New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2020) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of the top-secret U.S. mission to kill Isoroku Yamamoto, the Japanese commander who masterminded Pearl Harbor. "In 1943, the United States military began to plan one of the most dramatic secret missions of World War II. Its code name was Operation Vengeance. Naval Intelligence had intercepted the itinerary of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet, whose stealth attack on Pearl Harbor precipitated Americas entry into the war." Photographs, maps, bibliography, notes, index. xvi, 430 pp. ISBN: 978-0062938091.

Grand Rapids: Zondervan, (2019) dj. Hardcover first edition - A story of survival in a Vietnam prisoner of war camp. "In April 1965, Harris was the sixth American POW captured in the air war over North Vietnam, and for the next eight years, he and hundreds of other American POWs - including John McCain - suffered torture, solitary confinement, and abuse. . . in the midst of the struggle, Smitty remembered once learning the Tap Code - an old, long-unused World War II method of communication through tapping on a common water pipe. He covertly taught the code to many POWs, and in turn they taught others." Photographs. 255 pp. ISBN: 978-0310359111.

Charlottesville, VA: The University of Virginia Press for the Bibliographical Society of University of Virginia, (1982) 1953. Hardcover - Although this copy retains the title page of the second revised edition of 1953, it was actually published in Wendell, North Carolina in 1982. Includes a foreword by Clifford Dowdey, informative text and a checklist of the cornerstones followed by facsimiles of title pages. #5 out of 100 copies SIGNED and bound by hand, 35 pp plus 20 pp of facsimile title pages and colophon.

New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2007). First edition - The story of American airmen, whose B-24 was shot down in 1944 during a mission over Japanese-controlled Borneo, into the territory of headhunters, who befriended and protected the airmen, as they used their hunting skills against the occupying Japanese, until the eventual rescue of the Americans. Glossary, sources. 271 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - A biography of McNamara which focuses on his role as Secretary of Defense, his involvement in the Vietnam War, and his decision to keep publicly supporting that war even after he knew it was unwinnable. Also tells the stories of just five of the many people who were caught up in the wake of his decisions: an artist who tries to kill him after he had resigned from the Cabinet, a Quaker who immolated himself outside the Pentagon, a young Marine scarred by battle, a nurse desperate to believe her agonies in Vietnam were for a good cause, a member of a Saigon family. Photographs, notes, selected bibliography, index. 427 pp. ISBN: 0-679427619.

Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book Company., 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of eight former prisoners of war, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), released by Viet Nam after years of captivity, based on interviews with them (and with the wife of a still missing man.) Photographs. Index. 350 pp. Blue and white map endpapers. ISBN: 0-877475091.

Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, (1997.) dj. Hardcover - Using the letters, diaries and memoirs of the Union soldiers, Hess paints a vivid picture here of their lives before, during, and after the Civil War, espcially detailing how they coped with war, with the terror of being shot at the first time, the deaths of their comrades and how they relied on their beliefs in God, country or just duty. A well-documented history of how the brutality of war affected the ordinary soldier. Notes, bibliography, index, xii, 244 pp. ISBN: 0-700608370.

London & Pennsylvania: Greenhill Books / Stackpole Books, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A detailed examination of the revolutionary new weapons developed by Germany during WW 2, incl. V-Weapons - "The sheer magnitude of the secret weapon projects of the Third Reich is now revealed in this comprehensive study written by one of the world's great experts on weaponry, which captures both the reality behind the weapons actually produced and the intentions behind projects still in their infancy when the war ended." Illustrated with line drawings and photographs. List of German code names, index. 224 pp. ISBN: 1853673250.

Dobbs Ferry, NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1984. First edition - Essays on post-traumatic stress disorder as experienced by Vietman vets by Carl Trocki, Robert J. Lifton, John P. Wilson, Jim Goodwin, Tom Keller and Jerry Atchison, Arthur S. Blank, Jr., Arthur Egendorf, Peter Marin and Robert O. Muller. Illustrated with photographs by Gordon Baer. Directory of Outreach Programs, bibliograhy. Large square format. 112 pp. ISBN: 0-871001993.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, (2008.). First edition - Based on interviews with more than three hundred surviving veterans of the Battle of the Bulge, seamlessly woven to create a collective biography: a gritty account of World War II from the enlisted man's point of view. Maps and photographs, notes, bibliography. 335 pp.

Framingham, MA: Boggastow Book Company, 1987. First edition - Book presents the case that American motives in Vietnam were honorable, that the Tet offensive in 1968 was a military triumph for the US forces, that the media lied to Americans, and that things would have been very different if John F. Kennedy had lived. llustrated with black and white drawings by Rick Keene. Bibliography. 384 pp. ISBN: 0-937-085036.

London: Amber, (2018) dj. Hardcover first edition - An illustrated history of how the Bletchley Park code breakers helped win key battles and campaigns in World War II. Features key code breakers such as Alan Turing, Gordon Welchman, Dillwyn Know, Janes Hughes, and Mavis Batey. Illustrated with more than 180 artworks, including maps and photographs of key figures, campaigns and battles - most in black and white, but some in full color. Small quarto. Bibliography, index. 224 pp. ISBN: 978-1782746478.

Kihei, Hawaii: Koa Press, (2006). SIGNED first edition - A collection of pieces - fiction and non-fiction by the survivors of five wars, including combatants, war widows, spouses, children, conscientious objectors, as well as gang members, drug abusers and veterans of domestic abuse. All struggle with trauma - PTSD, substance abuse, and other consequences of war and violence but through their writings, readers can witness worlds coming apart and being put back together again through liberating insight, community, and the deep transformation that is possible only by coming to grips with the past. SIGNED on the title page by Kingston. 630 pp. ISBN: 9780977333837.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, (1978) dj. Hardcover first edition - A study of the officers and ladies of the Army during the period of the Indian wars from 1865 to 1890. Much of this is based on the realistic descriptions by the popular Western novelist, Charles King, who was a captain in the Fifth U.S. Cavalry. Notes, bibliography, index. vii, 280 pp. ISBN: 0-806114401.

