Cunningham-Boothe, Ashley and Peter Farrar ( Editors)

British Forces in the Korean War

The British Korean Veterans Association, Halifax, Yorkshire, 1988. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Blue Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9780951262207 Titles, contents list, foreword & introduction to front. When the Republic of Korea was invaded by the north on 25 June 1950, the British government declared its support for the United Nations Security Council resolutions calling for assistance to resist aggression. The Royal Navy was quickly in action off the Korean coast and in August the first British troops arrived. A total of about 40,000 British troops served in the war. The Royal Navy, along with ships of Commonwealth countries, maintained a constant blockade of the west coast. Small units of the Royal Air Force had auxiliary duties. All the contributors to this book served in the Korean War. Their pieces cover a wide spectrum of the war on land and sea. There are personal memories from two women nurses. The appendices include a list of Army and Air Force units and Royal Navy ships; Victoria Cross and George Cross citations and unit citations by the President of the United States and also the Republic of Korea. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiii + 199. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Gilt titles spine with gilt emblem of British Korean Veterans Association front. illustrated by b/w. drawings, maps & photo's.. Includes appendices. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Military & Warfare; Military History; Korean War; British Korean Veterans Association; Korea; 1950s; History. ISBN: 0951262203. ISBN/EAN: 9780951262207. Inventory No: 5254.

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Fehrenbach, T. R.

This Kind of War: the Classic Korean War History

Brassey's, Washington, 1994. First Thus, Hardcover (Original Grey Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. 9780028811130 Titles, contents list & foreword to front. "This Kind of War" by T. R. Fehrenbach is a classic, hard-hitting Korean War history that offers both a panoramic overview and a "you were there" account, focusing on the personal narratives of small-unit commanders and troops. The book is organized chronologically into three parts with 40 digestible chapters. The narrative follows the North Korean invasion in June 1950 and the entry of United Nations forces led by the United States soon thereafter. Although This Kind of War starts with a quotation from Sun Tzu, Fehrenbach adopts a Clausewitzian approach. He understands the Korean conflict not as a test of power but of wills, in particular, of American will. The Communists, he writes, doubted that the United States “had the will to react quickly and practically and without panic in a new situation.� They were wrong, but it cost ca. 37,000 American lives to prove it. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xi + 483. Dust Jacket is fully intact, no tears or chips, but carries signs of light wear to top and bottom edges, corners etc. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Red titles spine. Includes chronology, glossary of weapons & index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Military & Warfare; Military History; Korean War; War History; Korea; 1950s; History. ISBN: 0028811135. ISBN/EAN: 9780028811130. Inventory No: 5257.

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Keywords: BZDB227 Military & Warfare/History/Military History/Korean War/War History Military & Warfare; Military History; Korean War; War History; Korea; 1950s; History. Unbranded ISBN: 0028811135 EAN: 9780028811130 T. R. Fehrenbach This Kind of War: the Classi

Grey, Jeffrey

The Commonwealth Armies and the Korean War

Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1988. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Red Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9780719026119 One of a series by M.U.P. entitled War, Armed Forces and Society under the editorship of Ian F. W. Beckett. The Korean War marked an important point in the development of Commonwealth defence co-peration. World War II had accelerated the loosening of such ties, and the immediate post-war period confirmed the process. Militarily the Commonwealth retained a capacity to interact effectively on the battlefield even when the political inclination was waning. This is a study of alliance relations, both between the national forces of the Commonwealth countries involved and between the Commonwealth armies and the Americans. It focuses on problems of command, administration, logistics, finance and manpower, as well as operations. It concentrates upon the co-peration, or otherwise, of forces in the field and the policies directly affecting them, in the belief that the military effectiveness of allied forces is the real test of success in coalition warfare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xii + 244. in archive acetate film protection. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Gilt titles spine. illustrated by b/w. photographs, maps & diagrams. Includes appendices, notes, bibliography & index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Military & Warfare; Military History; Korean War; Commonwealth Armies; Korea; 1950s; History. ISBN: 0719026113. ISBN/EAN: 9780719026119. Inventory No: 5256.

