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Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, [1969]. First Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 298, illus., endpaper maps, chapter notes, bibliography, index, DJ in plastic sleeve, DJ edges worn and small edge tears/chips. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, [1969]. First Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 298, illus., endpaper maps, chapter notes, bibliography, index, DJ in plastic sleeve, DJ edges worn and small edge tears/chips. More
London: Faber and Faber, 2001. First U.K. Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 383, illus., index, DJ slightly worn and soiled: slight edge wear. More
New York, NY: Forge, A Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2003. First edition. First edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 304 p. Illustrations. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 494, [2] pages. Maps. Illustrations. Sources and Acknowledgments. Notes. Bibliography. Index. This is a gripping account of an exceptional man - Jim Gavin, America's best paratrooper leader throughout WWII. During Operation Market Garden, Gavin wrote a new chapter in paratrooper heroism, seizing all his objectives despite a serious spinal injury on landing. The first comprehensive biography of James M. Gavin profiles the heroic general who led the famous 82nd Airborne Division during World War II and who later worked at the Pentagon and served as ambassador to France under President Kennedy. First printing was reportedly limited to only 20,000 copies. T. Michael Booth was a former paratrooper and Green Beret. A graduate of Yale, he knew General Gavin for a period of time before the Generals death and had his encouragement to produce this biography. Duncan Spencer was the author or coauthor of numerous books, among them Paratrooper and Conversations with the Enemy (which was a nonfiction finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He was a veteran journalist who had worked for The Washington Star and had been a columnist for Roll Call. More
New York, N.Y. Bulfinch Press, 2004. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. [8], 185 pages. Oversized volume, measuring 10 inches by 8-1/4 inches. 116 b/w photographs. Includes two Audio Recordings, with oral histories from D-Day veterans which correspond to chapters in the book, bound in front of the front free endpaper. Book includes endpaper maps at the front and back. Includes chapters on The Call to Arms and Gathering for D-Day; Launching the Attack; The Battlefield Isolated: Help from the Resistance and the SO; Dropping from the Skies: The British Attack on the East Flank; Over the Atlantic Wall; The American Airborne Drop on the Cotentin Peninsula; Crossing the Channel: The Air and Sea Armadas; Utah Beach; The Rangers at the Pointe; The 16th Regiment at Omaha Beach; The 116th Regiment: Into the Jaws of Hell; The British 2nd Army, at Gold, Juno, and Sword Beaches; and The Aftermath. Also includes Illustrations, Epilogue, Acknowledgments, Glossary, and Photo Credits. Douglas Brinkley (born December 14, 1960) is an American author, Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and professor of history at Rice University. Brinkley is the history commentator for CNN, and a contributing editor to the magazine Vanity Fair. He is a public spokesperson on conservation issues. He joined the faculty of Rice University as a professor of history in 2007. Brinkley worked closely with his mentor, historian Stephen E. Ambrose, then director of the Eisenhower Center for American Studies at the University of New Orleans. Ambrose chose Brinkley to become director of the Eisenhower Center, a post he held for five years before moving to Tulane University. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1968. Reprint Edition. 26 cm, 671, illus., maps (2 color in pocket), bibliographical note, glossary, index, bookplate on flyleaf. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1954. Hardcover. 533, illus., glossary, index, boards scuffed and somewhat spotted, some wear to top and bottom of spine and to board corners. More
New York: Time, Inc., 1959. Abridged Edition. First Thus? Printing. 36 cm, 615 + record, 2-vol. set in slipcase, illus. (some color), color maps, 10" 33-1/3 rpm record (2-sided), index, slipcase/bds sl worn/soiled. More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1970. First edition. First Edition [stated]. FIrst printing [stated]. Hardcover. 94, [2] p. Illustrations. Editior's note. More
London, England: Amber Books, 2017. Later Edition, First Printing [stated]. Trade paperback. 448 pages. Oversized book, measuring 9 inches by 11-3/4 inches. Includes Introduction, Maps and Index. Throughout history, there have been numerous climactic battles that have reshaped history. This work examines a selection of these seminal encounters, bringing alive the reality of the participants' experiences while exploring the profound impact these battles exerted upon subsequent events. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. This is a highly informative, richly illustrated guide to more than 45 of history's most significant battles, including Megiddo, Marathon, Alesia, Hastings, Nagashino, Yorktown, Waterloo, Gettysburg, Tsushima, Verdun, Stalingrad, the Tet Offensive, Iraqi Freedom, and many more. The book features clear, full-color tactical maps for each battle, showing at a glance the dispositions and movements of the opposing forces. For each entry, a quick reference panel provides essential details on the battle's date, location, key players, troops, and outcome. More
