2021, ISBN: 9780906324035

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Doubleday Canada, 2001. 632 pp, large 8vo (9 5/8" H). Pictorial endpapers, b&w maps. "The first war of the century, which took Canadian soldiers to South Africa, and the las… Mehr…

Doubleday Canada, 2001. 632 pp, large 8vo (9 5/8" H). Pictorial endpapers, b&w maps. "The first war of the century, which took Canadian soldiers to South Africa, and the last, which sent them to Korea, bracket the tumultuous years of the (20th) century's first half like bookends on the shelf of history. They have a good deal in common, these two minor conflicts, whose chronicles pale when compared to the bloodbaths of the two world wars. Canada's wartime days are long past, and for many, the scars of war have healed. Vimy has been manicured clean, its pockmarked slopes softened by a green mantle of Canadian pines. Dieppe has reverted to a resort town, its beaches long since washed free of Canadian blood. Now a days, Canadians are proud of their role as Peacekeepers, from which they have gained a modicum of the international acclaim the nation has always craved, with precious little blood wasted in the process. In this monumental work, Pierre Berton brings Canadian history to life once again, relying on a host of sources, including newspaper accounts and first-hand reports, to tell the story of these four wars through the eyes of the privates in the trenches, the generals at the front, and the politicians and families back home. By profiling the interwar years, Berton traces how one war led to the next, and how the country was changed in the process. Illustrated with maps and line drawings, 'Marching as to War' describes how the experience of war helped to bind Canada together as a nation and chronicles the transformation of Canada's dependence upon Great Britain and its slow emergence as an independent nation caught in a love-hate relationship with the United States." Dust jacket has very minor edge wrinkling and very minor rubbing. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine., Doubleday Canada, 2001, 4, This is the second edition of The Anglo-Zulu War, part of the Bramley Books series The War Correspondents. It was written by the South African historians John Laband and Ian Knight and published in 1996. This copy was published by Bramley in 1997.The Anglo-Zulu War was fought in 1879, between the British and the Zulu Kingdom. There were several famous and bloody battles but the British eventually won.This book has not been read and is in mint condition. That blob you see on the cover is the remains of the price tag.It's only flaw is a 1/2" tear to the top of the (unclipped) dust jacket, at the top left.NOTE: My quoted price for shipping OUTSIDE of North America is for surface mail without tracking. For other shipping options, please contact me., Bramley Books, 1997, 4.5, Hardback. New. A century of South African military history in a single volume, the first of its kind. Includes the Second Anglo-Boer War, the two world wars, and also the South African Border War., 6, 4+ Publishing, 2011. New book, 28 pages. The JAS 39 Gripen, a 4th generation Fighter, Attack and Reconnaissance "swing-role" supersonic aircraft, was designed in the early 1980s to meet the Swedish requirements for a lightweight air superiority combat jet, using advanced technology, modern materials and digital systems. A total of 204 Gripens, including 28 two-seaters, were ordered for the Swedish Air Force, while later production was increased as the type entered service with other countries around the world - South Africa, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Thailand. The publication has 28 pages, including a total of 49 overall and detailed photographs, 12 pages with colour camouflage schemes and their description. Text in English. A comprehensive decal sheet is added for modellers' convenience. Three variants of this title are available, one including 1/48th scale decal sheet (MKD48012; 1x 200x200 mm sheets), one 1/72nd scale decals (MKD72012; 1x 200x110 mm sheet) and another with 1/144th transfers (MKD144012; 1x 100x100 mm sheet). Following aircraft are depicted on each decal sheet: Swedish Air Force (5x), Czech Air Force (3x), Hungarian Air Force (2x), South African Air Force (1x) and Royal Thai Air Force (1x). . Soft Cover. As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall., 4+ Publishing, 2011, 5, The German Historical Institute, Washington DC, 2012. First edition. Original Wrappers. New. 123 pages. With illustrations. "Supplement 8 2012The German Historical Institute at 25• Preface - Hartmut Berghoff• The German Historical Institute in Washington, 1987-2012: A Short History Hartmut Berghoff and Richard F. Wetzell RESEARCH AT THE GHI• Stationed in the Borderlands: African American Troops and Double Consciousness, 1940-1953 Sarah Barksdale• The History of Consumption in Nazi Germany Hartmut Berghoff• Modernity Calling: Interpersonal Communication and the Telephone in Germany and the United States, 1880-1990 Clelia Caruso• G.l. Rap: How the U.S. Military and Music Entrepreneurs Brought Hip Hop to 1980s West Germany Joshua Clark Davis• Young Patriots Abroad: A Global History of the Boy Scouts of America, 1910-1960 Mischa Honeck• Rumors of Revolt: Uncertain Knowledge of Slave Insurrections in the Antebellum South Sebastian Jobs • Dealing with the American City on Transnational Grounds: German-Speaking European