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Military History, War and Revolution: New Books
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1 ALVAREZ, Alex. Governments, Citizens, and Genocide: A Comparative and Interdisciplinary Approach. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 2001.
BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. xii, 226. Notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, grey cloth, spine lettered in black, with dust-jacket.
First edition. The twentieth century is an age of genocide in which sixty million men, women, and children have had their lives taken because the state thought it desirable. The more power government has, the more it can act arbitrarily according to the whims and desires of the elite, and the more it will make war on others and murder its foreign and domestic subjects. Here, Alvarez provides an exceptionally comprehensive and well-documented analysis of modern genocide. ISBN:#0253338492 ISBN:#0 253 33849 2
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2 BARTOV, Omer, and Phyllis Mack (Editors). In God’s Name: Genocide and Religion in the Twentieth Century. New York, Berghahn, 2001.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. 401 plus 5 pages of publisher’s advertisements; index. Hardcover, sand cloth lettered in metallic red, without dust-jacket as issued.
First edition. Religion has played an important role in several outbreaks of genocide since the First World War. This selection of essays examines the intersection between religion and state-organized murder in the case of the Armenian, Jewish, Rwandan, and Bosnian genocides. It studies the religious aspects of modern genocide and the manner in which religion has taken a position ion mass killing. A volume in the Studies on War and Genocide Series. With a Conclusion by Ian Kershaw. ISBN:#1571812148 ISBN:#1 57181 214 8
€ 75 --
3 BASS, Gary Jonathan. Stay the Hand of Vengeance: The Politics of War Crimes Tribunals. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2002.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. 424. With 110 pages of notes, index. Wrappers.
Third printing, and first paperback printing, with a new afterword. The Nuremberg trials powerfully demonstrated how effective war crimes tribunals can be. But there have been many other important tribunals that have not been as successful, and which have been largely left out of today’s debates about international justice. This timely book brings them in, using primary documents to examine the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, World War I, the Armenian genocide, World War II, and the recent wars in the former Yugoslavia. It offers an unprecedented look at the politics behind international war crimes tribunals, combining analysis with investigative reporting and a broad historical perspective. ISBN:#0691092788 ISBN:#0 691 09278 8
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4 BEDJAOUI, Youcef, Abbas Aroua, Méziane Aït-Larbi (Editors). Forewords by Noam Chomsky and Lord Eric Avebury. An Inquiry into the Algerian Massacres. Genève, Hoggar, 1999.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Thick Royal octavo. Pp. xxii, 1473. Plus a photographic account, consisting of a suite of 33 colour and black & white photographs, printed on fine paper, bound-in. Other illustrations, plans, graphics, facsimiles, and tables to the text. Notes, appendices, indices, glossary. Hardcover, original Boards. Red marker ribbon.
- - First edition. “The first comprehensive study of the massacres in Algeria, including a great deal of original material.” - Lord Avebury. ISBN:#940130086
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5 BEER, Barrett, L. Rebellion and Riot: Popular Disorder in England During the Reign of Edward VI. Kent, Kent State University Press, 2005.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal octavo. Pp. xxx, 259. Maps. Notes, bibliography, index. Stiff wrappers.
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6 BEYEN, Marnix. Oorlog en Verleden: Nationale geschiedenis in België en Nederland, 1938-1947. Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press, 2002.Virgin copy, not yet traded. New. 8vo. Pp. 606. With extensive notes and bibliography sections which run to 175 pages, register, halftone illustrations. Wrappers.
First edition. War and Past, a thoroughly researched and documented study of national histories in Belgium and the Netherlands in the World War II years.
€ 43 --
7 BLACK, Jeremy. Warfare in the Western World, 1882-1975. Chesham, Acumen, 2002.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. xii, 244. Notes, selected further reading, index. Pictorial wrappers.
First edition. Covers both land and naval warfare as well as conflict within the West and between Western and non-western powers. Provides a new and challenging interpretation of modern warfare and the impact of war in the making of the modern world. ISBN:#1902683447 ISBN:#1 902683 44 7 ISBN:#1 902683 43 9 ISBN:#1902683439
€ 38 --
8 BLUM, William. Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II. London, Zed Books, 2003.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. 469. Notes, appendices, index. Stiff wrappers.
A wholly revised, extended and updated edition of “The CIA: A Forgotten History”, published in 1986. ISBN:#1842773690 ISBN:#1842773682
€ 25 --
9 BRAHIMI, Abdelhamid. Aux origines de la tragedie Algerienne (1958-2000). Témoignage sur hizb França. Genève, Hoggar, 2000.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. 311. Footnotes, tables. Wrappers.
First edition. ISBN:#2940130108
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10 CHICKERING, Roger, and Stig Förster (Editors). The Shadows of Total War: Europe, East Asia, and the Unites States, 1919-1939. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2003.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. x, 364. Footnotes, index. Hardcover, black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with dust-jacket.
First edition. Explores the consequences of World War One on military planners and civilian thinkers, anticipating the next major conflict. ISBN:#0521812364
€ 59 --
11 CIGAR, Norman, and Paul Williams. Indictment at The Hague: The Milosevic Regime and Crimes of the Balkan Wars. New York, New York University Press, 2002.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal octavo. Pp. 339. hardcover with dust-jacket.
- - First edition. ISBN 0814716261 ISBN 0 8147 1626 1
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12 COCKBURN, Cynthia, and Dubravka Zarkov. The Postwar Moment: Militaries, Masculinities, and International Peacekeeping Bosnia and the Netherlands. London, Lawrence & Wishart, 2002.Virgin copy, not yet traded. New. 8vo. Pp. 224. With a number of halftone illustrations. Notes, references, index. Wrappers.
First edition. The Dutch contingent of the UN peacekeeping forces is widely held responsible for failing to prevent the Srebrenica massacre of thousands of Bosnian Muslim by Bosnian Serb. It is in the shadow of this event that the book examines the relationship between soldiering and masculinities, war-fighting and peace-keeping.
€ 25 --
13 CONNELLY, Owen. On War and Leadership: The Words of Combat Commanders from Frederick the Great to Norman Schwartzkopf. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2002.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. x, 348. Notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with dust-jacket.
First edition. Examines the major wars of the past 250 years through the words of 20 combat commanders. They include such divers figures as Napoleon Bonaparte, commanders on both sides of the American Civil War (Sherman and Jackson), Rommel, Patton, Charles de Gaulle, Montgomery, Moshe Dayan, and leaders from both sides of the Vietnam War. An excellent study of this neglected subject. ISBN:#069103186X ISBN:#0 691 03186 X
€ 25 --
14 CORWIN, Phillip. Doomed in Afghanistan: A UN Officer’s Memoir of the Fall of Kabul and Najibullah’s Failed Escape, 1992. New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press, 2003.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. xx, 241. Maps. Glossary, notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, beige cloth, spine lettered in copper, with pictorial dust-jacket.
First edition. A firsthand account of how failed diplomacy led to an Islamic fundamentalist victory and to a Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. ISBN:#0813531713
€ 40 --
15 COZZENS, Peter (Editor). Eyewitnesses to the Indian Wars, 1865-1890. Volume I: The Struggle for Apacheria. AND: Volume II: The Wars for the Pacific Northwest. Mechanicsburg, Stackpole, 2001-02.Two volumes. BRAND NEW. Virgin copies, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Volume I: Pp. xxxiv, 684. With illustrated endpapers, 50 illustrations; notes, index. Hardcover, blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with pictorial dust-jacket. Volume II: Pp. xiv, 770. With illustrated endpapers, 74 illustrations, 11 maps; notes, index. Hardcover, brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with pictorial dust-jacket.
