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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. 4 p. L., 412 p. front. (port. ) 22 cm. Footnotes. Index. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. 4 p. L., 412 p. front. (port. ) 22 cm. Footnotes. Index. More
Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1987. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. xi, [1], 154 pages. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Index. DJ has some wear and soiling. DJ has been taped to boards and some tape remains on the DJ. This is one of the American Military History series. The author was on the faculty in the department of history at West Point. He was a 1974 graduate of West Point and also held a Master of Science degree from University of Southern California and a Master of Arts and a Ph.D. degree in history from Temple University. He was an infantry officer with airborne, ranger and air assault training and had served in a variety of command and staff assignments in the U.S. and OCONUS. He was widely published in professional and scholarly journals. This book examines Eichelberger's evolution as a combat commander in the Pacific in WW II. Eichelberger was profoundly affected by his initial combat experience at Buna in December 1942. In that battle, the Japanese had the advantage of terrain, training and morale. As a result of this experience, he devised a new training program to prepare his soldiers for battle and also developed an innovative philosophy of tactics and leadership. The author skillfully utilizes Eichelberger's personal papers to examine the successful application of the lessons learned at Buna, in all his campaigns throughout the remainder of the war. More
Tarrytown, NY: Sleepy Hollow Press, 1982. First edition. First printing [stated]. Trade paperback. 223, [1] p. Illustrations. Chronology. Bibliography. Index. More
Washington DC: Columbia Historical Society, 1971. Reprinted from the Records of the Columbia Historical Society of Washington, 1969-1970. Wraps. Cover is staple bound and has some wear and soiling. Scarce. [1], 266-284 pages. Illustrations. Footnotes. Skramstad, was president emeritus of the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village in Dearborn, MI., and worked at the Smithsonian's history museum. Montgomery Cunningham Meigs (May 3, 1816 – January 2, 1892) was a career United States Army officer and civil engineer, who served as Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army during and after the American Civil War. Meigs strongly opposed secession and supported the Union; his record as Quartermaster General was regarded as outstanding, both in effectiveness and in ethical probity, and Secretary of State William H. Seward viewed it as a key factor in the Union victory. Meigs was one of the principal architects of Arlington National Cemetery; the choice of its location, on Robert E. Lee's family estate, Arlington House, was partly a gesture to humiliate Lee for siding with the Confederacy. The Meigs family had extensive ties to the military and to West Point, the United States Military Academy. Montgomery Meigs, caught up in the nationalistic fervor of the time, wished to serve in the army. West Point was the only well established engineering school in the United States at the time. Through family connections, Meigs won an appointment to West Point, entering in 1832. He excelled in his studies at West Point, although he himself said he spent too much time at athletics and outdoor activities. He was among the top three students in French and mathematics, and did well in history. He graduated fifth out of a class of 49 in 1836. More
New York: Howard Books, 2010. First Howard Books Hardcover Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xi, [1], 243 pages. Illustrations. DJ has some wear and edge tears. Black mark on botton edge. Inscription signed by Smiley on the dedication page. Inscription reads Jeff and Thomas and family, thank you for your love and service. God Bless. Scott Smiley. Scott "Scotty" Smiley is a retired U.S. Army Major and United States Military Academy graduate. He was the U.S. Army's first blind active duty officer. After graduating from the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York in 2003 he then completed the Basic Officer Leaders Course and Ranger School both at Fort Benning, Georgia. He was then stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington where he led a platoon of 45 men. While at West Point Smiley became friends with Edward Graham, the son of Franklin Graham. Smiley and Graham ended up entering the Army on the same day, were in Ranger School together and were in the same platoon. On April 6, 2005, Smiley was wounded while partially exposed on the top of a Stryker in Mosul, Iraq when a suicide bomber blew up a car close by. Smiley fired two warning shots in front of the vehicle and then the car exploded which sent shrapnel into his eyes. The shrapnel that entered Smiley's eyes left him blind and temporarily paralyzed. He woke up in Walter Reed Army Medical Center. An Army medical review board later declared him fit to continue to serve. He then became the U.S. Army's first blind active duty officer. In 2010 he received the "Father of the Year" award from the National Father's Day Committee. He received the Christopher Award and the Louis Braille Award both in 2011. More
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1988. First Edition. 268, illus., appendices, glossary. More
New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2012. Sixth printing [stated]. Trade paperback. xx, 950, [4] pages. Frontis Illustration. Maps. Footnotes. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Jean Edward Smith (October 13, 1932 – September 1, 2019) was a biographer and the John Marshall Professor of Political Science at Marshall University. He was also professor emeritus at the University of Toronto after having served as professor of political economy there for thirty-five years. Smith was also on the faculty of the Master of American History and Government program at Ashland University. Smith received an A.B. from Princeton University in 1954. In 1964, he obtained a Ph.D. from the Department of Public Law and Government of Columbia University. The winner of the 2008 Francis Parkman Prize and the 2002 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, Smith was called "today’s foremost biographer of formidable figures in American history." More
Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2010. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [2], 377, [3] pages. Illustrations (color). Endnotes. Select Bibliography. Index. Smucker has spent the last twenty years as an overseas reporter, covering conflicts in Burma, Cambodia, Haiti, Bosnia, Serbia, Afghanistan and Iraq. He has written for numerous publications, including US News and World Report, Time Magazine, Christian Science Monitor, International Herald Tribune, and the Daily Telegraph. He has received acclaims for his journalism work, including: Pulitzer Prize Nomination, 2002, for CSM article revealing escape of Osama bin Laden; Pulitzer Prize Nomination, 2001, for CSM articles on War on Terrorism; Pulitzer Prize Nomination, 1999, for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette articles on conflict in Kosovo; American Journalism Review, June 1999, for work featured in cover story on Kosovo; “Best Newsman in Afghanistan”, 2002, as named in UC, Berkeley School of Journalism magazine. More
West Point, NY: U.S. Military Academy, 1950. 23 cm, 353, text volume only, bibliography, index, pencil & colored pencil underlining & notes throughout, paperclip impression & stains. More
Harrisburg, PA: Military Service Publishing, 1949. Sixth Printing. v.2 quarto, 731 & 136 maps, 2-vol. mixed set, maps, ftnotes, app, index, v.1 sm stains to fore-edge, bds & spine scuffed, crease & sm tear spine v.1. More
New York: Bonanza Books, 1963. Quarto, 256, profusely illus., maps, index, small tear at top of DJ spine. More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1972. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 434, [4] pages. Illustrations. Index. Inscribed by author on half-title (shaky signature). DJ has some wear and soiling. Pencil erasure residue on fep. Three Christmas Cards from General and Mrs. Taylor (two with envelopes) laid in, The one from 1984 has brief note from Mrs. Taylor. General Maxwell Davenport "Max" Taylor (August 26, 1901 – April 19, 1987) was a senior United States Army officer and diplomat of the mid-20th century. He served with distinction in World War II, most notably as commander of the 101st Airborne Division, nicknamed "The Screaming Eagles". After the war he served as the fifth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, having been appointed by President John Kennedy. More
Boston, MA: James H. Earle, 1885. 480, illus., text has darkened, board and spine edges worn, weakness to front board, small chips to front flyleaf. More
Falls Church, VA: The George and Carol Olmsted Foundation, 2009. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. xviii, 171, [1] pages. Illustrations. Scholars brochure laid in. Major General George Hamden Olmsted (March 18, 1901 – October 8, 1998) was an American military officer and insurance executive. During his four-year attendance at West Point, he was President of his class for three years. He graduated on June 22, 1922, holding the position of First Captain of the Corps of Cadets, ranking second in his class academically. He also served as Chairman of the Student Honor Committee and Assistant Business Manager of the Howitzer, the annual yearbook. In athletics, General Olmsted was the featherweight boxing champion of the academy and second-string quarterback of the 1922 Army football team. Recalled to active service in the Army in January 1942, then Major Olmsted led the Requirements and Assignments Branch, International Division, Army Service Forces which handled Lend Lease requests from allied governments for Army material and equipment. In this position he had to balance the complex, simultaneous equations of American industrial production schedules and capacity, American military requirements, urgent requests for help from allied governments and the demands of the current strategic situation. Shortly thereafter he was sent to China to serve on the staff of General Albert Wedemeyer and to establish a new general staff section known as G-5 for the China-Burma-India Theater. Olmsted was promoted to brigadier general and took charge of the G-5 section which was responsible for civil affairs, lend lease operations, training of allied military forces, and clandestine operations. More
Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1948. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 24 cm, 199 pages. Illus., index, front DJ flap price clipped, DJ worn and large chips missing at edges. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. Number 59 of 1000 Signed Limited Edition. Signed by author. The author was a noted author and illustrator. Derived from a Kirkus review: A biography of Major John Andre, who negotiated with Benedict Arnold and was caught and hung as a spy. The author has presented a sympathetic portrayal that makes interesting reading. His youth and education, an unhappy love affair at 17, a military career which brought him to Canada under Howe, to Philadelphia and the occupation period, and the retreat to New York with Clinton. As Clinton's aide-de-camp, he opened negotiations with Arnold -- and the story of the conspiracy follows, with Andre's apprehension by bandits on the Tarrytown road after the meeting with Arnold off West Point. Arnold escaped- Andre was tried and convicted as a spy. Probably definitive in its complete coverage. More
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD: U.S. Army Ordnance Corps, 1959. Quarto, 23 + 14, wraps, illus., maps, foxing and staining to covers and some pages, entire document creased. More
Washington, DC: GAO, 1992. First? Edition. First? Printing. 28 cm, 115, wraps, illus. More
Washington, DC: GAO, 1994. First? Edition. First? Printing. 28 cm, 63, wraps, illus., footnotes. More
West Point, NY: U.S. Military Academy, 1948. Oversized, 429, illus. (some in color), slight wear to spine edges, ink notation inside front flyleaf, minor foxing to text. More
West Point, NY: U.S. Military Academy, 1969. Padded Hard Covers. Oversized, 656 pages, illustrations (some in color), some wear to board corners and spine edges. Vietnam War era yearbook. More
Place_Pub: West Point, NY: U.S. Military Academy, 1971. Oversized, 632, illus. (some in color), slight wear to board corners. Vietnam War era yearbook. More
Place_Pub: West Point, NY: U.S. Military Academy, 1980. Oversized, 664, illus. (some in color), slight wear to board corners. More
Place_Pub: West Point, NY: U.S. Military Academy, 1981. Oversized, 672, illus. (some in color), slight wear to board corners. More
West Point, NY: U.S. Military Academy, 1953. 245, illus., apps, some discoloration ins bds & flylves, top inside corner of text creased, bd corners bumped, bd & spine edges worn. More
West Point, NY: USMA, 1981. Thirty-Sixth Edition. Hardcover. 28 cm, 833 pages, slight wear and soiling to boards. More