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Halliday, Jon & Bruce Cumings

Korea: The Unknown War

Viking/Penguin, London, 1988. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Black Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. 9780670819034 Grey end-papers. Titles, contents list, chronology & introduction to front. "Korea: The Unknown War," by Jon Halliday and Bruce Cumings, is a detailed account of the Korean War, exploring its history from the Japanese annexation of Korea to the war's aftermath, including the shortcomings and atrocities committed by both sides, and advocating for a unified Korea. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the Korean War, examining its origins, key events, and consequences,including the military campaigns, the political landscape, the human cost of the conflict, the Cold War context and the impact of outside intervention. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 224 pages. Dust Jacket un-clipped. White titles spine. illustrated by b/w. photo's.. Includes index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Military & Warfare; Military History; Korean War; War History; Korea; 1950s; History. ISBN: 0670819034. ISBN/EAN: 9780670819034. Inventory No: 5252.

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Keywords: BZDB227 Military & Warfare/History/Military History/Korean War/War History Military & Warfare; Military History; Korean War; War History; Korea; 1950s; History. Unbranded ISBN: 0670819034 EAN: 9780670819034 Jon & Bruce Cumings Halliday Korea: The Unknow

Hanoteau, Jean (editor) & Hamish Miles (translator)

Memoirs of General de Caulaincourt Duke of Vicenza. Volume Two: The Retreat from Moscow 1812. [Cassell Pocket Library].

Cassell, London, 1950. First Thus, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. red end-papers; Napoleon's Grande Armée reached Moscow on 14 September 1812. However, the army was already drastically reduced by skirmishes with the Russians, disease (principally typhus), desertion, and long communication lines. The army spent a month in Moscow but was ultimately forced to march back westward. It started to suffer from cold, starvation and disease, and was constantly harassed by Cossacks and Russian partisans, resulting in its utter destruction as a fighting force. Although Caulaincourt was openly critical of Napoleon's Russian campaign nonetheless the Emperor selected him to accompany him on his retreat & hurried return to Paris. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 171 pages. faint splash mark to rear cover. Previous owner's book-plate laid in. Gilt titles spine & front. Includes index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Military & Warfare; Russian Campaign; Napoleon; French Invasion of Russia; History. Inventory No: 4400.

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Keywords: BZDB227 Military/Warfare/History/Napoleon/Russian Campaign/French Invasion of Russia Military & Warfare; Russian Campaign; Napoleon; French Invasion of Russia; History. Unbranded Jean (editor) & Hamish Miles (translator) Hanoteau Memoirs of General de C

Hardie, Dr. Robert

The Burma-Siam Railway: The Secret Diary of Dr. Robert Hardie 1942-45

Imperial War Museum, London, 1983. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth), Illustrated by: Dr. Robert Hardie. Good Condition/Very Good. 9780901627261 map endpapers; Some 61,000 Allied prisoners of war were forced by their Japanese captors to work on the notorious Burma-Siam railway. More than 16,000 died from sickness, exhaustion and malnutrition, an average of one victim for every 28 yards of track. But for the skill, ingenuity and devotion of the Allied medical officers and orderlies the death toll would have been even higher. In appalling conditions, using surgical instruments improvised out of scrap metal and with totally inadequate supplies of drugs and dressings, they fought to stem the ravages of beriberi, cholera, malaria, tropical ulcers, dysentery and other diseases. Robert Hardie, a medical officer serving with the Fed rated Malay States Volunteer Force, spent over three years as a prisoner of war on the railway after the fall of Singapore. Throughout this harrowing period he kept a diary, which he managed to conceal from the Japanese despite numerous searches. It is a remarkable contemporary record written by a cultivated, objective and sensitive observer, whose delight in nature was a major sustaining influence during the darkest days of his captivity. In his efforts to combat disease and alleviate suffering, Hardie had to contend not only with the indifference, incompetence and unpredictability of the Japanese but also with a certain amount of apathy and selfishness on his own side. His diary, which has an immediacy inevitably lacking in other more retrospective accounts, vividly conveys the hardships, monotony and humiliations of life in the squalid and overcrowded camps which marked the course of the 'railway of death'. The text is illustrated with Robert Hardie's own wartime sketches and watercolours. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 192 pages. Dust Jacket is fully intact, no tears or chips, but carries signs of wear to corners. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Gilt titles spine. Multiple copies available this title. black cloth but with light sun fading to top edges of covers. Includes appendix & biographical index. Illustrator: Dr. Robert Hardie. Quantity Available: 2. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Military & Warfare; Second World War; Far East; Death Railway; 1940s; Medicine & Health. ISBN: 0901627267. ISBN/EAN: 9780901627261. Inventory No: 2476.