First edition. Tells the saga of the military struggle for the American West in the worlds of the soldiers, noncombatants, and Native Americans who shaped it. Represents the most comprehensive work on the Indian Wars in the West yet published. Assembles a wide variety of first-person accounts not generally available elsewhere, and relies primarily on unpublished manuscripts accounts, special military reports, etc. The first volume brings an account of the struggle for Apacheria which spanned more than two decades following the Civil War and witnessed some of the bloodiest and most bitter conflicts of the Indian Wars. The second volume brings an account of the events which occurred between the end of the Civil war and the tragedy at Wounded Knee. It covers five distinct conflicts and their aftermaths: The Snake-Paiute War, the Modoc War, the Nez Perce Campaign, the Bannock War, and the Sheepeater Campaign.
€ 85 --
16 CULL, Brian, and Dennis Newton. With the Yanks in Korea. Volume I: The First Definitive Account of British and Commonwealth Participation in the Air War, June 1950-December 1951. London, Grub Street, 2000.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. vi, 346. Plus 32 unnumbered pages of illustrations, printed on different paper, bound in the text. With numerous halftone illustrations, 2 full-page maps; 7 appendices, bibliography, personnel index. Hardcover, ochre cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with pictorial dust-jacket (with a small tear to top of spine panel).
First edition. This authoritative and well researched book pays tribute to the airmen in the first major post-World War II conflict, the opening rounds of the power struggle between East and West. An accurate and fascinating account, profusely illustrated with rare photographs. ISBN:#1902304497 ISBN:#1 902304 49 7
€ 35 --
17 DANDO-COLLINS, Stephen. Caesar’s Legion: The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar’s Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome. New York, John Wiley & Sons, 2002.Virgin copy, not yet traded. New. 8vo. Pp. xvi, 320. With atlas of 6 full-page halftone maps; 7 appendices, glossary, index. Hardcover, wine-red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with metallic crimson pictorial dust-jacket.
First edition. The most famous and accomplished military unit of their day, Caesar’s Tenth Legion took the lead role in all of his battles. An extraordinary detailed analysis of Roman military practices, this book also brings an annotated survey of the legions of Rome, a survey of the naming and numbering system of the Roman legions, a full list of the imperial Roman military ranks and their modern-day equivalents, a list of sources, which in itself is a very useful reading-list, and a glossary.
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18 DANDO-COLLINS, Stephen. Caesar’s Legion: The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar’s Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome. New York, John Wiley & Sons, 2002.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. xvi, 320. With atlas of 6 full-page halftone maps; 7 appendices, glossary, index. Hardcover, wine-red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with metallic crimson pictorial dust-jacket.
First edition. The most famous and accomplished military unit of their day, Caesar’s Tenth Legion took the lead role in all of his battles. An extraordinary detailed analysis of Roman military practices, this book also brings an annotated survey of the legions of Rome, a survey of the naming and numbering system of the Roman legions, a full list of the imperial Roman military ranks and their modern-day equivalents, a list of sources, which in itself is a very useful reading-list, and a glossary. ISBN:#0471095702 ISBN:#0 471 09570 2
€ 25 --
19 DENNIS, George T. (Translator) Maurice’s Strategikon: Handbook of Byzantine Military Strategy. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001.Virgin copy, not yet traded. New. 8vo. Pp. xxvi, 178. With full-page map, numerous text diagrams; glossary, index. Wrappers.
A volume in The Middle Ages Series, first published 1984. As a veteran campaigner, the Byzantine emperor Maurice (A.D. 582-602) compiled a unique and influential handbook intended for the field commander. This is the first complete English translation, describing in detail weaponry and armour, daily life on the march or in the camp, clothing, food, medical care, military law, and titles of the Byzantine military ethos. George T. Dennis is professor Emeritus of History at the Catholic University of America. “The most important Byzantine military text. The standard translation.” - Walter Kaegi, University of Chicago.
€ 20 --
20 DOLAN, Anne. Commemorating the Irish Civil War: History and memory, 1923-2000. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2003.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. xii, 238. Halftone illustrations. Footnotes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, black cloth, spine lettered in silver, with dust-jacket.
First edition. A volume in the Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare. ISBN:#0521819040
€ 65 --
21 DONOHUE, Laura K. Counter-Terrorist Law and Emergency Powers in the United Kingdom, 1922-2000. Dublin, Irish Academic Press, 2001.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. xxvi, 422. With list of acts, tables, 3 appendices, notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with dust-jacket.
First edition. Examines in detail the introduction and exercise of extraordinary powers to counter Northern Irish political violence in both Northern Ireland and Great Britain. Like the Northern Irish statutes, the 1939 Prevention of Violence (Temporary Provisions) Act was intended to operate for a limited period. Although the IRA’s mainland bombing campaign ceased within a year of the statute’s introduction, Westminster did not repeal it until 1973. The following year, largely in response to the Birmingham bombings, the British government reintroduced the powers of the 1939 PVA in the 1974 Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act. The book focuses on the evolution of these measures and their gradual entrenchment in the British constitution. It suggests that characteristics of emergency legislation itself, the historical context into which such measures were introduced, the setting of boundaries within which the Government had a significant amount of leeway, and the establishment of a hierarchy of rights, all contributed to the permanent adoption of emergency law. “...a complete tour d’horizon on the subject... For those who are students of British law and its role in the protection of people, property and the State, this work will prove to be an invaluable reference and guide. It should also appeal to the social historian.” ISBN:#0716526875 ISBN:#0 7165 2687 5
€ 64 --
22 DÜLFFER, Jost and Gerd Krumeich (Editors). Der verlorene Frieden: Politik und Kriegskultur nach 1918. Essen, Klartext, 2002.Virgin copy, not yet traded. New. Large 8vo. Pp. 344. With numerous halftone illustrations (some full-page); notes, register. Hardcover, without dust-jacket as issued.
First edition. An excellent collection of essays, well documented.
€ 33 --
23 DUNNING, Chester S. L. Russia’s First Civil War: The Time of Troubles and the Founding of the Romanov Dynasty. University Park, Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. xiii, 657. With frontispiece (illustrating the rebel siege of Moscow in 1606), 14 full-page illustrations, 9 full-page maps; notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with pictorial dust-jacket.
First edition. The first major post-Marxist reassessment in English of the Time of Troubles, a period of great upheaval in Russian history. Dunning demonstrates that at the heart of the “Troubles” was a long and extremely violent civil war. “A masterful mix of social and military history, placing the Time of Troubles in the context of the wave of wars and rebellions that swept through early modern Europe and Asia”.
€ 45 --
24 EDWARDS, Fred L., Jr. The Bridges of Vietnam: From the Journals of a U.S. Marine Intelligence Officer. Denton, University of North Texas Press, 2000.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. xvi, 273. With halftone illustrations, 4 full-page sketch maps; 3 appendices, bibliography, index. Wrappers.
First edition. Edwards, who was a captain and a major when he wrote the journal, culminated a thirty-year Marine Corps career as a lieutenant colonel. After the events narrated in here, he returned to Vietnam in 1973 before retiring from the Marines in 1979. “The level and category of insight contained in this book easily make it a ‘should-read’ for those who served there, and quite firmly elevate it to ‘should-be-required-reading’ for any serious student of the Vietnam War years.” - Major Don Lohmeier, USMC (ret.) 1574411381 ISBN:#1 57441 138 1
€ 25 --
25 ELMER, Jerry. Felon for Peace: The Memoir of a Vietnam-Era Draft Resister Nashville, Vanderbilt university Press, 2005.BRAND NEW. Royal octavo. Pp. xi, 267. Illustrations. Stiff wrappers.
