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U.S.A.: Free Press, 2005. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard cover in very good condition. Black boards with gold colored spine lettering. Text block clean & tight with no writing, underlining, or marks noted. Dust jacket in very good condition. Bright, crisp, and shiny with barely a ghost of shelf wear. 375 numbered pages.Concludes with an Epilogue, Notes to the Chapters, a Selected Bibliography, Acknowledgments, and a comprehensive Index.
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American Spartans: The U.S. Marines: A Combat History from Iwo Jima to Iraq
by Warren, James A.
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Duty: A Father, His Son, And The Man Who Won The War
by Greene, Bob
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William Morrow, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing Stated First Edition in addition to complete number line including number one. Hard cover in fine conditions with blue boards, cream spine cloth and blue gilt spine lettering. Text block clean and tight; no writing, no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; not price clipped. * From the book, "". . . the story of three lives connected by history, proximity, and blood; indeed, it is manystories, intimate and achingly personal as well as deeply historic. In one soldier's membory of a mission that transformed th world - and in a son's last attempt to grasp his father's ingrained sense of honor and duty - lies a powerful tribute to the ordinary heroes of an extraordinary time in American life."" * One of the lives: that of Paul Tibbets. ""At the age of twenty-nine, at the request of his country, Tibbets assembled a secret team of 1,800 American soldiers to carry out the…
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Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan
by Spector, Ronald H.
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Free Press, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard cover in very good condition with navy blue boards and red spine lettering. End papers contain map of ""The War in the Pacific 1941-1945."" Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Concludes with section of Notes, a Bibliography, and a comprehensive Indes. 589 numbered pages. Dust jacket very good with light shelf wear and minor edgewear along top; light foxing on verso. * From the jacket, ""Only now, almost forty years after the surrender of the Imperial Japanese Empire on the deck of the battleship 'Missouri,'can the true scope of the American war in the Pacific fully be understood. Historian Ronald H. Spector, drawing on newly declassified intelligence files, an abundance of British and American archival material, Japanese scholarship and documents, and the research and memoirs of scholars, politicians, and military men, now presents the most complete, up-to-date, single…
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The Greatest Generation
by Brokaw, Tom
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New York: Dell Publishing, 2001. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. Former owner's name and address on inside of back cover. No other markings noted. Back and white photographs throughout. 412 numbered pages. * From the book, ""Full of wonderful, wrenching tales of a generation of Heroes. Tom Brokaw reminds us of what we are capable of as a people. An inspiring read for those who wish their spirits lifted.""
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The Greatest Generation Speaks: Letters and Reflections
by [MULTIPLE] Brokaw, Tom
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NY: Random House, 1999. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 3rd Printing Third printing per number line. Hard cover in fine condition with white boards, red spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean and tight; no writing, no markings noted. Contains black & white photos. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; not price clipped. * A follow-up companion book to Tom Brokaw's, ""The Greatest Generation."" As he notes, ""I had wanted to write a book about America [The Greatest Generation], and now America is writing back [The Greatest Generation Speaks]. * From the book, ""If we are to heed the past to prepare for the future, we should listen to these quiet voices of a generation that speaks to us of duty and honor, sacrifice and accomplishment. I hope more of their stories will be preserved and cherished as reminders of all that we owe them and all that we can learn from them.""
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Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story Of A Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue
by Drury, Bob; Clavin, Tom
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New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2007. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 3rd Printing Third Printing per number line. Hard cover in fine condition with blue boards and gold gilt spine lettering. End papers contain a map of ""Third Fleet, Area of operations: Dec. 14-16."" Interior text block clean and tight; no writings, no markings noted. Contains a section of 8 leaves / 16 pages of glossy black & white photographs. 322 numbered pages. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, ""December 1944, the Pacific theater: General Douglas MacArthur has vowed to return to the Philippines. He will need the help of Admiral Will ""Bull"" Halsey's Pacific Fleet. But at the height of the invasion, Halsey's ships are blind-sided by a typhoon of unprecedented strength and scope. Battleships are tossed like toys, fighter planes are blown off carriers, destroyers are capsized, and hundreds of sailors are swept into the…
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In Time of War : Hitler's Terrorist Attack on America
by O'Donnell, Pierce
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: The New Press, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line including number one. Pale gold boards with gray spine cloth and silver spine lettering. 16 pages of glossy black & white photographs. Gray end papers. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. DJ good with gentle shelf & edge wear with half inch deep x quarter inch wide piece missing along top of back fold line; not price clipped. * From the jacket, "". . . a true story that reads like gripping fiction. . . a riveting account of this remarkable episode in America's history - much of it based on documents never before available - illustrates the parallels between then and now, offering a cautionary tale of the danger of unchecked executive power in a time of crisis.""
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Inside Hitler's Germany: Life Under the Third Reich
by Hughes, Matther and Chris Mann
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New York: MFJ Books, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards, red spine cloth, and silver gilt spine lettering. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise very good condition. 224 numbered pages, all of which are glossy white and almost all contains photographs. * From the book, ""Germany under Nazi rule. It was hell for some. It was paradise for others. But for most of its citizens, it was simply where they lived. What was daily life like for the ordinary German during those extraordinary years? That's the question answered inside Hitler's Germany. This unusual combination of text and images offers testimony from average German soldiers and civilians--including extensive quotes--plus more than 280 photographs.""
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The Last Days of Hitler
by Trevor-Roper, H.R.
