A Wartime Log
Place_Pub: Charlottesville, VA: Howell Press, Inc., 1995. Hardcover. 208 pages. Illus. (some in color), appendix, bibliography, index. Signed by both authors. More
Place_Pub: Charlottesville, VA: Howell Press, Inc., 1995. Hardcover. 208 pages. Illus. (some in color), appendix, bibliography, index. Signed by both authors. More
Place_Pub: Charlottesville, VA: Howell Press, Inc., 1995. Hardcover. 208 pages. Illus. (some in color), appendix, bibliography, index. Inscribed and signed by both authors. More
Francestown, NH: The Golden Quill Press, 1976. First? Edition. First? Printing. 272, endpaper maps, bibliography, DJ worn, soiled, edge tears, chips, and tape/scuff at bottom of spine (not ex-lib. ). More
Washington, DC: United States Air Force, Office of Air Force History, 1984. Revised Edition, Presumed First Printing. Hardcover. Format is approximately 8 inches by 10.5 inches. xiv, 383, [3] pages. Foreword to Revised Edition. Illustrations (some color). Color maps. Appendices. Glossary. Index. The authors included: Jack S. Ballard; Ray L. Bowers; Roland W. Doty, Jr.; FR. Frank Futrell; William Greenhalgh; J. C. Hopkins; William B. Karstetter; Robert R. Kritt; Doris E. Krudener; Kenneth L. Patchin; Ralph A. Rowley; Jacob Van Staaveren; and Bernard T. Termena. Among the topics covered are: Air Operations, Tet Offensive, Rolling Thunder, Interdiction, Arc Light Operations, Tactical Airlift, Strategic Airlift, Air Refueling, Tactical Reconnaissance, Air Rescue, Logistics, Base Defense, Medical Support, Military Civic Action, Military Training, VIetnamization, and Prisoners of War and Operation Homecoming. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1977. First? Edition. First? Printing. 27 cm, 381, illus. (some color), color map, appendices, glossary, index, slight scuffing to boards and spine. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1968. First Printing. 140, ink name inside front flyleaf, spotting to fore-edge, DJ somewhat soiled and foxed and some edge wear. More
New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1974. First Printing. 224, illus., notes, index, usual library markings, small rough spot and ink transfer ins fr flyleaf, bds somewhat scuffed & stained. More
New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1974. First Printing. Hardcover. xiv, [4], 224, [2] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Index. Some soiling and small stain to fore-edge. Some wear to DJ edges. Small tear in front DJ. Small bubbles on plastic coating of DJ. Introduction by Hugh Trevor-Roper. Nicholas William Bethell, 4th Baron Bethell (19 July 1938 – 8 September 2007) was a British politician. He was a historian of Central and Eastern Europe. He was a translator and human rights activist. He sat in the House of Lords from 1967 to 1999. He served as an appointed member of the European Assembly from 1975 to 1979, and as an elected Member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1994, and from 1999 to 2003. Bethell was staunchly anti-communist. He strongly supported the Anglo-American efforts to overthrow the Communist regimes of Eastern Europe. What Bethell criticized was the execution of such operations, not their goal. He used his European post to campaign for the human rights of dissidents in the Soviet bloc, including Andrei Sakharov and Anatoly Sharansky. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, [1964]. First Edition. 21 cm, 189, illus., DJ edges worn, tear at top of DJ spine, 3 publicity photos laid in (author, prisoners, and German Alpine troops). More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979. First Edition. 338, illus., endpaper maps, source notes, index, marker inside front flyleaf, weakness to front board repaired poorly with tape. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979. First Edition. First Printing. 338, illus., endpaper maps, source notes, index, front DJ flap price clipped, DJ somewhat soiled: small edge chips/creases. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 318, [2] pages. Illus., endpaper maps, source notes, index, DJ somewhat soiled and has tear. Return From the River Kwai tells the harrowing tale of about 2200 of those soldiers who were selected because they were healthier than the others to be sent to Japan for work in the factories there. While en route the ships they sailed on, the Kachidoki Maru and Rakuyo Maru, were torpedoed and sunk by American submarines who weren't aware that they carried human cargo. The men who survived spent as much as a week floating in the ocean before being rescued by those same submarines. This book tells the firsthand accounts of their experiences and the hardships they endured, from the terrible conditions in POW camps and the difficulties of staying afloat and sane in a vast ocean, to the joys of being rescued and returned to society. The Blairs have done a terrific job of putting together the individual accounts and historical documents that form one of the extraordinary stories of surviving the brutal conditions of war. Unpleasant details are not left out either, although they are told with a sense of dignity. Intertwined with the record of the survivors is the story told by the men on the submarines, who played such an important role in rescuing the stranded men. More
Garden City, NY: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1978. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 397, pencil erasure residue on front endpaper. Inscribed by the author. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1982, c1981. 24 cm, 462, illus. with 12 pages of plates, bibliography, index, DJ worn, soiled, and edge tears. More
Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing Company, 1996. Limited Edition. 167, illus., map, appendices, address sticker in lower margin p.5. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, c1988. First Edition. 22 cm, 264, illus. Foreword by Senator John McCain. More
Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, [1968]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 377, footnotes, bibliography, index, some wear and soiling to DJ, some edge soiling. More
Washington, DC: Infantry Journal Press, [1947]. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 282, illus., endpaper maps, footnotes, index, DJ worn, soiled, torn, and chipped, pencil erasure on half-title. Inscribed by author. More
London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1952. Fourth Printing. 223, illus., stains on fore-edge, some foxing inside boards, some wear to edges of boards and spine. More
London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1952. First Printing. 223, illus., some foxing inside boards & to edges, some wear to board/spine edges, boards scuffed. More