New York: William Morrow, 1994. Fifth Printing. Trade paperback. 416, wraps, tables, Timeline. Recommended Reading. Index. Contains more than 300 separate items. The book exposes the dark, irreverent, misunderstood, and often tragicomic aspects of military operations during World War II. James F. Dunnigan (born 8 August 1943) is an author, military-political analyst, Defense and State Department consultant, and wargame designer currently living in New York City. Dunnigan regularly lectures at military and academic institutions, such as the Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group, in Newport, Rhode Island. Albert A. Nofi (born January 6, 1944), is an American military historian, defense analyst, and designer of board and computer wargaming systems. In 1999 Nofi became a research analyst with the Center for Naval Analyses, where he worked with game theorist Peter P. Perla. Nofi was the CNA field representative to the Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group, in Newport, Rhode Island, from 2001 until mid-2005, before returning to CNA. More
Saint-Paul S.A., Luxembourg: ASORL [Former Non-Commissioned Officers of the Reserve of Luxembourg], S.I.L.-Gare [Syndicat des Interets Locaux Luxembourge-Gare Local Civic Organizations], and C.E.B.A. [Society for the Study of the Battle of the Bulge] Copyright held by the Comite Luxembourgeois de la Voie de la Liberte, 1994. English Language Edition Presumed first edition and first printing thus. Trade Paperback. The format is approximately 6.375 inches by 8.875 inches. 226, [6] pages. Illustrated front cover. Occasional footnotes. Slight cover wear and soiling. Illustrations [photographs, line drawings]. Maps. Bibliography. This item has become very scarce, if not now at RARE status. This volume was issued in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the liberation of France, Belgium, and Luxembourg by the Allied forced in 1944. It contains sections from numerous contributors. The marker along the route was designed by the sculptor Francois-Victor Cogne. The marker has 48 Stars (one for each of the States in the United States at the time), four rectangles representing the 4 sections of the route [Ste-Mere-Eglise to Cherbourg; Ste-Mere-Eglise to Avranches, Avranches to Metz, and Metz to Luxembourg and Bastogne]. There is a place for the name of the road and date. There is a Torch of Liberty modeled after the Torch of the Statue of Liberty in New York City Harbor. There is a blank side for mileage, marker number, etc.) There is the Emblem of the 3rd US Army under the command of General George S. Patton, Jr. Finally there are waves representing the Atlantic Ocean. More
New York: Exeter Books, 1979. First U.S.? Edition. First? Printing. 128, illus., diagrams, index, pencil erasure on front endpaper, DJ worn and soiled, edge tears in rear DJ. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown, c1985. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 192 pages, 29 cm, illus. (some color) with photographs taken by Hollywood film director George Stevens from a film shot by him and his crew. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown, c1985. 29 cm, 192, illus. (some color) with photographs taken by Hollywood film director George Stevens from a film shot by him and his crew. More
New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Presumed First U.S. Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xvi, 1038, [2] pages. Volume 3, Part 2 ONLY. Color endpaper maps. Abbreviations. Maps (many fold-out with color). Footnote. Appendices. Bibliography. Series Prefixes and Delivery Groups used for SCU/SLU Signals to Command. Index. Correction slip for pages 865/6 present. DJ has some wear, tears and soiling. Sir Francis Harry Hinsley OBE (26 November 1918 – 16 February 1998) was a historian and cryptanalyst. He worked at Bletchley Park during the WWII and wrote widely on the history of international relations and British Intelligence during the WWII. Hinsley helped initiate a programme of seizing Enigma machines and keys from German weather ships, such as the Lauenburg, thereby facilitating Bletchley Park's resumption of breaking of German Naval Enigma. Hinsley produced, with others, the multi-volume official history British Intelligence in the Second World War, and argued that Enigma decryption speeded Allied victory by 1–4 years while not altering the war's outcome. More
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1994. First U.S. Edition. First Printing. 381, illus., endpaper maps, bibliography, index. More
