The Naval War Against Hitler
Place_Pub: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971. Book Club Edition. 478, illus., maps, endpaper maps, bibliography, index, DJ somewhat soiled, worn along edges, and small tears. More
Place_Pub: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971. Book Club Edition. 478, illus., maps, endpaper maps, bibliography, index, DJ somewhat soiled, worn along edges, and small tears. More
Place_Pub: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971. First Edition. First Printing. 376, illus., maps, endpaper maps, bibliography, index, small chips to rear DJ, slight darkening to text, small scratches to top edge. More
Philadelphia, PA: The Blakiston Company, 1945. Abbbott Labs. Edition. 34 cm, 47, profusely illus. (some in color), maps. Abbott Laboratories Special Edition. Foreword by Surgeon General Norman T. Kirk. More
Philadelphia, PA: The Blakiston Company, 1945. First Edition. 34 cm, approx. 100, profusely illus. (some in color), maps, bd edges worn, DJ quite worn, soiled, torn, & pcs missing, fr DJ flap price clipped. More
New York: Random House, 1989. First American Edition. 165, illus., maps, glossary, index. Introduction by John Fowles. More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1979. First Edition. First Printing. 384, illus., maps, index, old price sticker on front DJ flap, DJ somewhat soiled and edges worn: small tears. More
Amherst, MA: University of MA Press, [1971]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 351, endpaper map, glossary, some wear and soiling to boards, usual library markings This day-by-day account of one officer in the Civil Affairs/Military Government (CA/MG) operations during World War II provides glimpses of the Army's relations with French resistance forces and Soviet confrontations inthe occupation of Berlin. More
Washington, DC: Center for Air Force History, 1994. 432, illus., maps, charts, tables, footnotes, bibliography, index. More
Place_Pub: Washington, DC: Center for Air Force History, 1994. 432, wraps, illus., maps, charts, tables, footnotes, bibliography, index, some wear to cover and spine edges, front cover creased. More
Washington, DC: Center for Air Force History, 1994. 432, wraps, illus., maps, charts, tables, footnotes, bibliography, index. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1945. Quarto, 123, wraps, maps, small stains inside rear flyleaf and cover, covers soiled, cover and spine edges worn. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1945. Quarto, 123, color maps, stains inside boards and flyleaves, some wear and small dings to board and spine edges. More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1964. Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. xii, 257, [3] pages. Some DJ wear. Foreword by Major General J. F. C. Fuller. The various chapters of this book have appeared as articles in The Atlantic Monthly, American Heritage Magazine, Army Magazine, Combat Forces Journal, and Marine Corps Gazette. Brigadier General Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall, also known as Slam, (July 18, 1900 – December 17, 1977) was a military journalist and historian. He served with the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, before leaving to work as a journalist, specializing in military affairs. In 1940, he published Blitzkrieg: Armies on Wheels, an analysis of the tactics used by the Wehrmacht, and re-entered the U.S. Army as its chief combat historian during World War II and the Korean War. He officially retired in 1960 but acted as an unofficial advisor during the Vietnam War. Marshall wrote some 30 books about warfare, including Pork Chop Hill: The American Fighting Man in Action, which was made into a film of the same name. His most famous work was Men Against Fire: The Problem of Battle Command, which concluded fewer than 25% of men in combat actually fired their weapons at the enemy. While the data he used to support this claim has been challenged, his overall conclusion - a significant number do not fire their weapons in combat - has been verified by multiple studies performed by other armies, going back to the 18th century. Marshall argued that even with their own lives at risk, the resistance of the individual “...toward killing a fellow man" was such that "he will not...take life if it is possible to turn away from that responsibility. More
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1972. Second Printing. 203, appendices, index, stains on fore-edge, DJ worn & water-stained, small tears to DJ. More
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1972. Third Printing. 203, appendices, index, some soiling on top edge, DJ somewhat scuffed and soiled: small edge chips. More
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1972. 203, footnotes, appendices, index, red ink notation inside front flyleaf, slight wear to boards. More