€ 15 --
26 EVANGELISTA, Matthew. The Chechen Wars: Will Russia Go the Way of the Soviet Union? Washington, Brookings Institution Press, 2002.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. xi, 244. Maps. Notes, index. Wrappers.
First edition. ISBN:#0815724993
€ 18 --
27 FILDES, Alan, and Joann Fletcher. Alexander the Great Son of the Gods: An Intimate Portrait of the World’s Greatest Conqueror. London, Duncan Baird, 2001.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. 176. With more than 150 colour illustrations, including maps, artworks, and photographs. With glossary, further reading, index. With errata slip laid in. Hardcover, dark green cloth, spine lettered in silver, with pictorial dust-jacket.
First edition. Draws upon a wealth of art, artefacts and documents, includes letters written by Alexander to his mentor Aristotle, and eyewitness accounts of his campaigns handed down by his followers. Reflects the latest archaeological research and the most up-to-date scholarly conclusions concerning this great conqueror and his astonishing achievements. ISBN:#1903296218 ISBN:#1 903296 21 8
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28 FLETCHER, Ian. Plates by Gerry Embleton. Bloody Albuera: The 1811 Campaign in the Peninsula. Marlborough, Crowood Press, 2000.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 4to. Pp. 128. With half title, 16 full-page colour plates, over 100 halftone illustrations, 8 maps (some full-page); notes and sources, select bibliography, 2 appendices, commentaries on the plates, index. Printed on fine paper. Hardcover, pale red cloth lettered in gilt, with pictorial dust-jacket.
First edition. This is the story of one of the most savage battles in the entire history of the British Army, when on May 16, 1811, an army of some 35,000 British troops took up position around the village of Albuera in south-western Spain in order to prevent the relief of the French fortress of Badajoz by the French army. Albuera, Byron’s “glorious field of grief,” produced some of the most astonishing episodes of heroism and sacrifice and saw the destruction of a British brigade by French cavalry and the greatest killing-match of the whole war. Beautifully illustrated, it is also worthwhile and interesting to examine the photographs of the battlefields today which are included in the book. ISBN:#1861263724 ISBN:#1 86126 372 4
€ 58 --
29 FORSTER, Cindy. The Time of Freedom: Campesino Workers in Guatemala’s October Revolution. Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2001.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. xiv, 287. With 9 photographic vignettes. With 13 halftone illustrations, 2 maps, 4 tables; 3 appendices, notes, list of works cited, index. Hardcover, crimson red cloth, spine lettered in black, with dust-jacket.
- - First edition. “The Time of freedom” was the name that rural plantation workers gave to Guatemala’s national revolution of 1944-1945. Through court records and government archives, the author demonstrates how labour conflict on the plantations prepared the ground for national reforms that are usually credit to urban politicians. Well researched and documented, making use of printed sources as well as oral history in sophisticated ways, “a superb work, which provides a much needed and very welcome balance to studies of the revolution that have focused on the national and international politics and the actions of a few men.” ISBN:#0822941627 ISBN:#0 8229 4162 7
€ 36 --
30 FÖRSTER, Stig, Markus Pöhlmann, and Dierk Walter (Editors). Schlachten der Weltgeschichte: Von Salamis bis Sinai. München, C. H. Beck, 2001.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. 416. With 25 maps (some double-page); notes, bibliography. Hardcover, green cloth, two imitation olive-green spine labels lettered in red, with pictorial dust-jacket.
First edition. Contains 24 scholarly essays, each examines in detail an important battle in warfare history. From the battle of Salamis, September 480 B.C., to the Yom Kippur War’s battles in the Sinai desert, 6-24 October, 1976. Fascinating. ISBN:#3406480977 ISBN:#3 406 48097 7
€ 28 --
31 FRANKLIN, Bruce H. Vietnam and Other American Fantasies. Amherst, University of Massachusetts Press, 2000.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. xiv, 258. With halftone illustrations (some full-page); notes, index. Hardcover, half cloth, spine lettered in silver, with dust-jacket.
First edition. Franklin presents the Vietnam War as a defining event in modern global history, and offers a wide-ranging exploration of the causes, meaning, and continuing significance of the American war in Vietnam. “A brilliant reinterpretation of the Vietnam War. Wonderfully written, deeply researched, and insightfully argued.” ISBN:#1558492798 ISBN:#1 55849 279 8
€ 30 --
32 FRANKS, Norman, and Hal Giblin. Under the Guns of the Kaiser’s Aces. Böhme, Müller, Von Tutschek, Wolff: The Complete Record of their Victories and Victims. London, Grub Street, 2003.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Crown 4to. Pp. 192. Profusely illustrated throughout. Bibliography, index. Hardcover, black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with dust-jacket.
First edition. ISBN:#1904010024
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33 FRIEDMAN, Norman. Terrorism, Afghanistan, and America’s New Way of War. Annapolis, Naval Institute Press, 2003.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. 360. With 24 photos and 2 maps. Notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, cloth with dust-jacket.
First edition. ISBN:#1591142903
€ 24 --
34 GREGORY, Desmond. Napoleon’s Italy. Madison, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2001.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. 242. With 12 halftone illustrations and maps; notes, chronological table, bibliography, index. Hardcover, black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with dust-jacket.
First edition. “Italy is a mistress whom I will share with no one.” The degree and extent of napoleon’s impact on Italy give ground for discussion. In the first book in English devoted to the history of Italy under the rule of Napoleon Bonaparte, drawing largely on works written in French and Italian, Gregory addresses the source of Napoleon’s continued interest in Italy, exploring not only his apparent intentions with regard to the future of that country, but the effect of fifteen years of his rule. ISBN:#0838638848 ISBN:#0 8386 3884 8
€ 55 --
35 GUNARATNA, Rohan. Inside Al Qaeda: Global Network of Terror. London, Hurst & Co., 2002.Virgin copy, not yet traded. New. 8vo. Pp. xiv, 272. Notes, index. Wrappers.
First edition. “The definitive work on Al Qaeda,” this book is based on extensive research, including rare interviews with the organisation’s members.
€ 25 --
36 HANSON, Victor Davis. The Soul of Battle: From Ancient Times to the Present day, How Three Great Liberators Vanquished Tyranny. New York, Free Press, 1999.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. 490. With 11 halftone maps (some full-page), one diagram; glossary, notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, half cloth, spine lettered in copper, with dust-jacket.
First edition. History’s greatest military marches. Includes: Part 1. Yeomen of Thebes: Epaminondas’s Descent into the Peloponnese, Winter-Spring, 370-369 B.C.; Part 2. The Army of the West: Sherman’s March to the Sea, November 16-December 21, 1864; Part 3. The Third Army: Patton’s Race into Germany, August 1, 1944-May 8, 1945. 0684845024 0 684 84502 4
€ 25 --
37 HARLAAR MARTIN, M. M. V. Richard Hengeveld, Jan Pieter Koster, and Anne Roos. Voorwaarts in bataille: Een eeuw bereden politie in Amsterdam. Bussum, Thoth, 2000.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 4to. Pp. 132. With numerous halftone illustrations throughout; English summary, notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, without dust-jacket as issued.
