Search Results: Authors starting with W from Military History Books

(Subject: Colonial & Other Wars - The American Civil War) The Battles of Antietam, Gettysburg, Valley Forge, Brandywine celebrated in verse and descriptive chapters. The author looks at the causes and progress of the war and contains miscellaneous notes. Presented in red cloth, spine faded, bright gilt titles with two gilt vignettes on top board. (Published: 1895) (Publisher: Henry T Coates & Co) (Pagination: 222pp, 66 photogravure ills) (Condition: scarce, red cloth, gilt titles & page edges, g/vg) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) Traces the development of sea travel from the 14th century to the 1980s and the role ships play in transportation, trade, exploration, piracy and wars. Pressures of expanding commercial enterprise led to many advances in the development of faster ships with better reliability leading to the adoption of steam propulsion, then to iron construction. Larger vessels were built, Steamship lines were founded and luxury liners constructed. (Published: 1990) (Publisher: Portland House) (ISBN: 0517017547) (Pagination: Large Format. 295pp illustrations.) (Condition: Very good in dw) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: History & Development of Warfare - General) The author explores one of the paradoxes of history: the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests.She identifies the hallmark of folly in government from the dispersion of the ten tribes of Israel to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor: the self destructive act carried out despite the availability of a feasible alternative. Tuchman illuminates four decisive turning points in history and takes us into the lives of six Popes who by carrying the secular spirit of their age to excess not only brought the Holy See into disrepute but broke apart the unity of Christendom. (Published: 1990) (Publisher: Cardinal Publishing) (ISBN: 0747401934) (Pagination: 559pp.) (Condition: Well used with marks and creases on cover.) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Political & Biographies - General) Mass market paperback. Well used but unmarked. Useful study copy. A biography of General Joseph W. Stilwell and a study of American - Sino relations between the fall of the Manchu Empire after the 1911 Revolution, and the rise of Mao Tse-Tung in the 1940s. Stilwell loved China and served there during the '20s and '30s. He returned to command the China-Burma theater during the war with Japan. In 1944 Chiang Kai-shek asked President Roosevelt if Stilwell could be released from the US Army to become Commander-in Chief of China's armed forces (Published: 1981) (Publisher: Futura Publishers) (ISBN: 0708819907) (Pagination: 794pp illustrations, maps) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War I - General) No d/w, faded red boards, signs of use but useful reference copy. The first battles of the First World War, Plans and military operations on the Eastern and Western Fronts. Includes the battles at Liege, Mons, Charleroi, Tannenberg. (Published: 1964) (Publisher: Reprint Society) (Pagination: 499pp, 18 ills, 8 maps, sources, notes, index) (Condition: Good in faded red boards) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Colonial & Other Wars ) From the "first salute" given to the US on 16th November, 1776 when a ship flying the ensign of the Continental Congress (as the rebellious colonies called themselves) arrived at St Eustatius in the West Indies, to the last campaign of the War of Independence five years later. The author Moves away from the familiar land battles of the Revolution, focussing largely on the machinations of the French and Dutch, the conflicts of English princes and politicians, and the victories and disasters at sea. (Published: 1988) (Publisher: Knopf Publishing Inc) (ISBN: 0394553330) (Pagination: 346pp ills) (Condition: vg in vg dw) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Colonial & Other Wars - The American Civil War) Hildebrand fought in the American Civil War, joining the Confederate Army he became a guerilla who was greatly feared in southeast Missouri. He began a reign of killings and terror that continued throughout and after the war until his death in 1872. He killed many people with his rifle, which he had named "Kill Devil". He also served with the notorious Rebel raider, William Quantrill. (Published: 1984) (Publisher: Leather Stocking Books) (ISBN: 0897690761) (Pagination: viii + 184pp, 6 illustrations, bibliography) (Condition: Card covers. storage wear only) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Military Reports) Technical report 855. An official US Army study report. It was from this research that a comprehensive list of commands was recommended for use by NCO tank commanders. (Published: 1989) (Publisher: US Army Research Inst.) (Pagination: x + 27pp + 40pp appendices, tables) (Condition: covers rubbed ow vg) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Aviation - Pre World War II ) Mainly concerned with the 120 years from 1783 to 1903, from the first balloon flights to the first aeroplanes. In between are the experiments with gliders and airships with the early internal combustion engine and with other forms of power, as well as work on kites, rockets and parachutes. (Published: 1974) (Publisher: Osprey Publishing) (ISBN: 0850451655) (Pagination: 191pp illustrations) (Condition: Spine faded ow Good) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Aviation - General) Louis Bleriot set a record of 47.65 mph at the world's first aviation meeting at Rheims. Not until 1921 did the air speed record overtake the land speed record. The author tells the story of the pursuit of speed in the air with accounts of the Federation Auronautique Internationale, the Wright Brothers and Bleriot, the rise of the monoplane, the Schneider Trophy races and the dominance of the sea plane, the Messerschmitt and the Spitfire, the development of turbojets, breaking the sound barrier, and onward from Mach 1 to Mach 6 (Published: 1974) (Publisher: Osprey Publishing) (ISBN: 0850451752) (Pagination: 192pp, 125 photos, 6 ills, index) (Condition: Good in good dw) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: European Conflicts & The Napoleonic Wars) The first work to examine the French struggle to combat guerilla warfare on a provincial level. The author focuses specifically on Aragon, the most succesful of the French occupations in Spain. He makes use of archival sources to evaluate the occupation policy in the Ebro River Valley, a policy that concentrated on a 'military solution' to counterinsurgency and pacification. (Published: 1985) (Publisher: Scholarly Resources Inc.) (ISBN: 084202218X) (Pagination: xx + 260pp, 16 maps, 11 tables.) (Condition: Small tear on d/w bumped corners. text very good.) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War II - General) A day to day account of the 'Six Hundred days' during which Mussolini struggled to re-build fascism from a lakeside Villa in Northern Italy, up to his capture by Partisans in April 1945. (Published: 1966) (Publisher: Pelican Books) (Pagination: 378pp) (Condition: Good in card covers, pages slightly browning) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Colonial & Other Wars - The American Civil War) American Civil War general Ramseur served with distinction in the Seven Days Battles. He was wounded at Malvern Hill and again at Chancellorsville, and for a third time at Spotsylvania. He fought in the Valley campaign and was killed in action at Cedar Creek. He was considered an outstanding commander by Robert E Lee. (Published: 1995) (Publisher: University North Carolina) (ISBN: 0807845221) (Pagination: xiv + 232pp, 48 ills, bibliography, index) (Condition: shelf wear only, vg) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Colonial & Other Wars - The American Civil War) American Civil War general Ramseur served with distinction in the Seven Days Battles. He was wounded at Malvern Hill and again at Chancellorsville, and for a third time at Spotsylvania. He fought in the Valley campaign and was killed in action at Cedar Creek. He was considered an outstanding commander by Robert E Lee. (Published: 1985) (Publisher: University North Carolina) (ISBN: 0807816272) (Pagination: xiv + 232pp, 48 ills, bibliography, index) (Condition: dw torn in storage ow near fine) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) The history of the United States Navy, 1890-1990. The author looks at its development into the most powerful navy in the world, and how its objectives and strategy developed around offensive control based on the battleship. He examines the requirement to build an offensive fleet, and the impact of new technologies that required radical re-organisation and changes to fleet composition (Published: 1994) (Publisher: Stanford University Press) (ISBN: 0804722730) (Pagination: 536pp, maps) (Condition: Very good in d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War II - Pacific) Widely regarded as the definitive assessment of the events surrounding one of the most daring naval operations of all time. The definitive book on Pearl Harbor published for the 75th anniversary (December 7, 2016) of the "date which will live in infamy". At 7:53 am, December 7, 1941, America's national consciousness and confidence were rocked as the first wave of Japanese warplanes took aim at the U.S. Naval fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor. (Published: 1982) (Publisher: Michael Joseph) (ISBN: 0718120906) (Pagination: xiii+ 873pp, 34 photos, maps, bibliography) (Condition: Good in creased d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare) Creases on edge of dustjacket. Dust marks on top edge. The history of the remarkable Soviet espionage organization of Richard Sorge who acted as an unofficial aid to the German Ambassador in Tokyo in WWII. He and his ring passed countless vital military secrets to their Russian masters right up to Sorge's arrest in 1944. The ring was one of the most successful spying networks of all time. (Published: 1984) (Publisher: McGraw Hill) (ISBN: 0070506779) (Pagination: xxxii + 595pp, 20 ills, notes, bibliography, index) (Condition: Good) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War II - Africa/Middle East) Faded spine of d/w. Light foxing on page edges. The author was Rommel's personal aid in N Africa in WWII and he later went on to commanded a Battalion in "Special Group 88". He took part in the battles from El Aghelia to El Alamein, as well as Tobruk, and the Kassarine Pass. A re-issue of a famous account. (Published: 1991) (Publisher: Noontide Press) (ISBN: 0939482398) (Pagination: 240pp, 11 illustrations, 5 maps) (Condition: good in dw) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: The Third Reich - General) In 1934 the Nazis set up a special court to deal with treason against the German state. Between 1934 and 1945 this court - the "Volksgerichtshof" or "People's Court" - condemned more than 12,000 civilians to death and sent thousands more to concentration camps. Yet the People's Court was never indicted, either at Nuremberg or in subsequent trials. The author traces the roots of the Court, its establishment and procedures, and assesses the controversial question of the German judiciary's complicity with the Nazi regime. (Published: 1989) (Publisher: I. B. Tauris) (ISBN: 1850431108) (Pagination: 256pp.) (Condition: pages browning. Good in d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War II - Africa/Middle East) The author was Rommel's personal aid in N Africa in WWII and he later went on to commanded a Battalion in "Special Group 88". He took part in the battles from El Aghelia to El Alamein, as well as Tobruk, and the Kassarine Pass.3rd printing of the first edition. (Published: 1951) (Publisher: Harrap & Co Ltd) (Pagination: 240pp, 11 illustrations, 5 maps) (Condition: orange cloth grazed at one corner ow g) UL-XXXXXX