Architects and Urban Planners in the United States, 1930-1970 Andreas Joch• European Imports? European Immigrants and the Transformation of American Consumer Culture from the 1920s to the 1960s Jan Logemann• "Peace, Friendship, Solidarity"? East Germany and Angela Davis, 1965-1989 Sophie Lorenz• Managing Political Risk: German and U.S. Companies in India, 1880-1970 Christina Lubinski• The Corporate Communications of German Companies in the United States, 1945-1980 Corinna Ludwig• Soybeans in Global Perspective Ines Prodöhl• Traveling Between Worlds: Gender, Exile, and the Framing of Applied Social Science Careers in Europe and the United States, 1940-1980 Barbara Reiferer• Lives in Limbo: Statelessness and World Citizenship after Two World Wars Miriam Rürup• Transatlantic Tourism: American Visitors to Europe in the Long Twentieth Century Frank Schipper• The Spreckelses: American History as Family History Uwe Spiekermann• From Civil Rights to Children's Rights: Marian Wright Edelman, the Children's Defense Fund, and the Institutionalization of the Civil Rights Movement Britta Waldschidt-Nelson • The Politics of Punishment: Penal Reform in Modern Germany, 1870-1970 Richard F. Wetzell• Immigrant Entrepreneurship: German American Business Biographies, 1720 to the Present• Transatlantic Perspectives: Europe in the Eyes of European Immigrants to the United States, 1930-1980• African Americans and Germany/ The Civil Rights Struggle, African American GIs, and Germany• The Nuclear Crisis: Cold War Cultures and the Politics of Peace and Security, 1975-1990• Competing Modernities• The United States and Germany in the Era of the Cold War, 1945-1990• Support for Research and Graduate Student ProgramsPUBLICATIONS AND PUBLIC OUTREACH• GHI Publications and Book Series• German History in Documents and Images• Public ProgramsTHE GHI TEAMAPPENDIX• Taking the Measure of the GHI • For More Information" Size: Quarto. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 750 grams. Category: Academic Periodicals & Magazines; German History & Topography; European History & Topography; UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO BREXIT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO ACCEPT EU ORDERS UNTIL 1 JULY 2021. AFTER THIS WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO SERVE OUR EU CUSTOMERS AGAIN. WE APOLOGISE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 0019351. ., The German Historical Institute, 2012, 6, Self (2005). War Action Edition. Minor crease lower front wrap, else VG+ condition.. 364pp illustrated softcover large 8vo. 0.8kg. Signed by Author. Includes 4 self-told survival stories of pilots who baled out; Lt. H.C. Chandler, Capt. E.W. Sturgess, Lt. D.J. Taylor, & Lt. E.D.K. Franck., Self (2005). War Action Edition, 3, New York: Stein and Day, 1973. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. 25 cm, viii, [4], 278, [2] pages. Illustrations. Maps Occasional footnotes. Appendix A, B, and C. Bibliography. Index of Proper Names. Index of Subjects. Ex-library with a bookplate and few of the usual library markings. Eric Morris is a British military historian who taught at Sandhurst, England's Royal Military Academy. Derived from a Kirkus review: Morris has chosen the Berlin blockade of 1948-49 as the centerpiece for this history of the Cold War from 1945 to 1961. Morris transcends mere military lore with a broad, rather urbane cold-warrior approach, conceding Western blunders and affronts. In discussing the Berlin question, he traces Stalin's need for guarantees against future German rearmament and revanchism, as well as for reparations. The book addresses the significance of Western currency reform, a move to penetrate the Eastern European economies, which, like the outflow of skilled workers from East Germany ten years later, was intolerable to the Russians. The blockade itself is well-narrated; more interesting is the counterpoint between Berlin's internal life and global Cold War events -- the Marshall Plan, the formation of NATO, the birth of the Adenauer government, etc. Despite Cold-War intensification, Morris argues that, with the Korean War settled, the 1954 Big Four meeting could have reached a significant accord on Berlin. The Berlin Blockade (24 June 1948 - 12 May 1949) was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post-World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control. The Soviets offered to drop the blockade if the Western Allies withdrew the newly introduced Deutsche Mark from West Berlin. The Western Allies organized the Berlin Airlift (26 June 1948 - 30 September 1949) to carry supplies to the people of West Berlin, a difficult feat given the size of the city's population. The Americans and British then began a joint operation in support of the entire city. Aircrews from the United States Air Force, the Royal Air Force, the French Air Force, the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force, the Royal New Zealand Air Force, and the South African Air Force flew over 200,000 sorties in one year, providing to the West Berliners necessities such as fuel and food, with the original plan being to lift 3,475 tons of supplies daily. By the spring of 1949, that number was often met twofold, with the peak daily delivery totaling 12,941 tons. By this time the airlift was clearly succeeding, delivering more cargo than had previously been transported into the city by rail. The Soviets did not disrupt