First edition. A detailed study of the history of the Amsterdam Mounted Police Squad, from 1860 to 2000. Richly illustrated, including some rare historical photographs. With a short summary in English.
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38 HART, John Limond. The CIA’s Russians. Annapolis, Naval Institute Press, 2003.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. 284. Notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, brown cloth with dust-jacket.
First edition. ISBN:#1591143527
€ 24 --
39 HATA, Ikuhiko, Yasuho Izawa, and Christopher Shores. Japanese Army Air Force Fighter Units and their Aces, 1931-1945. London, Grub Street, 2002.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. xii, 340. With numerous halftone illustrations and line drawings throughout; glossary of Japanese terminology, appendices, casualty list of JAAF fighter pilots, map section with 9 full-page maps, index. Hardcover, red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with pictorial dust-jacket.
First edition. Hitherto only available in Japanese text. Provides an in-depth review of the fighter units of the Imperial Army Air Force and their pilots. A wealth of information, heavily illustrated. ISBN:#1902304896 ISBN:#1 902304 89 6
€ 48 --
40 HOGENDOORN, J. W. De Jeep in Nederland. Zaltbommel, Europese Bibliotheek, 2002.Virgin copy, not yet traded. New. 4to. Pp. 200. With illustrated endpapers, numerous halftone illustrations throughout; bibliography. Hardcover, without dust-jacket as issued.
First edition. Celebrating the Jeep, mostly as a military vehicle, but also as police and adventure vehicle in the years after the Second World War. Profusely illustrated.
€ 28 --
41 HOLMES, Jennifer S. Terrorism and Democratic Stability. Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2001.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. xiv, 242. With 27 text figures and tables; notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, wine-red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with dust-jacket.
First edition. Examines the effects of terrorism and state repression on democratic stability in Uruguay, Peru, and Spain. It is a detailed empirical study set within overall theoretical framework. A volume in the Perspective on Democratization Series, which presents critical texts on democratization processes and democratic theory. Written in accessible style, this book may prove of interest to scholars and students of democratic stability, terrorism, and the philosophy of science. ISBN:#0719059593 ISBN:#0 7190 5959 3
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42 HOLTZMAN, Avi. The War Trilogy. Reno, Nevada Museum of Art, 1997.Virgin copy, not yet traded. New. Large oblong 8vo. Pp. 47. Photographic work. With 25 full-page colour plates (inc. cover), and 53 thumbnail halftone images. Pictorial stiff wrappers, stapled as issued. Multiple copies available.
- - First edition. Exhibition catalogue, published to coincide with the first exhibition of The War Trilogy in its North American and European tour between 1997 and 2000. With an introduction by Steven S. High, Director of the Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, and two essays: “No Neutral Ground: The Political Landscapes of Avi Holtzman,” by Frits Gierstberg, Curator at the National Institute for Photography in the Netherlands, and “Frames of Conflict,” by William L. Fox, poet and arts writer based in LA, California. As the work of some of the New Topographic photographers in America of the 70s, Holtzman’s uninflected long look at the Israeli landscape tends to neutralize the mythic and high romantic connotations of “the holy land”, forcing the viewer to confront the insidious power of politics over nature and history over beauty. It is a powerful, general condemnation of the war’s consequences - the complete militarization of the land. Holtzman’s camera, charting the geography of destruction, has captured a painful insight into how the very land itself has become a victim of war. The 53 photographs of The War Trilogy consist the most in-depth single artist representation in the Altered Landscape Collection, a premier repository for contemporary photographs on the environment. “...We place Holtzman’s work next to that of other photographers in the collection - the ‘Bravo 20’ photographs by [Richard] Misrach, the ‘Nuclear Landscapes’ of Peter Goin, and Lewis Baltz’s deadpan coverage of the rural West’s transformation into rootless suburbia - and it’s clear that we need the view through all these different frames in order to understand where we live.” (from the Catalogue).
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43 HOLTZMAN, Avi. With essays by Frits Gierstberg and William L. Fox. The War Trilogy. Reno, Nevada Museum of Art, 1997.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Large oblong 8vo. Pp. 47. Photographic work. With 25 full-page colour plates (inc. cover), and 53 thumbnail halftone images. Pictorial stiff wrappers, stapled as issued. Multiple copies available.
First edition. Exhibition catalogue, published to coincide with the first exhibition of The War Trilogy in its North American and European tour between 1997 and 2000. With an introduction by Steven S. High, Director of the Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, and two essays: “No Neutral Ground: The Political Landscapes of Avi Holtzman,” by Frits Gierstberg, Curator at the National Institute for Photography in the Netherlands, and “Frames of Conflict,” by William L. Fox, poet and arts writer based in LA, California. As the work of some of the New Topographic photographers in America of the 70s, Holtzman’s uninflected long look at the Israeli landscape tends to neutralize the mythic and high romantic connotations of “the holy land”, forcing the viewer to confront the insidious power of politics over nature and history over beauty. It is a powerful, general condemnation of the war’s consequences - the complete militarization of the land. Holtzman’s camera, charting the geography of destruction, has captured a painful insight into how the very land itself has become a victim of war. The 53 photographs of The War Trilogy consist the most in-depth single artist representation in the Altered Landscape Collection, a premier repository for contemporary photographs on the environment. “...We place Holtzman’s work next to that of other photographers in the collection - the ‘Bravo 20’ photographs by [Richard] Misrach, the ‘Nuclear Landscapes’ of Peter Goin, and Lewis Baltz’s deadpan coverage of the rural West’s transformation into rootless suburbia - and it’s clear that we need the view through all these different frames in order to understand where we live.” - William L. Fox. OCLC 38859085, locating 9 copies; in George Eastman House, University of California Berkeley, Smithsonian Institution, Ringling Museum of Art, Wellesley College, University of New Mexico, Virginia Museum Library, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, National Art Library Victoria & Albert Museum. KVK adds a copy in Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Denmark.
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44 INDEPENDENT COMMISSION OF EXPERTS SWITZERLAND - SECOND WORLD WAR, Compiled by the. Switzerland, National Socialism and the Second World War: Final Report of the Independent Commission of Experts Switzerland - Second World War. Zurich, Pendo, 2002.Virgin copy, not yet traded. New. Royal 8vo. Pp. 600. With numerous tables and figures; sources, bibliography, index. Hardcover, pale blue cloth, lettered in black, with dust-jacket.
First edition. Report of the commission appointed to investigate Switzerland’s role in the Nazi period from a historical and legal point of view. “A crucial document on 20th century European history”.
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45 JEFFORD, C. G. Observers and Navigators, and Other Non-Pilot Aircrew in the RFC, RNAS and RAF. Shrewsbury, Airlife, 2001.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 4to. Pp. xiv, 274. With numerous halftone and line illustrations throughout; 4 annexes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, pale blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with pictorial dust-jacket.
First edition. This is the story of the non-pilot aircrew, the observers, aerial gunners, gunlayers, kite balloon observers; the air bomber, navigators, and the sometimes discriminatory attitudes towards them. Profusely illustrated, well researched and written. ISBN:#1840372753 ISBN:#1 84037 275 3
€ 58 --
46 JENSEN, Geoffrey. Irrational Triumph: Cultural Despair, Military Nationalism, and the Ideological Origins of Franco’s Spain. Reno, University of Nevada Press, 2002.Virgin copy, not yet traded. New. 8vo. Pp. x, 237. With halftone frontispiece; 4 appendices, notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, half cloth, lettered in gilt, without dust-jacket as issued.