London: Collins, 1955. Eighth Printing. Hardcover. 384, illus., small stains inside rear hinge, foxing to fore-edge, board corners somewhat bent, spine lettering faded. The story of Douglas Bader is one of the most extraordinry personal sagas of World War II or indeed of any war. This is the true story of a world-famous fighter pilot, who lost both legs in an air crash. After his accident, Douglas Bader vowed to come back, to fly again. He did. The fighter tactics he evolved helped to win the Battle of Britain. Downed over France, trapped in his burning Spitfire, he escaped only because one of his artificial legs was sheared off. Twice captured, he twice escaped before being captured again for the duration. He shot down 22 enemy planes. Paul Chester Jerome Brickhill (20 December 1916 – 23 April 1991) was an Australian fighter pilot, prisoner of war, and author who wrote The Great Escape, The Dam Busters, and Reach for the Sky. Brickhill had been approached by John Pudney with a proposal to write a book on the Stalag Luft 3 mass escape. This was eventually to be published as The Great Escape. Once in England Brickhill asked the RAF about the status of a proposed history of 617 squadron, offering his services. As the RAF had made no progress in finding an author, his offer was accepted. The Great Escape was published in 1950 and brought the incident to wide public attention. The history of 617 Squadron and in particular its involvement in Operation Chastise and the destruction of dams in the Ruhr valley was published in 1951 as The Dam Busters, which sold over one million copies. More
New York: Bantam Books, 1978. First Paperbk Edition. Mass market paperback. pocket paperbk, 338, wraps, illus., fold-out color frontis illus., text somewhat darkened, covers somewhat soiled and edges worn. The story of Douglas Bader is one of the most extraordinry personal sagas of World War II or indeed of any war. This is the true story of a world-famous fighter pilot, who lost both legs in an air crash. After his accident, Douglas Bader vowed to come back, to fly again. He did. The fighter tactics he evolved helped to win the Battle of Britain. Downed over France, trapped in his burning Spitfire, he escaped only because one of his artificial legs was sheared off. Twice captured, he twice escaped before being captured again for the duration. He shot down 22 enemy planes. Paul Chester Jerome Brickhill (20 December 1916 – 23 April 1991) was an Australian fighter pilot, prisoner of war, and author who wrote The Great Escape, The Dam Busters, and Reach for the Sky. Brickhill had been approached by John Pudney with a proposal to write a book on the Stalag Luft 3 mass escape. This was eventually to be published as The Great Escape. Once in England Brickhill asked the RAF about the status of a proposed history of 617 squadron, offering his services. As the RAF had made no progress in finding an author, his offer was accepted. The Great Escape was published in 1950 and brought the incident to wide public attention. The history of 617 Squadron and in particular its involvement in Operation Chastise and the destruction of dams in the Ruhr valley was published in 1951 as The Dam Busters, which sold over one million copies. More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1967. 1st Ballantine Printing. Mass market paperback. Pocket paperbk, 336, wraps, illus., text slightly darkened, covers somewhat soiled and some edge wear. The story of Douglas Bader is one of the most extraordinry personal sagas of World War II or indeed of any war. This is the true story of a world-famous fighter pilot, who lost both legs in an air crash. After his accident, Douglas Bader vowed to come back, to fly again. He did. The fighter tactics he evolved helped to win the Battle of Britain. Downed over France, trapped in his burning Spitfire, he escaped only because one of his artificial legs was sheared off. Twice captured, he twice escaped before being captured again for the duration. He shot down 22 enemy planes. Paul Chester Jerome Brickhill (20 December 1916 – 23 April 1991) was an Australian fighter pilot, prisoner of war, and author who wrote The Great Escape, The Dam Busters, and Reach for the Sky. Brickhill had been approached by John Pudney with a proposal to write a book on the Stalag Luft 3 mass escape. This was eventually to be published as The Great Escape. Once in England Brickhill asked the RAF about the status of a proposed history of 617 squadron, offering his services. As the RAF had made no progress in finding an author, his offer was accepted. The Great Escape was published in 1950 and brought the incident to wide public attention. The history of 617 Squadron and in particular its involvement in Operation Chastise and the destruction of dams in the Ruhr valley was published in 1951 as The Dam Busters, which sold over one million copies. More
Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Pub. c1994. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 186, illus., maps, publisher's ephemera laid in, DJ edges somewhat worn, small cut to front DJ, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
Dallas, TX: Verity Press Publishing Inc., 1998. Second Printing [stated]. Hardcover. xxvii, [1], 692 pages. Illustrations. Appendices Endnotes. Index. DJ has rear flap crease. B. G. Burkett is a retired Army officer and financial advisor. He is best known as co-author of Stolen Valor (1998), written with journalist Glenna Whitley. It received the Colby Award for military writers in 2000. Burkett says he decided to write the book now known as Stolen Valor after hearing too many news reports about Vietnam veterans characterized as mentally unstable. Burkett began fact-checking whether such identified people were veterans by applying for their military records through Freedom of information process. Burkett says he checked over 3,500 people's claims to have served in Vietnam, and found 1,700 of them had fabricated their stories. It has been credited for inspiring the Stolen Valor Act of 2005 passed by Congress, making it a crime for an individual to falsely claim to have been awarded military medals. In 2005, Burkett co-authored a paper with B.C. Frueh, J.D. Elhai, and J.D. Monnier that was published in the British Journal of Psychiatry. It focused on concerns "regarding the validity of combat exposure reports of veterans seeking treatment for combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder". Glenna Whitley is an An award-winning investigative reporter, Glenna Whitley specializes in writing about crime and the legal system. The subject of three segments for TV newsmagazine “20/20,” including one that won a CINE Award, Stolen Valor received the 2000 William E. Colby Award for writing on military affairs at Norwich University. The subject of hundreds of stories in magazines and newspapers. More