the airlift for fear this might lead to open conflict, even though they far outnumbered the allies in Germany and especially Berlin. On 12 May 1949, the USSR lifted the blockade of West Berlin, although for a time the American and British continued to supply the city by air anyway because they were worried that the Soviets were simply going to resume the blockade and were only trying to disrupt western supply lines. The Berlin Airlift officially ended on 30 September 1949 after fifteen months. The US Air Force had delivered 1,783,573 tons (76.40% of total) and the RAF 541,937 tons (23.30% of total), totaling 2,334,374 tons, nearly two-thirds of which was coal, on 278,228 flights to Berlin. The C-47s and C-54s together flew over 92 million miles in the process, almost the distance from Earth to the Sun. At the height of the Airlift, one plane reached West Berlin every thirty seconds. Seventeen American and eight British aircraft crashed during the operation. A total of 101 fatalities were recorded as a result of the operation, including 40 Britons and 31 Americans, mostly due to non-flying accidents. The Berlin Blockade served to highlight the competing ideological and economic visions for postwar Europe and played a major role in drawing West Germany into the NATO orbit several years later in 1955., Stein and Day, 1973, 2.5, Leo Cooper, London, (1972), first edition. 143 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0850520908 B&w illustrations, march. "The Regiment (repelled many offensives) in its early life - particularly at Minorca in 1756, Salamanca, Waterloo, Inkerman, Sebastopol and Spion Kop in the South African War. It was one of the few British regiments to make the desert march across Abyssinia for the attack on Magdala, and also fought in the Zulu War. Wherever the fighting was most deadly and the odds against victory most daunting, it is safe to assume that the King's Own were there. The Regiment boasted twenty battle-honours when the Great War broke out, and in those dreadful four years of slaughter it was to add a further 59 - Le Cateau, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1 9 1 4 , A i s n e 1914, Festubert 1915, Loos, Passchendaele, Macedonia 1915-18, Suvla, Tigris 1916, Baghdad; these are just a few of them. In the Second World War the King's Own waited patiently for the ships at Dunkirk; fought in Syria, North Afr ic a an d I ta ly ; sw eated out the siege of Malta; penetrated hundreds of miles behind the Japanese lines as Chindits. All these actions, and more, are described in this vivid and action-packed story." Previous owner's small stamp on each of fro nt en dpa pe rs , t iny b ump to bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light edge wrinkling, minor rubbing. Very Good+/Very Good., Leo Cooper, London, (1972), first edition., 0, Brisbane History Group, 2017. New book, 242 pages. Brisbane at War 1899-1918 is the Brisbane History Group’s twenty-sixth volume of papers. In total there are eleven chapters. All were mostly delivered at BHG functions. Two are from a seminar entitled 'For Queen and Empire: Queensland and the South African War 1899-1902' held on 26 May 2012 and seven were delivered at our seminars 'Brisbane and World War I' held on 6 September 2014 and 3 October 2015. An additional two papers were delivered elsewhere. Written by amateurs, professionals and academics, the chapters offer a diverse range of subjects. Themes include: The importance of military medicine during the Second South African War; the Dutch attitudes and responses to the Boers and British and their decision to adopt a 'neutral' position; the story of the twelve Brisbane Grammar School old boys who fought in the Second South African War and World War I; the increasing activity at the Port of Brisbane as troops embarked for Europe and German raiders ventured into the Pacific; the underage enlistees, their motives, their experiences, their fate and the aftermath; the paediatricians and paediatric nurses who readily volunteered for duty in World War I; the formation of the Women’s Peace Army and its 'war against war' and conscription; the influences on Canon John Garland and his design for the Anzac Day service; the sorry saga of the Clark Memorial Windows at St John’s Cathedral; the response of Brisbane theatre to the changing attitudes of audiences in World War I; the opportunities to display patriotism in a range of different performances.. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Brisbane History Group, 2017, 5, Brisbane History Group, 2017. New book, 242 pages. Brisbane at War 1899-1918 is the Brisbane History Group’s twenty-sixth volume of papers. In total there are eleven chapters. All were mostly delivered at BHG functions. Two are from a seminar entitled 'For Queen and Empire: Queensland and the South African War 1899-1902' held on 26 May 2012 and seven were delivered at our seminars 'Brisbane and World War I' held on 6 September 2014 and 3 October 2015. An additional two papers were delivered elsewhere. Written by amateurs, professionals and academics, the chapters offer a diverse range of subjects. Themes include: The importance of military medicine during the Second South African War; the Dutch attitudes and responses to the Boers and British and their decision to adopt a 'neutral' position; the story of the twelve Brisbane Grammar School old boys who fought in the Second South African War and World War I; the increasing activity at the Port of Brisbane as troops embarked for Europe and German raiders ventured into the Pacific; the underage enlistees, their motives, their experiences, their fate and the aftermath; the paediatricians and paediatric nurses who readily volunteered for duty in World War I; the formation of the Women’s Peace Army and its 'war against war' and conscription; the influences on Canon John Garland and his design for the Anzac Day service; the sorry saga of the Clark Memorial Windows at St John’s Cathedral; the response of Brisbane theatre to the changing attitudes of audiences in World War I; the opportunities to display patriotism in a range of different performances.. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Brisbane History Group, 2017, 5, Brisbane History Group, 2017. New book, 242 pages. Brisbane at War 1899-1918 is the Brisbane History Group’s twenty-sixth volume of papers. In total there are eleven chapters. All were mostly delivered at BHG functions. Two are from a seminar entitled 'For Queen and Empire: Queensland and the South African War 1899-1902' held on 26 May 2012 and seven were delivered at our seminars 'Brisbane and World War I' held on 6 September 2014 and 3 October 2015. An additional two papers were delivered elsewhere. Written by amateurs, professionals and academics, the chapters offer a diverse range of subjects. Themes include: The importance of military medicine during the Second South African War; the Dutch attitudes and responses to the Boers and British and their decision to adopt a 'neutral' position; the story of the twelve Brisbane Grammar School old boys who fought in the Second South African War and World War I; the increasing activity at the Port of Brisbane as troops embarked for Europe and German raiders ventured into the Pacific; the underage enlistees, their motives, their experiences, their fate and the aftermath; the paediatricians and paediatric nurses who readily volunteered for duty in World War I; the formation of the Women’s Peace Army and its 'war against war' and conscription; the influences on Canon John Garland and his design for the Anzac Day service; the sorry saga of the Clark Memorial Windows at St John’s Cathedral; the response of Brisbane theatre to the changing attitudes of audiences in World War I; the opportunities to display patriotism in a range of different performances.. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Brisbane History Group, 2017, 5, Brisbane History Group, 2017. New book, 242 pages. Brisbane at War 1899-1918 is the Brisbane History Group’s twenty-sixth volume of papers. In total there are eleven chapters. All were mostly delivered at BHG functions. Two are from a seminar entitled 'For Queen and Empire: Queensland and the South African War 1899-1902' held on 26 May 2012 and seven were delivered at our seminars 'Brisbane and World War I' held on 6 September 2014 and 3 October 2015. An additional two papers were delivered elsewhere. Written by amateurs, professionals and academics, the chapters offer a diverse range of subjects. Themes include: The importance of military medicine during the Second South African War; the Dutch attitudes and responses to the Boers and British and their decision to adopt a 'neutral' position; the story of the twelve Brisbane Grammar School old boys who fought in the Second South African War and World War I; the increasing activity at the Port of Brisbane as troops embarked for Europe and German raiders ventured into the Pacific; the underage enlistees, their motives, their experiences, their fate and the aftermath; the paediatricians and paediatric nurses who readily volunteered for duty in World War I; the formation of the Women’s Peace Army and its 'war against war' and conscription; the influences on Canon John Garland and his design for the Anzac Day service; the sorry saga of the Clark Memorial Windows at St John’s Cathedral; the response of Brisbane theatre to the changing attitudes of audiences in World War I; the opportunities to display patriotism in a range of different performances.. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Brisbane History Group, 2017, 5, Cheltenham: This England, 1981. 250 x 195 mm, 303 pp, most entries (1,250 of 1,348) are accompanied by a photograph, bibliography, pictorial endpapers. Red cloth boards, gilt titles on the front board and on the spine, in lightly edge-worn dust-wrapper. In this work, all 1,348 VCs are listed alphabetically together with details of birth, place of deed, town or country connections, memorials, etc. 'The Imperial Victoria Cross has been awarded to ninety-six Australians—ninety-one were received for actions whilst serving with Australian forces, and five were received for actions whilst serving with South African and British forces. The majority of the awards were for action in the First World War when a total of 64 medals were awarded. Nine of these awards were for action during the Gallipoli Campaign. Twenty medals were awarded for action in the Second World War, six in the Second Boer War, four in the Vietnam War and two in the Russian Civil War. Twenty-eight Australians have been awarded the medal posthumously. Notably, one recipient—Captain Alfred Shout VC, MC (who was also Mentioned in Despatches)—was Australia's most decorated soldier of the Gallipoli campaign. His Victoria Cross was posthumously awarded after Shout died of his wounds during the Battle of Lone Pine.'. First edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/very good., This England, 1981, 3<