First edition. Examines the complex and diverse origins of Francoist nationalism. Focusing on the intellectual world of Spain’s military elite, its education, values, and theories, the book analyses the evolution of a military culture, arguably the most powerful ideological tool of the Franco regime.
€ 46 --
47 JOKIC, Aleksandar. War Crimes and Collective Wrongdoing: A Reader. Oxford, Blackwell Publishers, 2001.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. xiv, 314. Notes, index. Wrappers.
- - First edition. Addresses issues about the nature of war crimes, nationalism, ethnic cleansing, and collective responsibility.
€ 28 --
48 JONES, Adam. Gendercide and Genocide. Nashville, Vanderbilt university Press, 2004.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. 336. Notes, index. Wrappers.
First edition. ISBN:#0826514456 ISBN:#0826514448
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49 JONES, Adams (Editor). Genocide, War Crimes, and the West: History and Complicity. London, Zed Books, 2004.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal octavo. Pp. 424. Bibliographies, index. Wrappers.
First edition. ISBN:#1842771906 ISBN:#1842771914
€ 20 --
50 KAPLAN, Philip. Chariots of Fire: Tanks and tank Crews. Saint Paul, MBI, 2003.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Square 4to. Pp. 240. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous halftone and colour plates and text illustrations, many of which are full- or double-page. Illustrated endpapers. Bibliography, index. Hardcover, brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with pictorial dust-jacket.
First edition. ISBN:#0760317240
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51 KARSKENS, Arnold. Pleisters op de Ogen, Pleister op de Mond: De Geschiedenis van de Nederlandse Oorlogsverslaggeving van Heiligerlee tot Kosovo. Amsterdam, Meulenhoff, 2001.Virgin copy, not yet traded. New. 8vo. Pp. 376. Plus 16 unnumbered pages of illustrations, printed on different paper, bound in the text in two suites. Notes, bibliography, index. Wrappers.
First edition. Wie deden en doen er aan Nederlandse zijde verslag van een oorlog? Hebben deze Nederlandse journalisten de waarheid kunnen achterhalen? Onder welke omstandigheden deden zij hun werk? Wit waren de technische of logistieke problemen, was er sprake van zelfcensuur, intimidatie, of leugens of eigen vooringenomen politieke standpunten? Arnold Karskens, door velen de enige echte Nederlandse oorlogsverslaggever genoemd, schrijft in Pleisters op de ogen de unieke en totaal onbekende geschiedenis van de Nederlandse Oorlogsverslaggeving. Aan bod komen onder meer Napoleons mars naar Rusland, de Brusselse Opstand van 1830, de Tweede Boerenoorlog, de Eerste en Tweede Wereldoorlog, de Indonesische bevrijdingsoorlogen, de Hongaarse opstand, de Vietnamoorlog, de Golfoorlog en de strijd in voormalig Joegoslavië. Daarnaast is een hoofdstuk gewijd aan de dood van zes Nederlandse journalisten, in El Salvador en Oost-Timor, en is er aparte aandacht voor de vrouwen in dit vak en de verdiensten van de oorlogsverslaggevers.
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52 KEENE, Judith. Fighting for Franco: International Volunteers in Nationalist Spain During the Spanish Civil War, 1936-39. London, Leicester University Press, 2001.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. x, 310. With title page vignette, 2 full-page maps of Spain; notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, ochre cloth, decorated and lettered in black, with pictorial dust-jacket.
First edition. “A major contribution to the history of the Francoist zone in the Spanish Civil War. Compellingly readable, human and witty cornucopia of information. Dr Keene’s analysis of the foreign fascists, rightists, and adventurers who volunteered to fight for General Franco is a wonderful read.” Well researched and documented. ISBN:#0718501268 ISBN:#0 7185 0126 8
€ 36 --
53 KULETZ, Valerie L. The Tainted Desert: Environmental and Social Ruin in the American West. New York, Routledge, 1998.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. xxiv, 336. With 29 illustrations and maps; notes, bibliography, index. Pictorial wrappers.
First edition. Thoroughly documented and eloquently argued, this book examines the controversies surrounding the Yucca Mountain project, America’s first large-scale national high-level nuclear waste site. It focuses on issues of military secrecy, environmental racism, and the hazards of living with nuclear waste. Cover photograph, “Bomb Crater with Standing Water (Orange),” and back cover photograph, “Tactical Pilotage Chart, Hangar of the Enola Gay, Wendover Air Base, Utah,” are by the acclaimed landscape photographer, Richard Misrach. ISBN:#0 415 91771 9
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54 LABUSCHAGNE, Pieter. Ghostriders of the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902): The Role and Contribution of Agterryers. Pretoria, University of South Africa, 1999.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Crown quarto. Pp. xii, 123. With numerous halftone illustrations, map; sources consulted, notes. Wrappers.
- - First edition. The first book to deal purely with the “Agterryers”, the “After Riders,” the black and coloured mounted servants which rode with the burgers to the war front. An excellent narrative, illustrated with rare photographs of which some appear here for the first time. Scarce. ISBN:#1868880656 ISBN:#1 86888 065 6
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55 LAMBERT, Andrew. Foreword by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. Trincomalee: The Last of Nelson’s Frigates. London, Chatham, 2002.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Crown 4to. Pp. 160. Frontispiece. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous halftone and colour illustrations and plans. Appendices, index. Hardcover, yellow cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with pictorial dust-jacket.
First edition. Studies the role of Trincomalee in the development of the frigate in the age of sail. Lavishly illustrated. 1861761864
€ 28 --
56 LANDERS, James. The Weekly War: Newsmagazines and Vietnam. Columbia, University of Missouri Press, 2004.BRAND NEW. Royal octavo. Pp. 298. Footnotes, bibliography, index. Hardcover with dust-jacket. (Small decorative stamp on first blank page.)
- - First edition. ISBN 0826215343 ISBN 0 8262 1534 3
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57 LANGGUTH, A. J. Our Vietnam: The War, 1954-1975. New York, Simon & Schuster, 2000.NEW. Octavo. Pp. 766. With numerous halftone illustrations throughout, 3 full-page maps; cast of characters (biographies), chronology, notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, half cloth, spine lettered in silver, with dust-jacket. In fine condition, unused.
- - First edition. Employing new sources and up-to-date scholarship, Langguth has written an excellent and accessible history of the war in Vietnam. ISBN:#0684812029 ISBN:#0 684 81202 9
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58 LANITZKI, Günter. Die Flotte des Kaisers: Kriegsschiffe unter deutscher Flagge um die Jahrhundertwende. Berlin, Das Neue Berlin, 2001.Virgin copy, not yet traded. New. Royal 4to. Pp. 128. With pictorial endpapers, numerous monochrome and colour text illustrations, some double-page colour plates, 38 full-page plates, each with explanatory notes in the preceding leaf. Printed on fine paper. Hardcover, without dust-jacket as issued.
First edition. With its breathtaking plates, this book is an entrance for the eyes.
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59 LANITZKI, Günter. Galeeren auf dem Peenestrom: Die preußisch-schwedische [preussisch-schwedische] Seeschlacht von 1759 oder Wie die Kartoffel nach Skandinavien kam. Berlin, Edition Ost, 2000.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 4to. Pp. 64. With pictorial endpapers, numerous illustrations mostly in colour (many double-page). Printed on fine paper. Hardcover, pictorial boards without dust-jacket as issued.