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1976. First American Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. Format is about 6.75 inches by 8.75 inches. 159, [1] pages. Ex-library with usual library markings. Includes Illustrations, Abbreviations and explanations, Notes on the rules, The Rules, Pre-game check list, Index to the rules. Includes 20 black and white illustrations of individual armies. Label on fep. Label with name and address of previous owner pasted to top corner of the title page. Topics covered include Pont-de-la-Croix; The Wargames, Then and now; Boots, boots, boots, boots...; Wheels, wheels, wheels, wheels...; Battlegrounds; Instruments of war; Playing the game; and Disaster at D-Day--and other big games. Gavin Tudor Lyall (9 May 1932 – 18 January 2003) was an English author of espionage thrillers. From 1959 to 1962 he was a newspaper reporter and the aviation correspondent for the Sunday Times. His first novel, The Wrong Side of the Sky, was published in 1961, drawing from his personal experiences in the Libyan Desert and in Greece. It was an immediate success. Lyall then left journalism in 1963 to become a full-time author. Gavin Lyall was also a wargamer and appeared in "Battleground", a Tyne Tees television series on miniature war gaming in 1978. 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
Barcelona: Critica, 2003. Tercera edicion. Hardcover. In Spanish. 736 pages. Illustrations. Appendices. Bibliography, Indices. DJ dinged. Williamson Murray is an American historian. He has authored works on history and strategic studies, and served as an editor on other projects. In 1977 he joined Ohio State University as a military and diplomatic historian. He was awarded the Alumni Distinguished Teaching Award in 1987. He retired in 1995 as a professor emeritus of history. Allan R. Millett is a historian and a retired colonel in U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. He served for 37 years in the history department at Ohio State University. He holds the Stephen E. Ambrose Professorship at the University of New Orleans and is also the director of the Eisenhower Center for American Studies. In 2004, Millett was named the recipient of the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize from the Society for Military History for lifetime achievement. He received the Pritzker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing from the Pritzker Military Museum & Library in 2008. More
Shadow Mountain, 2006. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xii, 366 p. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. More
Sweetwater, TN: 101st Airborne Division Association Headquarters, c1972. Second Edition [stated]. Enlarged Edition [stated] Date per page v. Hardcover. xxix, [3], 830, [2] pages. Illustrations. Maps. Appendixes (including in part The Honor Roll, Battle Credits, Airborne Songs and Poems, and Abbreviations) DJ has some wear, tears, chips and soiling. DJ as Association sticker on front flap. Book has some edge soiling. Title page as Association sticker in publisher's location. The Active Division Chapter is by Judson J. Conner. Includes over 100 maps and dozens of illustrations. New York Times review: “For sheer adventure few writers of fiction surpass this real-life, name-and-date story of men bound together in a combat outfit.” “The 101st Airborne Division, which was activated on August 16, 1942, at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, has no history, but it has a rendezvous with destiny…” Maj.-Gen. William Lee commanding officer 1942. Rendezvous with Destiny: A History of the 101st Airborne Division, is unique among military histories. Never before has such a detailed study been made of the organization, training and operations of a single division of the United States Army. Each action in which the Division took part has been minutely studied and checked against available operations reports and the memories of the men who were there. From the beaches of Normandy to Hitler’s Berchtesgaden hideaway the 101st Airborne fought their way across Nazi-Occupied Europe to Victory. Leonard A. Rapport was an archivist for the National Archives. Before the war, Northwood worked with Time, Inc. He jumped into Europe with the 101st Airborne Division, and later coauthored the Division's official history, titled "Rendezvous with Destiny." More
Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1946. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xxi, [3], 470, [2] pages. Frontis illustration. Foreword by Harry L. Hopkins. Illustrations. Index. Rear board weakness. Some staining inside rear cover. Cover worn and some edges frayed. Inscription in German on fep signed with the initials K. A. Examination of example of Konrad Adenauer's signature leads to a presumption that these are his initials. Contains 62 speeches and introduction. Speeches include: New Deal Speech; First, Second, Third, Fourth Inaugural Address; Fireside Chats; Radio Appeals; Social Security; Armistice Day Address; Statue of Liberty; Jackson Day Dinner; Congress 150th anniversary; National Defense; Selective Service Registration Day; Four Freedoms Speech; Atlanta Carter; Progress of the War; State of the Union in Wartime; Coal Crisis; Christmas Eve Speech; War in the Pacific; Campaign Address; Eve of Death; etc. Photos contain Annual Message to Congress; Lend-Lease Bill; Roosevelt and Churchill; Reviews the War; AT Casablanca; Big Three Confer at Yalta. This includes the speech written on the eve of death, to have been delivered at the Jefferson Day Winner in Washington D.C. April 13 1945. Significantly, the last word in that message is "faith" More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1979. Reprint Edition. 26 cm, 798, illus., maps (some fold-out, 1 color in pocket), tables, charts, appendices, bibliographical note, glossary, index. More