Storia militare

The Last Nazi: the Life and Times of Dr. Joseph Mengele

Astor, Gerald · 1985 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

NY: Donald Fine, 1985. 1st printing of 1st edition., A clean fine trade hard cover book/ edgewear & lightly rubbed otherwise good+ dust jacket., Astor argues that Mengele reflected the mainstream of his nation and its prevailing moods, attitudes and even scientific philosophy,...

Churchill and Hitler in Victory and Defeat

Strawson, John · 1998 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$4.50 (€4.08 | £3.41 | ¥718)

NY: Fromm, 1998. 1st printing of 1st US edition., Ink notation by previous owner on title page and page xvii otherwise a sound clean, unmarked, complete reading copy hard cover book in fine dust jacket., A study of the contrasts between the two great leaders. Churchill probabl...

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Lawson, Capt Ted W Edited By Bob Considine · 1953 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY: Random House/Landmark, 1953. 5th printing., Slight shelfwear otherwise near fine dust jacket. / edgewear & closed tears otherwise good dust jacket., Landmark Young Reader Series #35. Lawson participated in Doolittle's daring raid over Tokyo on April 18, 1942.

The Victors: Eisenhower and His Boys: the Men of World War II

Ambrose, Stephen E · 1998 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$5.50 (€4.99 | £4.16 | ¥878)

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1998. 1st printing of 1st edition., A clean fine trade hard cover book in fine dust jacket., Ambrose's account of the war in Europe from D-Day on June 6, 1944, to the surrender on May 7, 1945, illustrated.

For Country, Cause & Leader: the Civil War Journal of Charles B. Haydon

Haydon, Charles B Edited By Stephen W Sears · 1993 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$9.00 (€8.17 | £6.81 | ¥1,437)

NY: Ticknor & Fields, 1993. 1st printing of 1st edition., Light foxing along page edges (not effecting text or margins) otherwise very good hard cover book/ slight edgewear otherwise near fine dust jacket., Haydon served during the first three years of the Civil War and fought...

The Book of War: 25 Centuries of Great War Writing

Keegan, John · 1999 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$9.00 (€8.17 | £6.81 | ¥1,437)

NY: Viking, 1999. 1st printing of 1st edition., A clean A clean fine trade hard cover book in fine dust jacket., Beginning with Thucydides and his description of the formidable Greek phalanx and continuing up to the Iraqi war, Keegan describes breakthroughs in the art of makin...

Infantry Regiments of the United States Army: a Complete Guide to the History, Decorations, Honors and Colors of Each Infantry Regiment in the Regular Army

Gallagher, Kenneth S & Robert L Pigeon Editors · 1986 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY: Military Press/ Crown Books, 1986. A previous owner's ink address stamp on front end paper otherwise a clean fine trade hard cover book in fine dust jacket., A comprehensive historical lineage of each infantry regiment of the U.S. Army, illustrated.

Union Now With Britain

Streit, Clarence K · 1941 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$3.00 (€2.72 | £2.27 | ¥479)

Garden City: Doubleday, 1941. Fine trade hard cover book/ no dust jacket., A proposal for a Union of all English speaking countries to counter the threat of Nazi domination in Europe.

Germany's Drive to the West (Drang Nach Westen): a Study of Germany's Western War Aims During the First World War

Gatzke, Hans W · 1966 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1966. 2nd printing., A clean, unmarked, complete near fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., In addition to German's expansionist aims during World War I, German foreign & domestic policy was significantly affected by its...

Pigboat 39: an American Goes to War

Gugliotta, Bobette · 1984 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1984. A clean fine trade hard cover book in fine dust jacket., The U.S.S. S-39 began World War II on Dec. 8, 1941 when it received word of the attack on Pearl Harbor while anchored at the Philippine harbor of Masbate.

Flyboys

Bradley, James · 2003 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$6.00 (€5.44 | £4.54 | ¥958)

Boston: Little Brown, 2003. 1st printing of 1st edition., A clean fine trade hard cover book in fine dust jacket., The story of the aviators who bombed Chichi Jima, were captured and then disappeared.

Guerilla Strategies: an Historical Anthology From the Long March to Afghanistan

Chaliand, Gerard Editor · 1982 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1982. book club edition., Spine slightly canted otherwise very good hard cover book/ edgewear & some very small chips otherwise good dust jacket., A collection of essays covering all aspects of revolutionary war & counterinsurgency.

Lee's Miserables: Life in the Army of Northern Virginia From the Wilderness to Appomattox

Power, J Tracy · 1998 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998. 3rd printing., Fine trade hard cover book in fine dust jacket.

Crossing the Deadly Ground: United States Army Tactics, 1865-1899

Jamieson, Perry D · 1994 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1994. 1st printing of 1st edition., A clean A clean fine trade hard cover book in fine dust jacket., The Civil War demonstrated the effectiveness of modern weapon technology in defensive positions. All branches of the Army concluded tha...

Turning the World Upside Down: Inside the American Revolution

Tebbel, John · 1993 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY: Orion Books, 1993. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine hard cover book/ light scratch on front dust jacket panel otherwise near fine dust jacket., History is written by the winners but sometimes in a biased fashion. So Tebbel decided to get as close to the truth as possible...

The Great Offensive

Hindus, Maurice · 1933 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$6.00 (€5.44 | £4.54 | ¥958)

NY: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1933. 2nd printing., Small tear on dust jacket spine otherwise very good+ hard cover book/ no dust jacket.

Red Dragon Rising: Communist China's Military Threat to America

Timperlake, Edward & William C Triplett II · 1999 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

NY: Regnery, 1999. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine hard cover book/ light scuff on front dust jacket panel otherwise near fine dust jacket., China's political, military & covert actions towards the United States.

Deutschlands Ehr Im Weltenmeer

Von Wener, R · 1902 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Berlin: Ulrich Meyer Verlagsbuchhdlg. GmbH, 1902. 1st printing of 1st edition., Front cover slightly soiled otherwise near fine hard cover book in decorative boards/ no dust jacket., Text in German.

Paris-Underground

Shiber, Etta In Collaboration With Anne & Paul Dupre · 1943 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

NY: Scribner, 1943. 1st printing of 1st edition., Shelfwear & book's spine ends chipped otherwise good hard cover book/ no dust jacket.

The Great Departure: the United States and World War I: 1914-1920

Smith, Daniel M · 1965 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$4.00 (€3.63 | £3.03 | ¥639)

NY: John Wiley, 1965. 1st printing of 1st edition. paperback edition., Clean & near fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., Principally an analysis of American diplomacy after its entry into the War.