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book Club Edition per red stamped dot on bottom of back board and no price on jacket flap. Otherwise Title Page and Copyright Page show details of publisher. Hard cover in very good condition with black board and red spine lettering; light shelf wear. Text block top age toned; side edges deckled. Former owner's book plate pasted on verso of front board. Front free end papers shows off-set toning to the paper due to laid-in sheet with a brief commentary on the book, Interior text block clean and tight; no writings, no markings noted. Frontispiece is a photograph of Hitler and Himmler. Dust jacket good with shelf & edge wear; light foxing to the white of jacket; chips to head of spine and corners. * From the back jacket flap, ""In his Foreword to this book, Lord Tedder, Marshal of the R.A.F., says: ""Mr. Trevor-Roper . . . has produced a piece of history which is as living as it is accurate, and as…
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The Lost Life of Eva Braun
by [BRAUN] Lambert, Angela
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New York: St. Martin's Press, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated ""First U.S. Edition January 2007"" followed by complete number line. Hard cover with white boards containing red gilt spine lettering in very good condition. Former owner's bookplate pasted on front free end paper. Text block clean & tight; no markings, no writing, no underlining noted. Dust jacket likewise very good; not price clipped. Contains two sections, 8 leaves-16 pages each, of glossy black & white photographs of Eva, family, friends, and Hitler. Concludes with sections: Acknowledgments, Select Bibliography, Appendix A (listing 22 European countries that came under Hitler's reign, their pre-War Jewish population and estimates of the number lost) a comprehensive Index and two schematics: one the Eva Braun Family Tree and the other the Hitler/Raubal Family Tree. 495 numbered pages. * From the back jacket flap, ""Angela Lambert reveals a woman the world…
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The Overlord Embroidery : The Story of the Normandy Landings
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London: Whitbread and Co., Ltd by arrangement with the Trustees of the Overlord Embroidery Trust, 1978. Soft cover. Very Good. From the book, ""The Invasion of Normandy by Allied forces was code named ""Operation Overlord.... The Overlord Embroidery was commissioned in 1968 by Lord Dulverton as a tribute to, and a permanent memorial and record of the effort by the Allies to liberate Europe during the 1939-45 war..... ""The Overlord Embroidery which is unique, depicts the Allied invasion of Normandy of 6th June, 1944. It traces the planning and historical detail of Operation Overlord from Britain's darkest hour in 1940 through to victory in the Battle of Normandy in August 1944.... ""6th June, 1944 is a date which will always be remembered the world over, especially by Nations who uphold the principles of Liberty and Democracy."" This 24 page 11 3/4"" wide x 8 1/4""tall stapled booklet is in very good condition. Shows…
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The Reich's Last Gamble: The Ardennes Offensive, December 1944
by Forty, George
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London: Cassell & Co. 7, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing Stated ""First published 2000"" with no other printings noted. Printed and bound in Great Britain.Hard cover in fine condition with green boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Contains maps throughout. Two sections of eight leaves/16 pages each of glossy black & white photographs. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; no price on flap. * From the jacket flap, ""It was the last gamble by the Third Reich to win back control of the war on the Western Front, but in just four weeks over December 1944 and January 1945 it ended in defeat. The Battle of the Bulge, as the surprise German counter-offensive in the Ardennes came to be known, had been intended to divide the Allied forces, halt their drive from Normandy to the Rhine,…
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Russia's Heroes, 1941-1945: An Epic Account of Struggle and Survival on the Eastern Front
by Axell. Albert
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New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., 2001. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book was first published in the UK by Constable & Robinson Ltd in 2001. This is the first Carroll & Graf [American} edition also published in 2001. Hard cover in very good condition with bright red boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean & tight; no writing; no markings to note. Contains two separate sections, each 4 leaves / 8 pages, of glossy black & white photographs. Also contains many maps and illustrations. Concludes with a Select Bibliography, Section of Notes and Sources, and an extensive Index. Dust jacket very good; light shelf & edge wear; tiny closed tear at top of rear flap at fold; not price clipped.
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The Setting of the Pearl: Vienna under Hitler
by Weyr, Thomas
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New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition: Same date on Title & Copyright Page plus complete number line with the number one. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings; no remainder mark. 352 numbered pages. Contains eight leaves/16 pages of glossy black & white photos. Concludes with a section on Notes to the Chapters, a Bibliography, and an extensive Index. Dust jacket in very good condition; only ghost of shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. * From the front jacket flap, ""When Adolf Hitler seized Vienna in the Anschluss of 1938 he called the city "" a pearl to which he would give a proper setting."" But the setting he left behind seven years later was one of ruin and destruction - the pearl had become a physical, spiritual, and intellectual wasteland.""
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The Spy Went Dancing: My Further Adventures as an Undercover Agent
by [ALINE] Aline, Countess Of Romanones
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G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard cover in very good condition with blue boards, black spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering; size 5 3/4"" wide x 8 1/2"" tall. Text block clean & tight; no writing; no markings noted. Contains section of four leaves / eight pages of glossy black & white photographs. Dust jacket very good; no price on front flap; assumed later printing, no markings to indicate book club edition. * A sequel to 'The Spy Wore Red.' From the book, ""America's most captivating secret agent reveals how she recruited the duchess of Windsor - in her [this] spellbinding sequel to 'the Spy Wore Red.' ..... a true tale of danger and intrigue. . . ""
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World War II From Above: An Aerial View of the Global Conflict
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Zenith Press, 2014. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hard cover in fine condition with pictorial boards and rust colored end papers. Text block clean & tight with no markings. Dust jacket in fine condition with mirror image of boards. Black & white photos throughout - almost on every page. Originally conceived, designed, and produced by Quid Publishing in England, this is the stated first printing in North America. 208 numbered pages. Concludes with a Bibliography, Index, and Section of Photo Credits. From the jacket, ""...tells the amazing story of the daring photo-reconnaissance flyers and backroom boffins whose role was key in helping the Allies to win the war. Copiously illustrated with aerial photographs drawn from the archives of the major Allied and Azis powers, this book examines all theaters of the war, from Europe to the Pacific.""
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