Alchemist of War: The Life of Basil Liddell Hart
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 369, illus., appendices, notes, bibliography, index. More
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 369, illus., appendices, notes, bibliography, index. More
Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1996. First? Printing. 30 cm, 96, color illus. More
Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1983. Revised Edition. 278, illus., notes, index. More
Devon, England: David & Charles, 1992. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 189, [3] pages. Includes Illustrations (some in color). Introduction, Notes, and Index. Topics covered include Nature of Urban Combat; Urban Combat in World War II, 1940-1942; Urban Combat in World War II 1943-5; Urban Combat since 1945; Urban Combat in the Gulf War; Contemporary Urban Combat: Offensive Operations; Contemporary Urban Combat: Defensive Operations; The Employment of Artillery in the Urban Battle; The Employment of Armour in the Urban Battle; Techniques and Tactics of Urban Counterterrorism and Riot Control; Weapons and Equipment of Urban Combat; Northern Ireland: A Case History; and Some Conclusions--and the Future. Also includes Notes and Index. Urban Combat is central to modern warfare. Any future conflict, in Europe or worldwide, is likely to be fought largely in towns and cities. Today, Urban Combat techniques are being revised and soldiers trained in these skills to an unprecedented level. In any future conflict, it would be impossible for armies to avoid fighting in towns and cities. This realization has led all NATO armies and the Soviet Army to place a new emphasis on Fighting in Built Up Areas. The story of Urban Combat, from World War II to the Gulf conflict, makes compelling reading. More
Fort Leavenworth, KS: Soviet Army Studies Office, 1990. 30, wraps, illus., maps, footnotes. More
London: Osprey, 1988. Reprint Edition. 25 cm, 40, wraps, illus. (some color), some wear and soiling to covers. More
Oxford, united Kingdom: Osprey Publishing, 2004. Revised Edition. Trade paperback. [4], 196, [4] p. Illustrations (some in color). Maps. Index. More
London: Octopus, 1981. First? Edition. First? Printing. 29 cm, 207, color illus., bookplate. More
London: Hamlyn, 1974. Third Printing. Quarto, 96, illus. (some in color), index, slight wear along top and bottom edges of DJ. More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1978. Second Printing. 21 cm, 159, wraps, illus., maps, pencil erasure on table of contents, covers somewhat worn and soiled. Introduction by Brian Horrocks. More
New York: Praeger, 1981. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xxi, [1], 345, [1] pages. Maps. Tables. List of Abbreviations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Cover has minor wear and soiling. Lt.Col.-Dr. John A. English (born 12 October 1940) is a Canadian Army veteran and a writer on historical and military topics. English was educated at Royal Roads (1958–60) and the Royal Military College (1960–62), he went on leave without pay to attain an MA in history from Duke University in 1963-64. He passed final promotion exams in 1966 and graduated from Canadian Forces Staff College in 1972. He first joined the King's Own Calgary Regiment and from 1962 served in the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada until 1970, when he moved to Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. In 1980 he attained an MA in war studies from RMC, and a Ph.D. from Queen's University in 1989 while still in service. English served as a NATO war plans officer, Chief of Tactics of the Combat Training Centre, instructor at the Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College, and curriculum director of the National Defence College. English retired from the Canadian army after 37 years of service in 1993. In 1992 English accepted a professorship at Queen's University. For five years between 1997 and 2002 English served as a Professor of Strategy with the US Naval War College. On return to Canada he was employed until November 2003 as director of the Defence Minister's Monitoring Committee on Change. On 19 October 2004 the Minister appointed him Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel of the Brockville Rifles and from 2010-2013 he served as Honorary Colonel. More
Moscow: Foreign Languages Pub. House, [1960?]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 20 cm, 144, wraps, fold-out maps, footnotes. More
London: HMSO, 1942. First? Edition. First? Printing. 19 cm, 72, wraps, illus., maps, covers worn and soiled, rear cover creased and small tear. More
London, England: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1986. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Oversized book, measuring 11 inches by 8-1/2 inches. iv, 264 pages. Abbreviations. Photographs. Diagrams. Technical information. The book is filled with photographs, diagrams, accounts and military reports. Correction sheet laid in indicating that Pages 107-116 have been duplicated as Pages 117-126. David John Fletcher MBE (born 1942) is a British military historian specializing in the history of armoured warfare, particularly that of the United Kingdom. He was an employee of The Tank Museum, Bovington from 1982 until December 2012, becoming the museum's longest serving member of staff. Earlier that year, he was a panellist on Operation Think Tank, an international symposium on tanks, held in California. He also presents contemporary media such as YouTube for the Tank Museum. avid Fletcher hosts a regular video series on The Tank Museum YouTube channel called 'Tank Chats', in which he gives viewers a brief insight in to a specific tank in the Museum's collection. In his final year at Bovington, he was appointed an MBE in the Queens New Year's honours list for services to the history of armoured warfare. More
Coulsdon, Surrey, UK: Jane's Information Group, 1984. Fifth Edition. 897, illus., index, somewhat shaken, few library markings, spine faded, bds soiled, pencil erasure on front endpaper, bookplate. More