Garden City, NY: International Collectors Library, n.d. (ca 1970, c 1927.). Hardcover - Biography of perhaps the greatest leader of all times, a man who led his desert tribe of nomads from out of nowhere and conquered half the known world, the scourge of boht Christians and Moslems (a story told in the excellent Russian film "Mongols") Illustrated. Bibliography, index. 268 pp.

Newton Abbot, UK: Westbridge Books, (1979.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Looks at the trends of current military technology and scientific progress and extrapolates these into the future, working on the assumption that human civilization will expand too swiftly to be destroyed by the military." Includes chapters on nuclear war, the edge of science fiction, war in near space, additions to the arsenal, etc. Illustrated with many glossy plates, photographs, cartoons. Bibliography, index. 229 pp. ISBN: 0-715376616.

New York: Crown, (2015). First edition - On May 1st, 1915 the Lusitania set sail on its final voyage, sunk by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland. In addition to the account of its sinking, this focuses on the politics of World War I, on the rise of the importance of Germany's submarines, and on some of the passengers - including the famed Boston bookseller Charles Lauriat and pioneering female architect Theodate Pope - on the Captain, William Thomas Turner, and on the total unpreparedness for the attack, despite a warning from the Germans as the ship left New York. Notes, bibliography. 418 pp.

New York: Crown, (2015) dj. Hardcover first edition - On May 1st, 1915 the Lusitania set sail on its final voyage, sunk by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland. In addition to the account of its sinking, this focuses on the politics of World War I, on the rise of the importance of Germany's submarines, and on some of the passengers - including the famed Boston bookseller Charles Lauriat and pioneering female architect Theodate Pope - on the Captain, William Thomas Turner, and on the total unpreparedness for the attack, despite a warning from the Germans as the ship left New York. Notes, bibliography, index. 430 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 978-0307408860.

Novato, CA: Presidio Press, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Described on the dust jacket as "The Epic Novel of Vietnam" this, his second novel, is given accuracy and realism by the author's own experiences as a Navy Lieutenant who served during the Vietnam War as a gunnery officer, boat officer and navigator in support of Marine and Army operations. 607 pp. ISBN: 0-891413340.

New York: Putnam, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Book written to mark the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Index, notes and an appendix that discusses the images of Hiroshima in film and books.425 pp. ISBN: 0-399-140727.

New York: SOHO Press, (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - The sixth novel in this excellent series featuring two members of the US Army CID in Korea - George Sueno and Ernie Bascom. Limon's first book, "Jade Lady Burning" was a NY Times Notable Book of the Year, and this one also reflects the author's knowledge of the underside of both military and Korean urban life and his ability to write a suspenseful story. 266 pp. ISBN: 978-1569476031.

New York: SOHO Press, (2019). First edition - The thirteen novel in this excellent series set in post-war divided Korea, featuring US Army CID Agents George Sueo and Ernie Bascom. Set against a backdrop of military and political unrest in Korea in the 1970s, they find themselves investigating a rash of armed robberies at local Korean banks when fatalities occur and proof surfaces that US soldiers are behind the crimes. 375 pp.

New York: Bantam, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second novel featuring two members of the US Army CID in Korea. His first book, "Jade Lady Burning" was a NY Times Notable Book of the Year, and this one also reflects the author's knowledge of the underside of Korean urban life and his ability to write a suspenseful story. SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 0-553-104438.

Nashville: J. M. Lindsley & Co, Publishers, 1886. Hardcover first edition - Uncommon first edition of this monumental work on the military operations and regimental histories of the Confederate Tennessee soldiers. Includes introductory essays on Tennessee as the theater of war and on the Army of Tennessee as well as regimental histories and memorial rolls of varying length and detail. Illustrated with numerous sketches of soldiers, from Privates to Generals (some plates include just one portrait, others have several, each has a tissue guard.) An important reference work. 910 pp.

New York & London & South Brunswick: Thomas Yoseloff, (1970.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An interesting and well-researched book which points out that the traditional commonly-held idea that the Southern soldiers wore gray and the North blue was not always true, especially for the Confederates - and that many uniforms were much more colorful - and many units, on both sides, had their own distinctive uniforms. Includes an appendix which lists uniform suppliers to both armies. Illustrated with many black and white photographs and drawings byArthur Wise, bibliography, index. Large format, measuring 11 1/2 inches tall by 8 3/4 inches wide. 174 pp. ISBN: 0-498-067319.

New York: The Free Press (Simon and Schuster) (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - A memoir by the son of the bookseller at 84 Charing Cross Road. In 1942, at 22 years old, Leo Marks left his father's famous London bookshop and went off to fight the war. He became head of communications at the Special Operations Executive (SOE), where he revolutionized the codemaking techniques of the Allies and trained some of the most famous agents dropped into occupied Europe, including "the White Rabbit" and Violette Szabo. Although this book displays Marks's keen sense of the absurd and his wry wit, it is even more a book which celebrates individual courage and endeavor, as it never loses sight of the human cost and horror of war. Illustrated with photographs. Index. 614 pp. ISBN: 0-684864223.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2010) dj. Hardcover - One of the most powerful and realistic novels written about the Vietnam War, List of characters, maps, glossary of technical terms and slang. 600 pp. ISBN: 978-0802119285.