First edition. Exquisitely produced. With numerous battle scene illustrations. 3932180623 3 932180 62 3
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60 LARY, Diana, and Stephen MacKinnon (Editors). Scars of War: The Impact of Warfare on Modern China. Vancouver, UBC Press, 2001.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. xii, 211. Plus 4 unnumbered pages of illustrations, printed on different paper, bound in the text. With numerous halftone photographic illustrations (some by Robert Capa), maps, tables; notes, glossary, bibliography, index. Hardcover, pictorial boards without dust-jacket as issued.
First edition. An excellent collection of essays which looks at the long-term impact of warfare on modern China, examining closely the most devastating periods of war, during which millions of civilians died in massacres, in bombing raids, and in defensive measures by the army, as well as by starvation, sickness, and despair. ISBN:#0774808403 ISBN:#0 7748 0840 3
€ 55 --
61 LARY, Diana, and Stephen MacKinnon (Editors). Scars of War: The Impact of Warfare on Modern China. Vancouver, UBC Press, 2001.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. xii, 211. Plus 4 unnumbered pages of illustrations, printed on different paper, bound in the text. With numerous halftone photographic illustrations (some by Robert Capa), maps, tables; notes, glossary, bibliography, index. Hardcover, pictorial boards without dust-jacket as issued.
First edition. An excellent collection of essays which looks at the long-term impact of warfare on modern China, examining closely the most devastating periods of war, during which millions of civilians died in massacres, in bombing raids, and in defensive measures by the army, as well as by starvation, sickness, and despair. ISBN:#0774808403 ISBN:#0 7748 0840 3
€ 55 --
62 LEGGIERE, Michael V. Napoleon and Berlin: The Franco-Prussian War in North Germany, 1813. Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, 2002.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. xvi, 384. With 27 line and halftone maps, (some full-page), 12 halftone photographic illustrations; notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, quarter cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with dust-jacket.
First edition. Volume one in the Campaigns and Commanders Series, edited by Gregory J. W. Urwin. Based on research in both public and private archives in France and Germany, this book is the first English-language history of the war in North Germany and Prussia’s “War of Liberation,” detailing its mobilization and use of the Landwehr, the Prussian militia. ISBN:#0806133996 ISBN:#0 8061 3399 6
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63 LEVENE, Mark, and Penny Roberts (Editors). The Massacre in History. New York, Berghahn, 1999.BRAND NEW. 8vo. Pp. xvi, 296. With 10 halftone illustrations, 2 maps, table; notes, index. Wrappers.
First edition. Exploring the subject of massacre from a variety of perspectives, this book provides disturbing evidence to suggest that the massacre is often central to the course of human development and social change. Volume one in the War and Genocide Series. ISBN:#1571819355 ISBN:#1 57181 935 5 ISBN:#157 181 934 7 ISBN:#1571819347
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64 MARY, Jean-Yves, Alain Hohnadel, Jacques Sicard. Hommes et Ouvrages de La Ligne Maginot. Tome I. Paris, Histoire & Collections, 2000.Folio. Pp. 182. With numerous illustrations, plans, and maps throughout. Pictorial endpapers, half-title. Printed on fine paper. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s pictorial boards, with pictorial dust-jacket. In fine condition. Book is AS NEW.
First edition. An unnumbered copy from an edition of 5000. A volume in the L’Encyclopédie de l’Armée Française Series, edited by François Vauvillier.
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65 MARY, Jean-Yves, and Alain Hohnadel. Hommes et Ouvrages de La Ligne Maginot. Paris, Histoire & Collections, 2000.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Folio. Pp. 182. With pictorial endpapers, half title, numerous monochrome and colour illustrations, plans, and maps throughout. Printed on fine paper. Hardcover, with pictorial dust-jacket.
First edition. A volume in the l’Encyclopédie de l’Armée française Series, edited by François Vauvillier. Profusely illustrated. ISBN:#2908182882 ISBN:#2 908 182 882
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66 MAYER, Arno J. The Furies: Violence and Terror in the French and Russian Revolutions. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2000.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. xvii, 716. With full-page halftone illustrations and maps; notes, index. Wrappers.
First edition. Arguably one of the best comparative studies of the French and Russian Revolutions to date. Carefully researched and filled with cogent and insightful analysis, it is necessary reading for all scholars in the field. “A courageous and dispassionate reflection on the French and Russian revolutions. This is the first serious attempt to answer the revisionist historians, many of whom insist on viewing the past through the prism of present day requirements. Mayer reminds us that revolutions by their very nature provoke a violent response from those being deprived of power.” - Tariq Ali, The Financial Times. ISBN:#0691048975 ISBN:#0 691 04897 5
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67 MIDDELKOOP, Teo van. Een soldaat doet zijn plicht: Generaal H. G. Winkelman, zijn leven en betekenis als militair (1876-1952). Zaltbommel, Europese Bibliotheek, 2002.Virgin copy, not yet traded. New. Crown 4to. Pp. 382. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous halftone and colour illustrations, many of which are full-page. Appendices, notes, bibliography. Hardcover, pictorial boards without dust-jacket as issued.
First edition.
€ 24 --
68 MIDLARSKY, Manus I. (Editor). Handbook of War Studies II. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 2000.Virgin copy, not yet traded. New. 8vo. Pp. xxii, 564. With numerous text figures; notes, bibliography, index. Wrappers.
First edition. Essential resource containing the most recent theoretically and empirically oriented research on international warfare. While some chapters are updated from the first Handbook, most are new contributions. Provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date review of empirical research into the causes, processes, and consequences of war.
€ 40 --
69 MORAN, Daniel, and Arthur Waldron (Editors). The People in Arms: Military Myth and National Mobilization since the French Revolution. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2003.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. xi, 268. With a number of halftone plates. Footnotes, index. Hardcover, brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with dust-jacket.
First edition. A study of the mass mobilization of society for war, the “Levée en masse”. ISBN:#0521814324
€ 59 --
70 MORRISON, James L. From Rat Pants to Eagles and Tweeds: The Memoirs of a Soldier-Teacher. Kent, Kent State University Press, 2004.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal octavo. Pp. xi, 251. Photographs. Index. Wrappers.
First edition. ISBN:#0873388003
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71 NASSON, Bill. De Boerenoorlog 1899-1902. Hilversum, Verloren, 1999.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. 301. With select bibliography, notes. Pictorial wrappers.
First Dutch edition. Anglo-Boer war. Translated by Thijs VerLoren van Themaat from the original title “The South African War 1899-1902.” With a foreword by Bart de Graff. ISBN:#9065500820 ISBN:#90 6550 082 0
€ 28 --
72 PARROTT, David. Richelieu’s Army: War, Government, and Society in France, 1624-1642. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2001.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. xxiv, 602. With 6 full-page maps; notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, navy blue cloth, spine lettered in silver, with pictorial dust-jacket.
First edition. Provides a detailed account of the organization of the French army during the ministry of Richelieu (1624-42). Examines the challenges posed by war to government and society. Parrott examines the conduct of war in early 17th century France, and makes an original contribution to the debate about a military revolution in early modern Europe. The jacket illustration is a detail from the painting by Claude Gellée, aka Lorraine, depicting the Pass of Susa forced by the army of Louis XIII on 6 March, 1629. ISBN:#0521792096 ISBN:#0 521 79209 6
€ 90 --
73 POIS, Robert, and Philip Langer. Command Failure in War: Psychology and Leadership. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 2004.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. 304. Notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, cloth with dust-jacket.
First edition. ISBN:#025334378X
€ 24 --
74 PRALL, Stuart E. The Puritan Revolution and the English Civil War. Malbar, Krieger, 2002.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. xv, 202. Notes, bibliography, index. Wrappers.
