Military Books

*A sample of our Military Books*
	KILDUFF, Peter: RICHTHOFEN - BEYOND THE LEGEND OF THE RED BARON London, Brockhampton Press, 1999/ 1994. 256 pages with 2 maps plus plates. A fine copy in the fine dustwrapper. When the aerial battles of the First World War are discussed, one name comes to mind instantly: Manfred von Richthofen, popularly known as the 'Red Baron.' He was that war's most successful air-fighter. Richthofen shot down 80 enemy aircraft in less than fifteen months total time at the Front as a fighter pilot. ISBN 1-86019-990-9 Price: US$ 35.46
	Suvorov, Viktor SPETSNAZ-THE STORY OF THE SOVIET SAS. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1988. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Good+. Reprint. 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall. 213 pages including index and black and white photographic plates. Provides the first comprehensive insight for the West into an 'army within an army' whose existence has until recently been known only to a few highly placed people - most of whom would have denied it. Clean and unmarked. Light wear to book. Moderate wear to dust jacket. Nice copy overall. ISBN:0241119618 Price: US$ 45.90
	Sumaida, Hussein CIRCLE OF FEAR: A Renegades Journey from the Mossad to the Iraqi Secret Service Toronto, London: Stoddart Publishing, 1991. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1st Edition/First Printing. 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall. He was a member of Iraq's secret service-a member of that country's ruling elite. Now they want him dead. This book is the unique story of one man's love-hate relationship with his country, taking the reader like no other book to date, into the inner workings of Iraq society. ISBN:0773725105 Price: US$ 23.75
	Demaris, Ovid BROTHERS IN BLOOD The International Terrorist Network New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1977. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Hard Cover. No. 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall. DJ has same shelf wear on top and bottom edges, small creases and nicks. Very nice clean tight book. . ISBN:0684151928 Price: US$ 21.60
	Gwyn, Sandra (Canada.) Tapestry of War; A Private View of Canadians in the Great War. Toronto: Harper Collins (hardcover) [1992]. 1st edition. 552pp. Very good to fine in good dust jacket. Photographs, maps, illustrations, index. Minor edgewear and chipping 2 small tears to dust jacket. Locale: Canada (Military-Canada, World War 1). ISBN:000215787X Price: US$ 30.00
	O'Neill, Robert J. THE GERMAN ARMY & THE NAZI PARTY 1933-39 New York: James H. Heineman, Inc. 1966. Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. 'Analyses the process by which Hitler and his infamous Party Chiefs, untrammelled by any inconvenient code of honour, were able gradually to isolate and neutralize the influence of such men, at the same time exploiting their professionalism and patriotism to build up a mighty war-machine which the soldiers were ultimately powerless to check.' V. Good copy with black cloth cover and numerous photographs. small signature of previous owner on end sheet. White jacket with German Army and Nazi Party flags front in Mylar. 286pp., Illustrations. Price: US$ 40.00
	The Last War Drum. Toronto: Hakkert (hardcover) Morton, Desmond (Batoche; Cut Knife Hill; Duck Lake; Fish Creek; Frenchman's Butte; Big Bear; Louis Riel; Canadian War Museum Historical Publication.) 1972. 1st printing. 193pp. Ex. Lib. United Service Institution Bookplate inside cover Very good in very good dust jacket. Photographs, maps, illustrations, notes, order of battle, index. "The North West Campaign of 1885". Book about Big Bear & Louis Riel. Locale: Batoche; Cut Knife Hill; Duck Lake; Fish Creek; Frenchman's Butte. Series: Canadian War Museum Historical Publication 5 (Riel, North West Rebellion, Riel Rebellion). Price: US$ 40.00
	Karnow, Stanley VIETNAM A History The First Complete Account of Vietnam at War Viking 1993. VG+/VG+. 6.5 X 9.5 DJ 750 Pages. b/w photos. FIRST EDITION. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER like new in lightly worn DJ. A Companion to the PBS television series. ISBN 0670746045. Price: US$ 38.25
	Barris, Ted DEADLOCK IN KOREA : Canadians at War, 1950-1953 Toronto, ON, Canada: Macmillan Canada, 1998. Soft Cover. As New. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Page. 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall. ISBN:0-7715-7675-7. 326 pg. "Ted Barris interviewed hundreds of Korean War veterans to gather their stories of heroism and survival, tragedy and absurdity, successes and SNAFUS. He has woven their tales into a fascinating look at a war that many have forgotten.". ISBN:0771576757 Price: US$ 15.00
	Kinzer, Stephen BLOOD OF BROTHERS : Life and War in Nicaragua New York, NY, U.S.A.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1991. Hard Cover. Fine --/Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall. ISBN:0399 Dramatic story of the centuries-old power struggle that burst into the headlines in 1979 with the overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship. Price: US$ 29.50
	Dayan, Moshe BREAKTHROUGH: A Personal Account of the Egypt-Israel Peace Negotiations Alfred A. Knopf 1981 New York. very good First American fair to good 368 maps, appendices, index, rearDJ quite creased, DJ somewhat soiled and some wear along top and bottomedges. Price: US$ 24.00
	STEVENSON, WILLIAM INTREPIDS LAST CASE New York, Villard Books, 1983. Hard Cover. Good. xii,321p., cloth. 1st edition. G, dj. Previous owner has written dedication on inside endpaper. An account of Sir William Stephenson's post-WWII intelligence work and intrigue. A sequel to A man called Intrepid. Stephenson, Sir William Stephenson, 1896 -- 1989, Secret intelligence chief, born in Point Douglas, near Winnipeg, Canada, of Scottish descent. Educated in Winnipeg, he became involved in British secret intelligence through visits to Germany to buy steel in the early 1930s. His information on Enigma, the German cipher machine, led to MI6's acquisition of a prototype in 1939. In 1940 he was appointed British intelligence chief in North and South America, representing the interests of MI5, MI6, and Special Operations Executive. The novelist Ian Fleming, a member of his wartime staff, is said to have adopted Stephenson as a model for the character "M' in the James Bond books. Price: US$ 15.00
	Dear, Ian ESCAPE AND EVASION - Prisoner of War Breakouts and the Routes to Safety in World War Two London, United Kingdom: Arms & Armour Press A&AP, 1997. Buckram. New/New. First Edition. ISBN:1854091654 Price: US$ 44.00
	Author: Pugliese, David CANADA'S SECRET COMMANDOS Publisher/Date: Esprit De Corp. Soft cover 2nd printing 231 pages 60 never before seen pictures, The unauthorized story of Joint Task Force Two. The book is the first to detail Canadian commando missions in Nepal, Zaire, Haiti, Rwanda, Tanzania and the Central African Republic. ISBN: 1895896185 Price: US$ 22.00
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