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Keywords: BZDB227 Burma-Siam Railway/Second World War/Far East/Malaya/Japanese Prisoners of War/Death Railway Military & Warfare; Second World War; Far East; Death Railway; 1940s; Medicine & Health. Dr. Robert Hardie Unbranded ISBN: 0901627267 EAN: 9780901627261

Kardorff, Ursula von

Berliner Aufzeichnungen 1942-1945

Nymphenburger, Munich, 1976. First Edition, Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. written by a German journalist and writer - a striking and lively picture of life in Berlin during the war, relating life on the edge, the exchange between air raids and boisterous celebrations, the pain of parting from friends and finally, after 20 July 1944, the merciless wave of persecution; magazine article (German text) about author tipped-in to front endpaper; Size: Octavo (standard book size). 336 pages. Text is in German. Red titles spine;. illustrated by b/w. photo's.;. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Military & Warfare; Germany; 1940s; German Language; Biography & Autobiography. Inventory No: 2455.

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Keywords: BZDB227 Berlin/Second World War/Wartime Berlin/Germany Military & Warfare; Germany; 1940s; German Language; Biography & Autobiography. Unbranded Ursula von Kardorff Berliner Aufzeichnungen 1942-1945 Biography & Autobiography

Melville, Andrew (1624-1706)

Memoirs of Sir Andrew Melvill translated from the French and The wars of the seventeenth century by Torick Ameer-Ali with a foreword by Sir Ian Hamilton.

John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1918. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Blue Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. b/w. fold-out frontis. plan of the siege of Ypres 1648; titles; contents & illustrations lists; forword & introduction to front pages."Memoirs of Sir Andrew Melvill" offers a firsthand account of the military and political landscape of 17th-century Europe, as experienced by a Scottish soldier serving in various continental armies. The memoirs detail his service under prominent commanders like Gustavus Adolphus and Prince Maurice of Nassau, providing insights into battles, tactics, and the broader context of religious and political conflicts of the time. They also offer a unique perspective on the experiences of a mercenary soldier, including the challenges of maintaining honour and loyalty amidst shifting alliances and limited resources. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xvi + 297. Gilt titles spine (faded); blind-stamped titles front with three blind-stamped outer double borders. Light bumping to outer corners. b/w. illustrations, maps & plans (several fold-out). Includes appendix & index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Military & Warfare; 17th century wars; 17th century Europe; Memoirs; 17th century; History. Inventory No: 5279.

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Portway, Colonel Donald

Talks to Future Officers

W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. Cambridge, 1943. Third Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition. Foreword by Major-General G. H. Addison; These talks were originally prepared as a series of lectures and were intended for cadets resident at Cambridge under the War Office scheme for the training of future Gunner, Sapper and Signals officers at certain selected Universities. The author was responsible for working out the details of this scheme, but few of the lectures could be delivered as he was posted elsewhere. It was felt that they might be of interest to a wider circle. They are necessarily conversational and didactic in style and make no claim to literary merit. As the cadets at Cambridge University are destined for the Royal Engineers, that Corps receives special mention in many of the talks, but no technical details are included and they apply with slight changes to other branches of the Army and even to the other two Services. Subjects covered include: Command of Men; The Duties of an Officer;. Germany and the German; On Writing and Reading English; The Downfall of France & the Position of Britain; General Gordon; Pacifism, Militarism & The Issue; and The Real Cure for War. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 148 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. no Dust Jacket as published.. Black titles spine, red titles front. Includes index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Military & Warfare; Cambridge University; Cambridge University Cadets; World War II; Britain/UK; 1940s; History. Inventory No: 3827.

