, 150 in full color. A narrative describing the necessities, uses and production of maps.....
London/Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Arms and Armour Press, 1982. de Beaufort, Louis. Large Hardcover.
Jacket edges bumped, small sticker on rear jacket panel. Pencil name on front free endpaper, highlighting in foreword, pages foxed.
191 pp. Between 1808 and 1814, the British Army fought a war in the Iberian Peninsula against the.....
New York: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 1998. 9th Printing. Large Softcover.
Ninth printing. Highlighting, scratch on rear cover.
xxxiii, 713 pp. Introduction by Victor David Hanson. Thucydides called his account of two decades of war between Athens and Sparta "a possession for all time," and indeed it is the first and.....
New York / Rochester: American Book / Stratford Press, 1968. Hard Cover.
Some chips and tears to jacket edges.
vi, 216 pp. 8vo. A collection of writings about western New York's heritage. Arch Merrill (August 5, 1894 - July 15, 1974) was a newspaper reporter for the Rochester, New York.....
New York: Smithsonian Books / Collins, 2002. 1st Printing. Soft Cover.
First printing. Remainder mark.
240 pp. Worldwide warfare might seem like a twentieth-century development, but the colonial empires of Europe fought wars around the globe in the eighteenth. With domains spreading to the Americas and across the Pacific Ocean.....
New York: New York Review of Books, 2006. 3rd Printing. Trade Paperback.
Third printing. Minor general wear.
608 pp. The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. It brought down six French governments, led to the collapse of the Fourth Republic, returned de Gaulle to power, and came close to.....
New York: Vintage Books, 1970. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. Spine creased, small tear on front cover edge, pages toned.
523 pp. A military history from the Korean War through the late 1960s.
Novato, California: Persidio, 1994. Abridged. Trade Paperback.
Abridged edition. Ink stamp on page base and on half-title page.
xviii, 613 pp. One of the most bitter and enduring conflicts in recent American history is the fight between the news media and the military over access to U.S. combat operations in.....