First edition. The first part examines the main political, religious, social, and military issues of the Civil War. The second part is an annotated collection of relevant documents from the period. ISBN:#0894648896 ISBN:#0 89464 889 6
€ 35 --
75 REIJER, E. C. de. De IJssellinie, 1950-1968. Zwolle, Waanders, 1997.BRAND NEW. 4to. Pp. 174. With 210 halftone and line illustrations, photographs, plans, detail drawings, and maps (many full-page); notes, bibliography, glossary, index. Hardcover, blue cloth, spine lettered in white, with dust-jacket. New copy. (Publisher’s complimentary copy with a stamp to this effect.) Unused.
First edition. In the early 1950’s Dutch engineers developed a defence line against possible invasion of the Russian army, involving the floating of large areas of land. The IJssellinie was operational from 1952 until 1963, and was a fully guarded military zone until 1958. During the Cuba crisis the first phase of the inundation-plan was executed; the floodgates of the Afsluitdijk were closed, causing the water in the IJsselmeer and IJssel to rise. But the IJssellinie never had a reason to fully prove itself, and the Dutch government decided to dismantle it in 1963. Very well documented and richly illustrated. Exceedingly scarce.
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76 RITTER, Scott (Former UN Weapons Inspector), and William Rivers Pitt. War on Iraq: What Team Bush doesn’t Want You to Know. London, Profile, 2002.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 12mo. Pp. 78. Appendix. Pictorial wrappers.
First British edition. An “instant book” published shortly before the war. ISBN:#1861976364
€ 15 --
77 ROBIN, Ron. The Making of the Cold War Enemy: Culture and Politics in the Military-Intellectual Complex. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2001.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. xvi, 277. With 12 halftone illustrations (some full-page); notes, index. Hardcover, black cloth, spine lettered in gilt and red, with pictorial dust-jacket.
First edition. A fascinating account of the ideology of Cold War America, focusing on the emergence of the behavioural sciences. “A first-rate book by a first-rate historian. It will attract readers interested in the Cold War and its culture, America intellectual history, and the Korean and Vietnam war.” ISBN:#0691011710 ISBN:#0 691 01171 0
€ 43 --
78 ROBINSON, Charles M. III. General Crook and the Western Frontier. Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, 2001.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. xx, 386. With 30 halftone illustrations, 3 maps; notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, off-white buckram, spine lettered in light metallic blue, with dust-jacket.
First edition. Aside from his Civil War services, Crook is best known as an Indian fighter, both before and after the Civil War, and played a key command role in the Apache and Sioux wars. General William T. Sherman called him the greatest Indian fighter the army ever had. Here, Charles M. Robinson pieces together the many sources of his thorough research, to produce the first and only full-scale biography of Crook. ISBN:#0806133589 ISBN:#0 8061 3358 9
€ 36 --
79 ROTH, Jonathan P. The Logistics of the Roman Army at War (264 B.C. - A.D. 235). Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition Volume XXIII. Leiden, Boston & Köln, Brill, 1999.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal octavo. Pp. xxi, 400. Plus 10 photo plates. Footnotes, bibliography, indices. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s gilt-decorated light blue cloth, spine gilt, with dust-jacket. Brand new copy in mint condition.
- - First edition. ISBN 90 04 11271 5 9004112715
€ 195 --
80 RUGELEY, Terry (Editor). Maya Wars: Ethnographic Accounts from Nineteenth-Century Yucatán. Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, 2001.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 4to. Pp. xiv, 224. Plus 7 unnumbered pages of illustrations, bound in the text. With one full-page map, 11 halftone illustrations (some full-page); chronology, notes, glossary, bibliographical essay, index. Hardcover, brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with dust-jacket.
First edition. The first collection of documents devoted entirely to the nineteenth-century Yucatec Mayas. Includes writings by priests, missionaries, Hispanic officials and military officers, foreign travellers and explorers, and the Mayas themselves. Provides an unparalleled window into the daily lives of the rural Mayas, the book covers social organization, religion, family life, agriculture, recreation, military readiness, and medicinal beliefs and practices. In addition, rare captivity narratives offer insight into the experiences of prisoners of war held by Caste War rebels. ISBN:#0806133554 ISBN:#0 8061 3355 4
€ 43 --
81 SHIN, H. K. Remembering Korea 1950: A Boy Soldier’s Story. Reno, University of Nevada Press, 2001.Unread and unused copy, New. 8vo. Pp. xii, 164. With halftone frontispiece and one full-page map. Wrappers, blind-stamp to title page.
First edition. The memoir of a young boy, now a professor of chemistry at the University of Nevada, caught in the throes of the Korean civil war. “An important book for anyone striving to understand the Korean conflict.” - William Dannenmaier.
€ 28 --
82 SKAGGS, David Curtis, and Larry L. Nelson. The Sixty (60) Years’ War for the Great Lakes, 1754-1814. East Lancing, Michigan State University Press, 2001.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. xxii, 414. With 4 double-page maps, text illustrations; notes, index. Hardcover, blue cloth, spine lettered in silver, with pictorial dust-jacket.
First edition. The twenty essays concern military and naval operations, as well as political, economics, social, and cultural interactions of individuals and groups during the war for the Great Lakes. It discusses topics such as the impact of disease upon the Natives’ military power, and the internal struggles by Native Americans to present a united front against European intrusion. ISBN:#0870135694 ISBN:#0 87013 569 4
€ 46 --
83 SMITH, Helmut Walser. The Holocaust and Other genocides: history, Representation, Ethics. Nashville, Vanderbilt university Press, 2002.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. xxii, 262. Photographic illustrations. Timelines, further reading, index. Hardcover, black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, without dust-jacket as issued.
First edition. The first curriculum to systematically tie the teaching of the Holocaust to an analysis of the genocides in Armenia, Bosnia and Kosovo, and Rwanda. ISBN:#0826514022
€ 49 --
84 SMITH, T. Alexander, and Raymond Tatalovich. Cultures at War: Moral Conflicts in Western Democracies. Ontario, Broadview, 2003.Virgin copy, not yet traded. New. 8vo. Pp. 302. Notes, bibliography, index. Wrappers.
First edition.
€ 20 --
85 SONDHAUS, Lawrence. Navies in Modern World History. London, Reaktion, 2004.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. 336. With 30 photo illustrations. Notes, references, bibliography, index. Hardcover, cloth with dust-jacket.
First edition. ISBN:#186192020
€ 30 --
86 SOUTHWORTH, Herbert R. Conspiracy and the Spanish Civil War: The Brainwashing of Francisco Franco. London, Routledge, 2002.Virgin copy, not yet traded. New. 8vo. Pp. xviii, 250. Notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, without dust-jacket as issued.
First edition. Written by one of the most celebrated historians of the Spanish Civil War, this book presents a fascinating account of the origins of the war. It offers a highly detailed reconstruction of how a plot was concocted to justify the military uprising. It also represents a major contribution to the analysis of Franco thought. Based on exhaustive research, “a monumental contribution to the literature of the war”.
€ 90 --
87 STEVENSON, Jonathan. Losing Mogadishu: Testing U.S. Policy in Somalia. Annapolis, Naval Institute Press, 1995.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. xiii, 188. Notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, half cloth, spine lettered in black and red, with dust-jacket.