2021, ISBN: 9780906324035

Taschenbuch, Gebundene Ausgabe

This is the second edition of The Anglo-Zulu War, part of the Bramley Books series The War Correspondents. It was written by the South African historians John Laband and Ian Knight and … Mehr…

This is the second edition of The Anglo-Zulu War, part of the Bramley Books series The War Correspondents. It was written by the South African historians John Laband and Ian Knight and published in 1996. This copy was published by Bramley in 1997.The Anglo-Zulu War was fought in 1879, between the British and the Zulu Kingdom. There were several famous and bloody battles but the British eventually won.This book has not been read and is in mint condition. That blob you see on the cover is the remains of the price tag.It's only flaw is a 1/2" tear to the top of the (unclipped) dust jacket, at the top left.NOTE: My quoted price for shipping OUTSIDE of North America is for surface mail without tracking. For other shipping options, please contact me., Bramley Books, 1997, 4.5, Hardback. New. A century of South African military history in a single volume, the first of its kind. Includes the Second Anglo-Boer War, the two world wars, and also the South African Border War., 6, 4+ Publishing, 2011. New book, 28 pages. The JAS 39 Gripen, a 4th generation Fighter, Attack and Reconnaissance "swing-role" supersonic aircraft, was designed in the early 1980s to meet the Swedish requirements for a lightweight air superiority combat jet, using advanced technology, modern materials and digital systems. A total of 204 Gripens, including 28 two-seaters, were ordered for the Swedish Air Force, while later production was increased as the type entered service with other countries around the world - South Africa, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Thailand. The publication has 28 pages, including a total of 49 overall and detailed photographs, 12 pages with colour camouflage schemes and their description. Text in English. A comprehensive decal sheet is added for modellers' convenience. Three variants of this title are available, one including 1/48th scale decal sheet (MKD48012; 1x 200x200 mm sheets), one 1/72nd scale decals (MKD72012; 1x 200x110 mm sheet) and another with 1/144th transfers (MKD144012; 1x 100x100 mm sheet). Following aircraft are depicted on each decal sheet: Swedish Air Force (5x), Czech Air Force (3x), Hungarian Air Force (2x), South African Air Force (1x) and Royal Thai Air Force (1x). . Soft Cover. As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall., 4+ Publishing, 2011, 5, The German Historical Institute, Washington DC, 2012. First edition. Original Wrappers. New. 123 pages. With illustrations. "Supplement 8 2012The German Historical Institute at 25• Preface - Hartmut Berghoff• The German Historical Institute in Washington, 1987-2012: A Short History Hartmut Berghoff and Richard F. Wetzell RESEARCH AT THE GHI• Stationed in the Borderlands: African American Troops and Double Consciousness, 1940-1953 Sarah Barksdale• The History of Consumption in Nazi Germany Hartmut Berghoff• Modernity Calling: Interpersonal Communication and the Telephone in Germany and the United States, 1880-1990 Clelia Caruso• G.l. Rap: How the U.S. Military and Music Entrepreneurs Brought Hip Hop to 1980s West Germany Joshua Clark Davis• Young Patriots Abroad: A Global History of the Boy Scouts of America, 1910-1960 Mischa Honeck• Rumors of Revolt: Uncertain Knowledge of Slave Insurrections in the Antebellum South Sebastian Jobs • Dealing with the American City on Transnational Grounds: German-Speaking European Architects and Urban Planners in the United States, 1930-1970 Andreas Joch• European Imports? European Immigrants and the Transformation of American Consumer Culture from the 1920s to the 1960s Jan Logemann• "Peace, Friendship, Solidarity"? East Germany and Angela Davis, 1965-1989 Sophie Lorenz• Managing Political Risk: German and U.S. Companies in India, 1880-1970 Christina Lubinski• The Corporate Communications of German Companies in the United States, 1945-1980 Corinna Ludwig• Soybeans in Global Perspective Ines Prodöhl• Traveling Between Worlds: Gender, Exile, and the Framing of Applied Social Science Careers in Europe and the United States, 1940-1980 Barbara Reiferer• Lives in Limbo: Statelessness and World Citizenship after Two World Wars Miriam Rürup• Transatlantic Tourism: American Visitors to Europe in the Long Twentieth Century Frank Schipper• The Spreckelses: American History as Family History Uwe Spiekermann• From Civil Rights to Children's Rights: Marian Wright Edelman, the Children's Defense Fund, and the Institutionalization of the Civil Rights Movement Britta Waldschidt-Nelson • The Politics of Punishment: Penal Reform in Modern Germany, 1870-1970 Richard F. Wetzell• Immigrant Entrepreneurship: German American Business Biographies, 1720 to the Present• Transatlantic Perspectives: Europe in the Eyes of European Immigrants to the United States, 1930-1980• African Americans and Germany/ The Civil Rights Struggle, African American GIs, and Germany• The Nuclear Crisis: Cold War Cultures and the Politics of Peace and Security, 1975-1990• Competing Modernities• The United States and Germany in the Era of the Cold War, 1945-1990• Support for Research and Graduate Student ProgramsPUBLICATIONS AND PUBLIC OUTREACH• GHI Publications and Book Series• German History in Documents and Images• Public ProgramsTHE GHI TEAMAPPENDIX• Taking the Measure of the GHI • For More Information" Size: Quarto. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 750 grams. Category: Academic Periodicals & Magazines; German History & Topography; European History & Topography; UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO BREXIT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO ACCEPT EU ORDERS UNTIL 1 JULY 2021. AFTER THIS WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO SERVE OUR EU CUSTOMERS AGAIN. WE APOLOGISE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 0019351. ., The German Historical Institute, 2012, 6, Self (2005). War Action Edition. Minor crease lower front wrap, else VG+ condition.. 364pp illustrated softcover large 8vo. 0.8kg. Signed by Author. Includes 4 self-told survival stories of pilots who baled out; Lt. H.C. Chandler, Capt. E.W. Sturgess, Lt. D.J. Taylor, & Lt. E.D.K. Franck., Self (2005). War Action Edition, 3, New York: Stein and Day, 1973. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. 25 cm, viii, [4], 278, [2] pages. Illustrations. Maps Occasional footnotes. Appendix A, B, and C. Bibliography. Index of Proper Names. Index of Subjects. Ex-library with a bookplate and few of the usual library markings. Eric Morris is a British military historian who taught at Sandhurst, England's Royal Military Academy. Derived from a Kirkus review: Morris has chosen the Berlin blockade of 1948-49 as the centerpiece for this history of the Cold War from 1945 to 1961. Morris transcends mere military lore with a broad, rather urbane cold-warrior approach, conceding Western blunders and affronts. In discussing the Berlin question, he traces Stalin's need for guarantees against future German rearmament and revanchism, as well as for reparations. The book addresses the significance of Western currency reform, a move to penetrate the Eastern European economies, which, like the outflow of skilled workers from East Germany ten years later, was intolerable to the Russians. The blockade itself is well-narrated; more interesting is the counterpoint between Berlin's internal life and global Cold War events -- the Marshall Plan, the formation of NATO, the birth of the Adenauer government, etc. Despite Cold-War intensification, Morris argues that, with the Korean War settled, the 1954 Big Four meeting could have reached a significant accord on Berlin. The Berlin Blockade (24 June 1948 - 12 May 1949) was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post-World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control. The Soviets offered to drop the blockade if the Western Allies withdrew the newly introduced Deutsche Mark from West Berlin. The Western Allies organized the Berlin Airlift (26 June 1948 - 30 September 1949) to carry supplies to the people of West Berlin, a difficult feat given the size of the city's population. The Americans and British then began a joint operation in support of the entire city. Aircrews from the United States Air Force, the Royal Air Force, the French Air Force, the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force, the Royal New Zealand Air Force, and the South African Air Force flew over 200,000 sorties in one year, providing to the West Berliners necessities such as fuel and food, with the original plan being to lift 3,475 tons of supplies daily. By the spring of 1949, that number was often met twofold, with the peak daily delivery totaling 12,941 tons. By this time the airlift was clearly succeeding, delivering more cargo than had previously been transported into the city by rail. The Soviets did not disrupt the airlift for fear this might lead to open conflict, even though they far outnumbered the allies in Germany and especially Berlin. On 12 May 1949, the USSR lifted the blockade of West Berlin, although for a time the American and British continued to supply the city by air anyway because they were worried that the Soviets were simply going to resume the blockade and were only trying to disrupt western supply lines. The Berlin Airlift officially ended on 30 September 1949 after fifteen months. The US Air Force had delivered 1,783,573 tons (76.40% of total) and the RAF 541,937 tons (23.30% of total), totaling 2,334,374 tons, nearly two-thirds of which was coal, on 278,228 flights to Berlin. The C-47s and C-54s together flew over 92 million miles in the process, almost the distance from Earth to the Sun. At the height of the Airlift, one plane reached West Berlin every thirty seconds. Seventeen American and eight British aircraft crashed during the operation. A total of 101 fatalities were recorded as a result of the operation, including 40 Britons and 31 Americans, mostly due to non-flying accidents. The Berlin Blockade served to highlight the competing ideological and economic visions for postwar Europe and played a major role in drawing West Germany into the NATO orbit several years later in 1955., Stein and Day, 1973, 2.5, Leo Cooper, London, (1972), first edition. 