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Reid, Ian

A Game Called Survival: The Story of Betty di San Marzano and Her Children in Wartime Italy

Evans Brothers Ltd, London, 1980. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. 9780237455279 On September I943 Italy concluded an Armistice with the Allies and was officially no longer fighting on the side of the Germans. But the wartime troubles of Betty di San Marzano, an Englishwoman married to an Italian and living near Spoleto, and her four children were only just beginning. In danger from both the German forces and revengeful local fascists, they had to leave their home and take refuge in a cramped loft in a tiny hamlet, and live a hand-to-mouth existence with the local peasants. Only to her eldest son could Betty explain the danger they were in: to the other children it must appear to be only a game - a game called survival. Ian Reid follows the fortunes and vicissitudes of the San Marzano family throughout the turbulent events of I943 and' 44 and tells of their often amusing, sometimes dangerous adventures helping escaped prisoners-of-war to rejoin the Allied forces, their return home only to flee again to escape the retreating German army, and the part they played in the almost farcical liberation of Spoleto. How Betty managed to keep her family together, and safe, despite the very real difficulties and dangers makes a delightful and heart-warming story. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 144 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage, other than extremities which are s faded by sun exposure; now in archive acetate film protection. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Previous owner's signature in ink to fep. plus words: "Betty died 11th February 1987" under illustrations list & last page of book.. Gilt titles spine. orange cloth; illustrated by b/w. drawings, map & photo's.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Military & Warfare; Second World War; Italy; 1940s; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0237455277. ISBN/EAN: 9780237455279. Inventory No: 4243.

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Keywords: BZDB227 Military & Warfare; Second World War; Italy; 1940s; Biography & Autobiography. Unbranded ISBN: 0237455277 EAN: 9780237455279 Ian Reid A Game Called Survival: The Story of Betty di San Marzano and Her Children in Wartime Italy Second World War

Stokesbury, James L.

A Short History of the Korean War

Morrow, New York, 1988. Reprint, Softcover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. 9780688095130 Enlighteing account of a most unpredictable military conflict which traces the background of the situation during the crucial. years prior to July and August 1950 when the N. Koreans came very close to taking over all of S. Korea. The author explains why U.S. involvement in the UN "peace action" in Korean was probably unavoidable. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 276 pages. No Dust Jacket as published. Red titles spine;. illustrated by b/w. maps . Includes suggestions for further reading & index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Military & Warfare; Military History; Korean War; War History; Korea; 1950s; History. ISBN: 0688095135. ISBN/EAN: 9780688095130. Inventory No: 5258.

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Keywords: BZDB227 Military & Warfare/History/Military History/Korean War/War History Military & Warfare; Military History; Korean War; War History; Korea; 1950s; History. Unbranded ISBN: 0688095135 EAN: 9780688095130 James L. Stokesbury A Short History of the Kor

Winchester, Barry

Eighty four days: A Rhyming Appreciation and Comment on the Battle of Britain

Selma Press, Horsted Keynes, Sussex, 1974. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. illustrated end-papers; foreword by Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park; contents list; a mixture of verse and prose about the Battle of Britain; this collection is largely based on the personal experiences of a boy who was fifteen years of age during the Battle. He saw much of the daylight fighting from either the saddle of a grocer's delivery tricycle in the streets of North London or garden shelters at the rear of countless homes in the Enfield district. The Messerschmitt 110 that crashed into the sewage farm at Ponders End is no myth. Along with the Junkers 86 mentioned in ‘ONE OF THE FEW’, the Dornier that crashed at Southbury Road and the Stuka that blew up at Epping, mentioned in ‘ONE OF THE MANY’, these incidents were eagerly visited by the writer on his beloved bike in accordance with the current teenage pastime of 1940. Only actual characters have been changed on occasions as the writer felt prudent in these attempts to portray most aspects of the momentous Battle he witnessed. He had no true grasp of its importance at the time , The same could be truthfully said of most of the adults around him. By September 1940, Douglas Bader, Stanford Tuck, Sailor Malan and countless other pilots, had become household words to the populace at large. To those of us who were either schoolboys, or just out of school, they were idols to which no modern pop star could even begin to compare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxiii + 175. some white marks to covers. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. wear to edges (especially top edge) & some very small holes to spine; now in archive acetate film protection. Gilt titles spine. blue cloth; illustrated by b/w. drawings. Includes appendices: (a facsimile of the 32-page Ministry of Information Booklet on the Battle of Britain & facsimiles of Anti-Invasion leaflets issued nationwide.). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military & Warfare; Air Warfare; Battle of Britain; Aviation; Britain/UK; 1940s; Poetry. Inventory No: 4235.

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Keywords: BZDB227 Military/Warfare/Second World War/Air Warfare/Battle of Britain/Poetry/Aviation Military & Warfare; Air Warfare; Battle of Britain; Aviation; Britain/UK; 1940s; Poetry. Unbranded Barry Winchester Eighty four days: A Rhyming Appreciation and Comm