Novato, CA: Presidio, 1997. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. 23 cm. xiii, [1], 340 pages. Illustrations. Map. Bibliography. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Minor soiling at bottom edge. Foreword by Stephen Ambrose. Inscribed by the author on title page to the grandson of one who landed at Utah Beach on D-Day. Derived from a Kirkus review: Masters, an Austrian-born Jew originally named Peter Arany, has an unusual war story to tell. Masters was one of 87 Jewish refugees from Hitler who volunteered for military service in Troop 3, No. 10 Commando, an elite unit of the British army. Troop 3 was unusual in that almost all of its members were Austrian and German Jews, men who spoke German fluently and who would be trained in the ways and means of the German army. For these men, some of them concentration camp survivors, this assignment represented a unique opportunity to fight back against the Nazis. Nearly all of them had previously been interned by the British as ""friendly enemy aliens"" when the war broke out. When they were recruited for ""special and hazardous duty,"" they were required to assume new identities, with elaborate cover stories to explain their oddly accented English. Thus, Masters recounts their grueling training with wit and gusto, leaving readers with little doubt that these men were ready for combat. Masters and other members of Troop 3 fought in Normandy for three long months; he would return to action in the Netherlands and participate in the final invasion of Germany. He presents the reality of the violence he witnessed. More
Novato, CA: Presidio, 1997. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. 23 cm. xiii, [1], 340 pages. Illustrations. Map. Bibliography. Index. Foreword by Stephen Ambrose. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Derived from a Kirkus review: Masters, an Austrian-born Jew originally named Peter Arany, has an unusual war story to tell. Masters was one of 87 Jewish refugees from Hitler who volunteered for military service in Troop 3, No. 10 Commando, an elite unit of the British army. Troop 3 was unusual in that almost all of its members were Austrian and German Jews, men who spoke German fluently and who would be trained in the ways and means of the German army. For these men, some of them concentration camp survivors, this assignment represented a unique opportunity to fight back against the Nazis. Nearly all of them had previously been interned by the British as ""friendly enemy aliens"" when the war broke out. When they were recruited for ""special and hazardous duty,"" they were required to assume new identities, with elaborate cover stories to explain their oddly accented English. Thus, Masters recounts their grueling training with wit and gusto, leaving readers with little doubt that these men were ready for combat. Masters and other members of Troop 3 fought in Normandy for three long months; he would return to action in the Netherlands and participate in the final invasion of Germany. He presents the reality of the violence he witnessed. More
London: Usborne Publishing, 1975. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. 2-39 pages. Illustrations (some in color). Maps. Timechart. More
New York, NY: Scribner, 1995. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 592 p. Illustrations. Occasional footnotes. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. More
Washington, DC: Dept. of the Army, 1954. First Printing. 26 cm, 494, illus., glossary, ink name inside front board. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1954. First Printing. 26 cm, 494, illus., tables, charts, glossary, bibliographical note, index, some foxing, rough spots ins flylves, bds scratched & stained. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1946. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xi, [3], 130, [2] pages. Endpaper maps. Illustrations. Maps. DJ has wear, soiling, edge tears, chips, is price-clipped and is in a plastic sleeve. Walter Millis (March 16, 1899 – March 17, 1968) Millis was born in Atlanta, GA, the son of John Millis, a regular army officer, and Mrs. Mary Raoul Millis. He graduated from Yale University, although his studies were interrupted by World War I, when he joined the Army and became a second lieutenant in the field artillery. He received his A.B. degree from Yale in 1920. He was an editorial and staff writer for the New York Herald Tribune from 1924 to 1954. Millis was a staff member of the Fund for the Republic from 1954 to 1968. He later became the director of the Fund for the Republic's study of demilitarization in 1954. Millis, widely recognized as a historical writer, wrote a number of books including: The Last Phase: The Allied Victory in Western Europe, Road to War: America 1914-1917, This is Pearl! The United States and Japan—1941, Why Europe Fights, Viewed Without Alarm: Europe Today, Arms and Men: A Study of American Military History, The Martial Spirit: A Study of Our War with Spain, and An End to Arms. He also edited The Forrestal Diaries. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1976. First Printing. 285, illus., binding cracked at p. 16 & at p. 256, address sticker inside front flyleaf, DJ worn & soiled: small edge tears/chips. More
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pierce, 1962. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. x, 181, [1] pages. Format is approximately 5.5 inches by 8.25 inches. Pencil erasure residue on fep. Wilbur H. Morrison was a radio announcer and news commentator before joining the Army Air Corps and becoming a B-29 bombardier-navigator during WWII. More