Shippensburg, PA: Burd Street Press, 2000. First? Edition. First? Printing. 156 pages, illus., maps, footnotes, bibliography, index, rear DJ scuffed and small loss of text, corners bumped. Frisch was one of a handful of persons awarded the title of professor emeritus at Defense Systems Management College (DSMC, now the Defense Acquisition University). Frisch retired from the DSMC in 1998 as director of the Technical Management Department, teaching graduate-level courses in defense acquisition management. He was an expert on the economics of the United States maintaining armed forced in Europe. Frisch, with co-author Wilbur D. Jones, Jr. (Captain, U.S. Navel Reserve, ret.), published Condemned to Live; A Panzer Artilleryman s Five-Front War in 1999, his memoirs of his time as a common solider of the German army for seven years during World War II. He spent two years in an American POW camp when he was captured in Italy in 1945. More
Nashville: The Battery Press, 2003. Reprint Edition. Limited Edition--limited to 500 copies. ardcover. xxiv, 331, [7] pages. Footnotes. Maps. Illustrations. Index. Somewhat cocked. Corner of page 133/134 creased. One of Battery Press' Great War series. Originally published in 1920 in Great Britain, this is the history of the Royal Tank Corps in World War I. It covers the development of the tank, mechanical characteristics of early British tanks, particularly the Mark I, as well as the early battles at the Somme and Ancre. It also describes the growth of the Tank Corps itself, tank tactics, tank engineering plus the tank battles of 1917-1918. The book has 8 photos/drawings plus 9 maps in an 5 1/2" by 8 1/2" hardcover format. Major-General John Frederick Charles "Boney" Fuller CB CBE DSO (1 September 1878 – 10 February 1966) was a senior British Army officer, military historian, and strategist, notable as an early theorist of modern armored warfare, including categorizing principles of warfare. With 45 books and many articles, he was a highly prolific author whose ideas reached army officers and the interested public. He explored the business of fighting, in terms of the relationship between warfare and social, political, and economic factors in the civilian sector. Fuller emphasized the potential of new weapons, especially tanks and aircraft, to stun a surprised enemy psychologically. After the war Fuller collaborated with B. H. Liddell Hart in developing new ideas for the mechanization of armies, launching a crusade for the mechanization and modernization of the British Army. He became military assistant to the chief of the Imperial General Staff in 1926. He was promoted to major-general in 1930. More
Place_Pub: Fort Leavenworth, KS: U.S. Army Command, [1986]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 27, wraps, figures, maps, notes, slight wear and soiling to covers. More
Fort Leavenworth, KS: U.S. Army Command, 1987. First Thus? Edition. First? Printing. 28 cm, 39, wraps, illus., maps, bookplate residue inside front cover, slight wear and soiling to covers. More
Madrid: Morata, 1945. First Edition. 23 cm, 229 & 214, wraps, 2-vol. set, usual library markings, some page discoloration, some wear & soiling to covers. Text in Spanish. More
Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England: Pen & Sword, 2013. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. The format is approximately 7.5 inches by 9.675 inches. 208 pages. Illustrations. Cover has some wear and soiling. Minor rippling on several early pages at bottom corner. This is from the Images of War series. This covers Light, Medium and Heavy Tanks, Self-Propelled Guns, and miscellaneous Armoured Fighting Vehicles. Pen and Sword Books, also stylized as Pen & Sword, is a British publisher which specializes in printing and distributing books in both hardback and softback on military history, militaria and other niche subjects; factual non-fiction, primarily focused on the United Kingdom (UK). Pen and Sword has over 6,000 titles available in print, and also available as ebook download. Releasing 500 new titles each year on a variety of subjects, it is part of the Barnsley Chronicle newspaper group. 'Images of War' – a major series of 243 books (as of December 2020) of rare photographs from wartime archives of every possible global military subject, from animals and aircraft to the Waffen SS and Winston Churchill; including concentration and death camps, individual battles, squadrons, battalions and divisions, the people, and the equipment they flew, sailed and operated, on the ground, in the air, and at sea; in all theaters of war since World War One; all with detailed captions and references. More
New York: Excalibur Books, 1976. First? Printing. 30 cm, 143, illus. (some in color), large pieces missing to DJ. Foreword by Sir Michael Carver. Inscribed by the author. More
Stamford, CT: Longmeadow Press, 1987. Presumed First U.S. Edition, First printing thus. Hardcover. Format is approximately 9 inches by 11.75 inches. viii, 143, [1] pages. Foreword by Field Marshall Sir Michael Carver. Illustrations. Special illustrations by The County Studio, Coleorton, Leicester. Some spine weakness noted, restrengthened with glue. DJ has some wear, soiling, and a tear at the back. Tanks were an important weapons system in World War II. Even though tanks in the inter-war years were the subject of widespread research, production was limited to relatively small numbers in a few countries. However, during World War II, most armies employed tanks, and production levels reached thousands each month. Tank usage, doctrine and production varied widely among the combatant nations. By war's end, a consensus was emerging regarding tank doctrine and design. This important work shows the designs, specifications, and strategic importance of German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, British, French, Russian, Canadian, and American light, medium, and heavy tanks called into action during World War II. More
Moscow: Voenizdat, 1940. 56, text quite darkened, top corner p. 56 missing (no loss of text), usual library markings, rebound in library binding. More