First edition. “A vividly written and meticulously researched book about the American and UN intervention in Somalia - a project to feed the starving population that an overzealous United Nations field representative, a retired American admiral, turned into a disastrous military operation.” - Charles Maechling Jr. ISBN:#1557507880 ISBN:#1 55750 788 0
€ 25 --
88 STONE, David. First Reich: Inside the German Army During the War with France. London, Brassey’s, 2002.Virgin copy, not yet traded. New. 8vo. Pp. 320. Plus 30 unnumbered pages of illustrations, printed on different paper, bound in the text. With 30 full-page plates, reproducing original paintings and drawings; notes, 4 appendices, index. Hardcover, dark crimson cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with pictorial dust-jacket.
First edition. The Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 enabled Bismarck, the Prussian Chancellor, to achieve his lifelong objective of creating, for the first time, a truly German Empire. In practice, this was a “First German Reich.” The bloody war established new precedents for the conduct of warfare. The French lost more than 150,000 men, and saw the same number wounded; the German forces suffered less, but still sustained significant losses. Students of military history will find here fresh and authoritative coverage of this landmark European conflict, with detailed description of the war battles and participants, especially the German Army and its organization, equipment, uniforms, and activities. With an impressive illustrations section, depicting in wonderful detail battle scenes, uniforms, and portraits. The jacket illustration is the beautiful “Attaque d’un Convoi par des Cuirassiers Prussiens” by Edouard Detaille (1882), depicting a typical heroic, self-sacrificing cavalry charge against highly accurate rifle fire.
€ 36 --
89 STONE, David R. Hammer and Rifle: The Militarization of the Soviet Union, 1926-1933. Lawrence, University Press of Kansas, 2000.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. vii, 287. Notes 4 appendices, index. Hardcover, sand cloth, spine lettered in red, with pictorial dust-jacket.
First edition. An important contribution to the field of Soviet military, economic, and political history. David Stone chronicles the massive militarization of the Soviet Union society between 1926 and 1933, and at the same time examines civil-military relations in an increasingly dangerous world. Based on extensive research in newly opened Russian archives, this careful study is arguably the best analysis to date of the subject. ISBN:#0700610375 ISBN:#0 7006 1037 5
€ 30 --
90 STUECK, William. The Korean War in World History. Lexington, University Press of Kentucky, 2004.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. 216. Notes, index. Hardcover, cloth with dust-jacket.
First edition. ISBN:#0813123062
€ 29 --
91 STUECK, William. Rethinking the Korean War: A New Diplomatic and Strategic History. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2002.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. xiv, 285. With 7 maps and 25 halftone illustrations. Notes, index. Hardcover, black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with dust-jacket.
First edition. Arguing that the Korean War was a defining moment of the Cold War, Stueck analyses here its major diplomatic and strategic issues. ISBN:#0691088535
€ 28 --
92 STUECK, William. Rethinking the Korean War: A New Diplomatic and Strategic History. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2002.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. xiv, 285. With 7 maps and 25 halftone illustrations. Notes, index. Hardcover, black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with dust-jacket.
First edition. Arguing that the Korean War was a defining moment of the Cold War, Stueck analyses here its major diplomatic and strategic issues. ISBN:#0691088535
€ 28 --
93 TONE, John Lawrence. War and Genocide in Cuba, 1895-1898. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 2006.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal octavo. Pp. xiii, 338. Frontispiece, llustrations, maps. Notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, cloth with pictorial dust-jacket.
- - First edition. 9780807830062
€ 28 --
94 TRUBETSKOI, Vladimir Sergeevich. Translated from the Russian and edited by Susanne Fusso. A Russian Prince in the Soviet State: Hunting Stories, Letters from Exile, and Military Memoirs. Evanston, Northwestern University Press, 2006.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal octavo. Pp. 309. Plus a suite of 31 plates, printed on fine paper, bound-in. Notes. Hardcover, gold lettering. A most handsome copy.
- - First edition.
€ 40 --
95 TUBBS, Floyd R., with Robert W. Clawson. Stahlhelm: Evolution of the German Steel Helmet. Kent, Kent State University Press, 2000.Virgin copy, not yet traded. New. 8vo. Pp. xiv, 118. Illustrated throughout with line and halftone photographs and drawings (many full-page). Wrappers.
Revised and expanded edition. Identifies and classifies the Stahlhelm, and related its history, designs, features, and uses. With detailed drawings and photographic illustrations and a 29-page appendix of German helmets.
€ 25 --
96 VALIUNAS, Algis. Churchill’s Military Histories: A Rhetorical Study. Lanham, Rowman & Littlefield, 2002.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. x, 198. Appendices, notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, black boards, spine lettered in gilt, with dust-jacket.
First edition. Examines Churchill’s intentions in writing his military histories and demonstrates that Churchill knew war as few men do. From the cavalry charge at Omdurman to the defeat of Hitler, Churchill achievements as a soldier and statesman were equalled only by his powers as a historian. With two appendices: Biographical Summary; History during Churchill’s Lifetime. ISBN:#0742521044 ISBN:#0 7425 2104 4
€ 55 --
97 VERNON, Alex. Soldiers Once and Still: Ernest Hemingway, James Salter, and Tim O’brien. Iowa City, University of Iowa Press, 2004.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. 304. Notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, cloth with dust-jacket.
First edition.
€ 32 --
98 WALL, Irwin M. France, the United States, and the Algerian War. Berkeley, University of California Press, 2001.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. xiv, 336. With 5 halftone illustrations and one map; notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, navy blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with dust-jacket.
First edition. The French war to keep Algeria coincided with eight years of Cold War history during which much of the world was transformed. Began on All Saints Day, November 1, 1954, the war ended in March 1962. During this period Britain and France invaded Egypt, while the Soviets invaded Hungary, and the United States went to the brink of nuclear war with China. In a fascinating and provocative work, Wall sheds new light on the nature of the Algerian war, on the reasons of its long duration, and on the international diplomatic crisis during a key period of the Cold War. ISBN:#0520225341 ISBN:#0 520 22534 1
€ 30 --
99 WHITE, Colin. The Nelson Encyclopaedia: People, Places, Battles, Ships, Myths, Mistresses, Memorials & Memorabilia. London, Chatham, 2002.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Crown 4to. Pp. 288. Frontispiece. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous halftone and colour illustrations and battle plans. Appendices, chronology, bibliography, index. Hardcover, red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with pictorial dust-jacket.
First edition. “The ultimate reference work on Britain’s greatest admiral, an unrivalled companion to every aspect of Nelson’s career and an ideal introduction to the world of the Royal Navy.” ISBN:#1861761856
€ 45 --
100 ZALOGA, Steven J. The Kremlin’s Nuclear Sword: The Rise and Fall of Russia’s Strategic Nuclear Forces, 1945-2000. Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. viii, 296. Appendices, notes, index. With a number of halftone plates; tables. Hardcover, half cloth, spine lettered in red, with dust-jacket.
First edition. A study of the Soviet aerospace industry and nuclear-weapons programme. ISBN:#1588340074
€ 39 --
101 ZIEGLER, Philip. Soldiers: Fighting Men’s Lives. 1901-2001. London, Chatto & Windus, 2001.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. (xiii), 352. With Illustrated title page for each chapter, 18 photographic illustrations, some in colour; bibliography, index. Hardcover, red cloth, spine lettered in silver, with pictorial dust-jacket, lettered partly in relief.
First edition. “To read this book is to understand what soldiers are all about, what they fight for, and how they fit into the world of the twenty-first century.” ISBN:#0700169540 ISBN:#0 7001 6954 0
€ 18 --
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