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New York: The Free Press (Macmillan), 1985 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full black cloth, gilt titles on spine, xii, 436 pp, 8 ff b & w plates, notes, bibliography, index. Top edge water-spotted, previous owner's name & decorative rubber stamp on recto of ffep, else fine. DJ browned near edges, else fine; in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "Drawing both on written accounts of war over the past two centuries, and on spoken recollections of veterans from two World Wars, Korea, Vietnam, the Falklands, and the Arab-Israeli conflicts, Holmes searches for clues to understand combat psychology and its postwar emotional legacy. He also brings together a unique range of war memoirs, histories, anecdotes and battlefront news reports." Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First US Edition. . VG/Near Fine. 24 X 16 cm.
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Acts of War: The Behavior of Men in Battle
by Holmes, Richard
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The Chinese War Machine: A Technical Analysis of the Strategy and Weapons of the People's Republic of China
by Bonds, Ray (Ed.), Dr. James E. Dornan, Jr. & Nigel de Lee (Consultants)
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New York: Crescent Books, 1979 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Remainder. Sage green boards, gold foil titles on spine, green endpapers, 184 pp, color and b & w photos throughout, index. Remainder marks (red marker dots) on top & fore edges, else fine. DJ covered with adhesive plastic, else fine. Seven articles by various authors give a history of the Chinese armed forces and discuss foreign policy, organization of ground forces, defense strategy, air force, navy, and China's perception of threats to its future. an 8-page fold-out depicts China's major weapons. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First US Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 30½ X 22½ cm.
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Decisive Factors in Twenty Great Battles of the World
by Seymour, William
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New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Burgundy boards, gilt titles on spine, xi, 385 pp, maps, footnotes, bibliography, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Analyzes the battles of Zama, Hastings, Manzikert, Hattin, Bosworth, Naseby, Leuthen, Freeman's Farm, Bemis Heights, Borodino, Ligny, Waterloo, Alma, Seven Days' Battle, Gettysburg, Vicksburg campaign, Chickamuga-Chattanooga campaign, Isandhlwana, Tannenberg, Warsaw, and Dien Ben Phu. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First US Edition. . Fine/Fine. 25 X 16½ cm.
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Don't Bunch Up*: One Marine's Story (* and some notable exceptions)
by Van Zanten, William
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Hamden, CT: Archon (The Shoe String Press, Inc.), 1993 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Full grey cloth, gilt titles on spine, xv, 208 pp. Spine cocked, extremities lightly rubbed, a few leaves dog-eared, usual library markings including "Withdrawn" stamp. DJ spine is slighlty sunned, has two library stickers, else fine (has been in library plastic since new). According to the DJ, "Van Zanten's experience in Vietnam is very different from the pictures made in Hollywood. It had no fraggings. No dope. No disaffected GIs, racial strife or civilian slaughter. No stupid commanding officers or ignorant college-boy lieutenants. It had, instead, a soldierly professionalism built on sound and rigorous training. ...commitment of man to man and man to unit was total. There was a soldier's intimacy, and a soldier's humor. Together they meant survival, and that is what this memoir is about." Shipping weight 2 lbs..…
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From a Small Naval Observatory
by Thomas, Walter "R" (Capt.)
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Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1972 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Chestnut cloth, white titles on spine, xvii, 77, [1] pp. Gift incription on recto of ffep, corner of one leaf creased. DJ spine & top edge browning slightly; in Brodart archival cover. Captain Thomas presents his observations on how the Navy functions (and malfunctions) in twenty-four brief articles. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 22 X 14½ cm.
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Intelligence Warfare: Today's Advanced Technology Conflict
by Kennedy, William V., Col.
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New York: Crescent Books, 1983 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, gold foil titles on spine, black endpapers with text in purple on free endpapers, 208 pp, color and b & w photos throughout, index. Light bumps to edges of boards. DJ covered with adhesive plastic, else fine. All the latest cold war era spy technology. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. First US Edition. . Near Fine/Very Good. 30½ X 22½ cm.
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Naval Machinery (Parts 1, 2, 3 & 4: Naval Boilers; Naval Auxiliary Machinery; Naval Reciprocating Engines; Naval Turbines)
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Annapolis, MD: The United States Naval Institute, 1941 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full blue cloth, gilt titles, the four parts separately paginated, xi, 153, 178, 105, 187 pp, many technical illustrations in black & white and some with spot colors, 33 fold-out illustrations, each part indexed. Cloth worn, boards showing through bottom edge & corners, some neat pencil underlining. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. 3rd Ed. . Good/No dj. 24 X 15½ cm.
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Naval Operations Analysis
by Operations Analysis Study Group
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Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1989 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue boards, foil titles, black decoration, xv, 372, [1] pp, many figures (mostly graphs) in text, index. Corners lightly rubbed, else fine. Contents: formulation & solution of a problem; the decision; detection theory; radar detection theory & electronic warefare; lateral range curves & sweep width; search & patrol; barrier patrols; sonar detection; screening; anti-air warfare; mine warfare; system effectiveness & reliability; modern techniques of OA. Appendix: probability--the mathematics of uncertainty. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. 5th ptg. . Near Fine/No dj. 26 X 18½ cm.
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Power at the Pentagon
by Raymond, Jack
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New York, Evanston, & London: Harper & Row, 1964 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full black cloth, gilt titles on spine & device on front board, xv, 363, [3] pp, notes, index. Gift inscription recto ffep. DJ has tears and chips to 2 cm; in Brodart archival cover. According to the DJ, "Only twenty-five years ago U.S. land and air forces amounted to 'little more than a Swiss Guard.' With the awesome expansion of military power in the interests of national security during the cold war have come drastic changes in the American way of life. 'In the process,' Mr. Raymond says, 'we altered some of our traditions in the military, in diplomacy, in industry, science, education, politics and other aspects of our society. We placed tremendous peacetime authority in the hands of our defenders, military and civilian. That is what this book is about.' " Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 8 oz.). First…
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Regulations for the Army of the United States, 1913 Corrected to April 15, 1917 (Changes, Nos. 1 to 55)
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Washington, D. C: Government Printing Office, 1917 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full blue cloth, white titles on spine, 416 pp, index. Somewhat odd binding with double paste-downs, free endpapers and fly-leaves sewn into four-page gatherings, lacks ffep but otherwise good. Bears the signature dated 1918 of a sergeant with Motor Truck Company #345, Camp Grant, Ill., on front fly-leaf; a few blank passes are laid in. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . Fair/No dj. 23½ X 15½ cm.
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