SIMPSON, JOHN.

The Wars Against Saddam. Taking The Hard Road to Baghdad.

London. Macmillan, 2003., The respected BBC foreign correspondent writes on the 20 years he has reported on Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Sadly, friends & colleagues have been killed while working along side him. 415 pages including index. 32 b.& w. photographs. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w. which isn't price clipped.(£20.) 9½" x 6¼". ISBN 1405032642. 2003

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Book number: 3425

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: Iraq Saddam Hussein Baghdad John Simpson Saudi Desert Gulf War Kurds

SMURTHWAITE, DAVID; NICHOLLS, MARK; AND WASHINGTON, LINDA.

AGAINST ALL ODDS. The British Army of 1939-40.

London. National Army Museum, 1990., New edition, first published 1989. Includes the "Evacuation of Dunkirk." 96 pages, with many b./ w. photographs & some illustrations in colour. Contents clean but laminated cover is slightly, faintly scratched though it is hardly noticable. 30.75cm. x 21.75cm ISBN 0901721174. 1990

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Book number: 7628

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: World War2 Dunkirk

WARNER, OLIVER.

NELSON'S BATTLES.

London. B. T. Batsford, 1965, Ex reference library. 254 pages. 58 b./w. photographs. 5 maps. Contents near fine apart from library stamps and 35p written in ink on f.e.p. Cover near fine, d./w. near fine but bottom edge was folded under to fit inside library sleeve. 24.25cm. x 16.5cm. 1965

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Book number: 5673

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: Nelson Trafalgar Napoleon HMS Victory

WHITE, TERRY.

FIGHTING SKILLS OF THE S.A.S. AND SPECIAL FORCES.

London. Magpie Books, 1997., Softback. First published Central Random House, 1993. 416 pages, with an appendix on the world's major special operational forces. Illustrated by Tony Randell. Cover is slightly worn & creased. 8½" x 5¼". ISBN 1854876767. 1997

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Book number: 2452

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: S.A.S. Spetsnaz Royal Marines military army soldiers

WILLIAM OF GERMANY, EX CROWN PRINCE.

I SEEK THE TRUTH. A Book on Responsibility for the War.

London. Faber & Gwyer, 1926., Translated from the German by Ralph Butler. First published in 1925, this is the first English edition. No d./w. Although the contents of the book are clean and firm, there are signs of old damp around edges of the dark maroon cover both back & front, and this has extended to the edges of endpapers, but only about ¼". Sadly the half title has been torn out roughly & its creased, but its included. 325 pages. B./w. frontispiece is portrait of Prince William, the author. 9" x 5.75". No d./w. 1926

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Book number: 1990

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: Germany Ist W./W. Kaiser Wilhelm Reichstag Bismarck

WILLIAMS, CAPTAIN JOHN

The Bengal Native Infantry. An Historical Account From Its First Formation In 1757 To 1796. With Supplementary Notes To The Year 1814..

London. Frederick Muller, 1970., Ex Library. Limited edition of 550 copies. Facsimile of the first edition published in 1817 by John Murray. Williams is described as "An Old and Zealous Soldier of the Honourable East India Company's Service On the Bengal Establishment." 388 pages. 4 colour plates of Indian soldiers in uniform. 8½" x 5¼". Near fine apart from a Liverpool library book plate, "Sale 1995" stamped in red on f.e.p. & Liverpool reference library label on back e./p. D./w. is near fine but bottom edge was cut off to fit inside library sleeve, its slightly worn top front corner & faintly marked on spine where small library label used to be. Not price clipped.( £5.00 in 1970). SBN 584109075. 1970

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Book number: 2782

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: India Indian Army Bengal East India Company Native Infantry Capt. John Williams

WILMOT, CHESTER.

THE STRUGGLE FOR EUROPE.

London. Reprint Society, 1954., Reprint, first published 1952 by William Collins. 848 pages, including bibliography & index. B./w. frontispiece. 50 maps, & endpages illustrated with maps. 20.25cm. x 13.5cm. Near fine black cloth cover. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks. D./w. slightly worn on edges, ends of spine, and corners. 1954

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Book number: 7751

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: world war 2 w./w.II Eisenhower Montgomery Churchill Bradley Hitler Nazis Goering Himmler

YOUNG, BRIGADIER PETER.

A DICTIONARY OF BATTLES. 1816 - 1976.

London. New English Library, 1977., Ex Lib. Usual library stamps & part of library label still stuck on f.e.p., the spine has 2 ¼" nicks on top, & the book (which is thick) has been bent back, causing the spine to be wrinkled from the middle to the bottom o./w. near fine. The d./w. is inside a protective cover, so apart from fading on the spine, slight wear on top of spine & along front & back edges, in very good condition. 666 pages, including 37 maps. This was the first book in a series planned to cover all battles. SBN 0450028429. 1977

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Book number: 1252

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: battles conflicts battlegrounds warfare