143 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0850520908 B&w illustrations, march. "The Regiment (repelled many offensives) in its early life - particularly at Minorca in 1756, Salamanca, Waterloo, Inkerman, Sebastopol and Spion Kop in the South African War. It was one of the few British regiments to make the desert march across Abyssinia for the attack on Magdala, and also fought in the Zulu War. Wherever the fighting was most deadly and the odds against victory most daunting, it is safe to assume that the King's Own were there. The Regiment boasted twenty battle-honours when the Great War broke out, and in those dreadful four years of slaughter it was to add a further 59 - Le Cateau, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1 9 1 4 , A i s n e 1914, Festubert 1915, Loos, Passchendaele, Macedonia 1915-18, Suvla, Tigris 1916, Baghdad; these are just a few of them. In the Second World War the King's Own waited patiently for the ships at Dunkirk; fought in Syria, North Afr ic a an d I ta ly ; sw eated out the siege of Malta; penetrated hundreds of miles behind the Japanese lines as Chindits. All these actions, and more, are described in this vivid and action-packed story." Previous owner's small stamp on each of fro nt en dpa pe rs , t iny b ump to bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light edge wrinkling, minor rubbing. Very Good+/Very Good., Leo Cooper, London, (1972), first edition., 0, Brisbane History Group, 2017. New book, 242 pages. Brisbane at War 1899-1918 is the Brisbane History Group’s twenty-sixth volume of papers. In total there are eleven chapters. All were mostly delivered at BHG functions. Two are from a seminar entitled 'For Queen and Empire: Queensland and the South African War 1899-1902' held on 26 May 2012 and seven were delivered at our seminars 'Brisbane and World War I' held on 6 September 2014 and 3 October 2015. An additional two papers were delivered elsewhere. Written by amateurs, professionals and academics, the chapters offer a diverse range of subjects. Themes include: The importance of military medicine during the Second South African War; the Dutch attitudes and responses to the Boers and British and their decision to adopt a 'neutral' position; the story of the twelve Brisbane Grammar School old boys who fought in the Second South African War and World War I; the increasing activity at the Port of Brisbane as troops embarked for Europe and German raiders ventured into the Pacific; the underage enlistees, their motives, their experiences, their fate and the aftermath; the paediatricians and paediatric nurses who readily volunteered for duty in World War I; the formation of the Women’s Peace Army and its 'war against war' and conscription; the influences on Canon John Garland and his design for the Anzac Day service; the sorry saga of the Clark Memorial Windows at St John’s Cathedral; the response of Brisbane theatre to the changing attitudes of audiences in World War I; the opportunities to display patriotism in a range of different performances.. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Brisbane History Group, 2017, 5, Brisbane History Group, 2017. New book, 242 pages. Brisbane at War 1899-1918 is the Brisbane History Group’s twenty-sixth volume of papers. In total there are eleven chapters. All were mostly delivered at BHG functions. Two are from a seminar entitled 'For Queen and Empire: Queensland and the South African War 1899-1902' held on 26 May 2012 and seven were delivered at our seminars 'Brisbane and World War I' held on 6 September 2014 and 3 October 2015. An additional two papers were delivered elsewhere. Written by amateurs, professionals and academics, the chapters offer a diverse range of subjects. Themes include: The importance of military medicine during the Second South African War; the Dutch attitudes and responses to the Boers and British and their decision to adopt a 'neutral' position; the story of the twelve Brisbane Grammar School old boys who fought in the Second South African War and World War I; the increasing activity at the Port of Brisbane as troops embarked for Europe and German raiders ventured into the Pacific; the underage enlistees, their motives, their experiences, their fate and the aftermath; the paediatricians and paediatric nurses who readily volunteered for duty in World War I; the formation of the Women’s Peace Army and its 'war against war' and conscription; the influences on Canon John Garland and his design for the Anzac Day service; the sorry saga of the Clark Memorial Windows at St John’s Cathedral; the response of Brisbane theatre to the changing attitudes of audiences in World War I; the opportunities to display patriotism in a range of different performances.. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Brisbane History Group, 2017, 5, Brisbane History Group, 2017. New book, 242 pages. Brisbane at War 1899-1918 is the Brisbane History Group’s twenty-sixth volume of papers. In total there are eleven chapters. All were mostly delivered at BHG functions. Two are from a seminar entitled 'For Queen and Empire: Queensland and the South African War 1899-1902' held on 26 May 2012 and seven were delivered at our seminars 'Brisbane and World War I' held on 6 September 2014 and 3 October 2015. An additional two papers were delivered elsewhere. Written by amateurs, professionals and academics, the chapters offer a diverse range of subjects. Themes include: The importance of military medicine during the Second South African War; the Dutch attitudes and responses to the Boers and British and their decision to adopt a 'neutral' position; the story of the twelve Brisbane Grammar School old boys who fought in the Second South African War and World War I; the increasing activity at the Port of Brisbane as troops embarked for Europe and German raiders ventured into the Pacific; the underage enlistees, their motives, their experiences, their fate and the aftermath; the paediatricians and paediatric nurses who readily volunteered for duty in World War I; the formation of the Women’s Peace Army and its 'war against war' and conscription; the influences on Canon John Garland and his design for the Anzac Day service; the sorry saga of the Clark Memorial Windows at St John’s Cathedral; the response of Brisbane theatre to the changing attitudes of audiences in World War I; the opportunities to display patriotism in a range of different performances.. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Brisbane History Group, 2017, 5, Brisbane History Group, 2017. New book, 242 pages. Brisbane at War 1899-1918 is the Brisbane History Group’s twenty-sixth volume of papers. In total there are eleven chapters. All were mostly delivered at BHG functions. Two are from a seminar entitled 'For Queen and Empire: Queensland and the South African War 1899-1902' held on 26 May 2012 and seven were delivered at our seminars 'Brisbane and World War I' held on 6 September 2014 and 3 October 2015. An additional two papers were delivered elsewhere. Written by amateurs, professionals and academics, the chapters offer a diverse range of subjects. Themes include: The importance of military medicine during the Second South African War; the Dutch attitudes and responses to the Boers and British and their decision to adopt a 'neutral' position; the story of the twelve Brisbane Grammar School old boys who fought in the Second South African War and World War I; the increasing activity at the Port of Brisbane as troops embarked for Europe and German raiders ventured into the Pacific; the underage enlistees, their motives, their experiences, their fate and the aftermath; the paediatricians and paediatric nurses who readily volunteered for duty in World War I; the formation of the Women’s Peace Army and its 'war against war' and conscription; the influences on Canon John Garland and his design for the Anzac Day service; the sorry saga of the Clark Memorial Windows at St John’s Cathedral; the response of Brisbane theatre to the changing attitudes of audiences in World War I; the opportunities to display patriotism in a range of different performances.. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Brisbane History Group, 2017, 5, Cheltenham: This England, 1981. 250 x 195 mm, 303 pp, most entries (1,250 of 1,348) are accompanied by a photograph, bibliography, pictorial endpapers. Red cloth boards, gilt titles on the front board and on the spine, in lightly edge-worn dust-wrapper. In this work, all 1,348 VCs are listed alphabetically together with details of birth, place of deed, town or country connections, memorials, etc. 'The Imperial Victoria Cross has been awarded to ninety-six Australians—ninety-one were received for actions whilst serving with Australian forces, and five were received for actions whilst serving with South African and British forces. The majority of the awards were for action in the First World War when a total of 64 medals were awarded. Nine of these awards were for action during the Gallipoli Campaign. Twenty medals were awarded for action in the Second World War, six in the Second Boer War, four in the Vietnam War and two in the Russian Civil War. Twenty-eight Australians have been awarded the medal posthumously. Notably, one recipient—Captain Alfred Shout VC, MC (who was also Mentioned in Despatches)—was Australia's most decorated soldier of the Gallipoli campaign. His Victoria Cross was posthumously awarded after Shout died of his wounds during the Battle of Lone Pine.'. First edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/very good., This England, 1981, 3<

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Cheltenham: This England, 1981. 250 x 195 mm, 303 pp, most entries (1,250 of 1,348) are accompanied by a photograph, bibliography, pictorial endpapers. Red cloth boards, gilt titles on the front board and on the spine, in lightly edge-worn dust-wrapper. In this work, all 1,348 VCs are listed alphabetically together with details of birth, place of deed, town or country connections, memorials, etc. 'The Imperial Victoria Cross has been awarded to ninety-six Australians—ninety-one were received for actions whilst serving with Australian forces, and five were received for actions whilst serving with South African and British forces. The majority of the awards were for action in the First World War when a total of 64 medals were awarded. Nine of these awards were for action during the Gallipoli Campaign. Twenty medals were awarded for action in the Second World War, six in the Second Boer War, four in the Vietnam War and two in the Russian Civil War. Twenty-eight Australians have been awarded the medal posthumously. Notably, one recipient—Captain Alfred Shout VC, MC (who was also Mentioned in Despatches)—was Australia's most decorated soldier of the Gallipoli campaign. His Victoria Cross was posthumously awarded after Shout died of his wounds during the Battle of Lone Pine.'. First edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/very good., This England, 1981, 3<

ISBN: 9780906324035

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This England Books. Unknown Binding. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., This England Books, 2.5<