Inside the VC and the NVA: The Real Story of North Vietnam's Armed Forces
New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1992. First Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 332, illus., usual library markings, evidence of some damp damage. More
New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1992. First Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 332, illus., usual library markings, evidence of some damp damage. More
Cranbury, NJ: Associated University Presses, 1984. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 265, [7] pages. Includes Notes. Charts, Acknowledgments, Bibliography and Index. Chapters are: Years of Defeat: The Search for Responsibility; The Tradition: The Strategy of Attrition; The Challenge: The Theory of Armored Warfare; The Postwar Period: 1918-1927; The Years of Experiment: 1927-34; The Period of Early Rearmament: 1934-37; Prelude to War: 1937-40; and Epilogue: The Test of Battle. Robert H. Larson received his Ph.D. in History from the University of Virginia. He has been with the Lycoming College Since 1969 and is now a Professor emeritus. This work includes substantial discussion of the works and influence of J. F. C. Fuller and B. H. Liddell Hart as well as a substantive discussion of the Royal Tank Corps. More
Fort Leavenworth, KS: U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, School of Advanced Military Studies, 2009. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. iv, 56, [4] pages, Footnotes. Figures. Bibliography. The cover has minor wear and soiling. This is one of The War College Series. Brig. Gen. Daniel T. Lasica was the Director of Current Operations, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Virginia. The directorate is comprised of five divisions and two Field Operating Agencies: the Air Force Flight Standards Agency and the Air Force Operations Group, responsible for policy, guidance and oversight of Air Force current operations in air, space and cyberspace. The directorate provides time-sensitive situational awareness and analysis to Air Force senior leaders and links worldwide operations with core Air Force processes to enable global vigilance, reach and power. Brig. Gen. Lasica received his commission from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1994. He has served at the squadron, group, wing, numbered Air Force and Joint Staff levels. He has flown combat missions in support of operations Southern Watch and Enduring Freedom, and has also supported South Korea defense obligations. Prior to his current assignment, Brig. Gen. Lasica was the 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force-Afghanistan Commander, Kabul, Afghanistan. After being promoted, Maj. Gen. Lasica was the Director of Current Operations, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Virginia. The value of developing a hybrid war theory of victory, and evolving type of war, cannot be overstated. Eisenhower stated 'the purposes for which wears are fought can only be realized beyond the fighting." More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. First Edition. 198, map, appendix, slight discoloration inside boards, DJ soiled & worn: small tears, small pieces missing, rough spots rear DJ. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. First Edition. 198, map, appendix, slight discoloration inside boards, DJ somewhat soiled & worn, DJ in plastic sleeve. Inscribed by the author. More
Washington, DC: Ethics & Pub. Policy Center, 1982. 417, bibliography, index, DJ somewhat soiled and edges worn: small tears, small pieces missing. More
Washington, DC: Ethics & Pub. Policy Center, 1982. 417, wraps, bibliography, index, some wear to cover edges, 4-page summary from the publisher laid in. More
Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1966. First Printing. Hardcover. 99, [1] pages. Figures. Appendix. Library stamps (some crossed out in marker) & pocket, stains inside boards, DJ in plastic sleeve, lib. sticker DJ spine. DJ somewhat soiled and worn. Step-by-step instructions and thorough diagrams of how to play shogi, the Japanese representative of the family of chess games. The shogi board and game pieces which were bound into the book are missing. Trevor Pryce Leggett (22 August 1914 – 2 August 2000) was a British judo teacher, author, translator, and head of the BBC's Japanese Service for 24 years. He was one of the very first Europeans to study martial arts in Japan. Leggett served in the Ministry of Information during World War II. After the war, he taught judo at the Budokwai and worked in Japanese language services at the BBC. He held the title of Shihan, and the rank of 6th dan in judo from the Kodokan. Leggett helped introduce Japanese culture to the United Kingdom, and was honored for this by being inducted into Japan's Order of the Sacred Treasure in 1984. More
Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1980. Seventh Printing. Hardcover. 99, [1] pages. Figures. Appendix. DJ has some wear and soiling. Step-by-step instructions and thorough diagrams of how to play shogi, the Japanese representative of the family of chess games. The shogi board and game pieces which were bound into the book are present. Trevor Pryce Leggett (22 August 1914 – 2 August 2000) was a British judo teacher, author, translator, and head of the BBC's Japanese Service for 24 years. He was one of the very first Europeans to study martial arts in Japan. Leggett served in the Ministry of Information during World War II. After the war, he taught judo at the Budokwai and worked in Japanese language services at the BBC. He held the title of Shihan, and the rank of 6th dan in judo from the Kodokan. Leggett helped introduce Japanese culture to the United Kingdom, and was honored for this by being inducted into Japan's Order of the Sacred Treasure in 1984. More
London: William Clowes and Sons, Limited, 1916. War Edition. Hardcover. vi, [2], 324 pages and xii pages of Advertisements. Illustrations. Fold-out map. Footnotes. Tables. Bookseller's label inside front cover. Slight weakness in front board. Minor edge and cover wear. Minor endpaper discoloration and page soiling. The Naval Annual was a book that provided considerable text and graphic information (largely concerning the British Royal Navy) which had previously been obtainable only by consulting a wide range of often foreign language publications. It was started by Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey in 1886. Though often compared with Jane's Fighting Ships, the two British annuals were, in fact quite different. The Brassey series began a dozen years earlier, and its special strength was the dozen or more detailed articles on naval matters, authored by experts. They covered British and other nations' naval developments ranging from the latest ships to overall policy. More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1934. Fourth Printing. 382, illus., maps, index, rear board scratched, spine soiled. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1971. First American Edition. 768, maps, bibliography, index, wrinkling inside rear board, DJ slightly soiled and some wear along edges. More
London: Cassell, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. 434 pages. Volume1 only of the 2-vol. set, illus., index, front board weak, book shaken & cocked, DJ in soiled & worn plastic sleeve. More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1930. Second Printing. 508, maps, bibliography, index, slight wear to top and bottom edges of spine. More
London: Faber and Faber, 1930. First U.K. Edition, presumed First Printing. Hardcover. 539, [1] pages, Maps (including two folding maps at the back, one repaired with tape). Bibliography. Index. Some wear to cover. Spine lettering faded. No DJ. Some endpaper and page discoloration. Previous owner's name on fep No DJ present. Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart (31 October 1895 – 29 January 1970), commonly known as Captain B. H. Liddell Hart, was a British soldier, military historian, and military theorist. He wrote a series of military histories that proved influential among strategists. Arguing that frontal assault was bound to fail at great cost in lives, as proven in World War I, he recommended the "indirect approach" and reliance on fast-moving armored formations. His pre-war publications are known to have influenced German World War II strategy. He also helped promote the "clean Wehrmacht" argument for political purposes, when the Cold War necessitated the recruitment of a new West German army. His experiences on the Western Front affected him for the rest of his life. He wrote several booklets on infantry drill and training, which came to the attention of General Sir Ivor Maxse, commander of the 18th Division. After the war, he transferred to the Royal Army Educational Corps, where he prepared a new edition of the Infantry Training Manual. He retired from the Army in 1927. He spent the rest of his career as a theorist and writer. In 1924, he became a military correspondent for The Morning Post. He was the military correspondent of The Daily Telegraph from 1925 to 1935 and of The Times from 1935 to 1939. In 1954, Liddell Hart published his most influential work, Strategy. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Company, 1928. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. viii, [4], 316 pages. Illustrations. Maps (four fold-out). Front board weak. Some wear to edges of spine. Small tear at rear board, pages have darkened somewhat. Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart (31 October 1895 – 29 January 1970), known throughout f his career as Captain B. H. Liddell Hart, was a soldier, historian and military theorist. Liddell Hart was placed on half-pay from 1924. He later retired from the Army in 1927. Two mild heart attacks in 1921 and 1922, probably the long-term effects of his gassing, precluded his further advancement. He spent his career as a theorist and writer. In 1924 he became a military correspondent for the Morning Post. He worked as the Military Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph from 1925 to 1935, and of The Times from 1935 to 1939. Liddell Hart wrote a series of histories through which he advanced his ideas that the frontal assault was a strategy that was bound to fail. He argued that the tremendous losses Britain suffered in the Great War were due to her commanding officers not appreciating this fact of history. . In his early writings on mechanized warfare Liddell Hart had proposed that infantry be carried along with the fast-moving armored formations. He described them as "tank marines" like the soldiers the Royal Navy carried with their ships. He proposed they be carried along in their own tracked vehicles and dismount to help take better-defended positions that otherwise would hold up the armored units. Liddell Hart foresaw the need for a combined arms force with mobile infantry and artillery, which was similar but not identical to the make-up of the panzer divisions that Guderian developed in Germany. More
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1947. 125, index, DJ somewhat scuffed & worn along edges, small tear to front DJ has been repaired with tape, pgs have darkened slightly. More
Gloucester, MA: Peter Smith, 1968. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. xiv, 480, [4] pages. Illustrations. Maps. Biographical Notes. Index. Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart (31 October 1895 – 29 January 1970), commonly known throughout most of his career as Captain B. H. Liddell Hart, was a British soldier, military historian and military theorist. In the 1920s and later he wrote a series of military histories that proved influential among strategists. He argued that frontal assault was a strategy that was bound to fail at great cost in lives, as happened in 1914–1918. He instead recommended the "indirect approach" and reliance on fast-moving armored formations. The experiences he suffered on the Western Front profoundly affected him for the rest of his life. He worked as the military correspondent of The Daily Telegraph from 1925 to 1935, and of The Times from 1935 to 1939. As Prime Minister in 1937, Chamberlain placed Liddell Hart in a position of influence behind British grand strategy of the late thirties. n 1954, Liddell Hart published his most influential work, Strategy. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1953. Presumed First U. S. Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xxx, 545, [5] pages. Endpaper maps. Footnotes. Illustrations. Maps (incl. 2 fold-out). Appendix. Index. Index to Editorial Notes by General Bayerlein. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. It has wear, tears, soiling, and chips. Embossed stamp of previous owner on title page. Contents include: Introduction, The Story of the Rommel Papers by Manfred Rommel, Editorial Note, Part One: France 1940; Part Two: The War in Africa--First Year; Part Three: The War in Africa--Second Year; Part Four: Italy; Part Five: Invasion. The Rommel Papers is the collected writings by the German World War II field marshal Erwin Rommel published in 1953. The book included Rommel's writings of the war, edited by the British strategist and historian B. H. Liddell Hart, the former Wehrmacht officer Fritz Bayerlein, who served on Rommel's staff in North Africa, and Rommel's widow and son. The volume contained an introduction and commentary by Liddell Hart. Liddell Hart had a personal interest in the work: by having coaxed Rommel's widow to include material favorable to himself, he could present Rommel as his "pupil" when it came to mobile armored warfare. Thus, Liddell Hart's "theory of indirect approach" became a precursor to the German blitzkrieg ("lightning war"). The controversy was described by the political scientist John Mearsheimer in his work The Weight of History, who concluded that, by "putting words in the mouths of German Generals and manipulating history", Liddell Hart was in a position to show that he had been at the root of the dramatic German successes in 1940. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1956. First American Edition. 480, illus., maps, index, slight discolor ins bds, some foxing to fore-edge, ink name & date ins fr bd, DJ somewhat scuffed & soil. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1956. First American Edition. 480, illus., maps, index, usual library markings, binding cracked at p. 454, boards quite scuffed & worn. More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1976. Book Club Edition. 331, footnotes, bibliography, DJ somewhat soiled An anthology of writings on war from ancient times to the present day. More