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The Issue of War : States, Societies, and the Far Eastern Conflict, 1941-1945 by Christopher G. Thorne
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I really like the entire series, but I think that the He162 book is the best of the three.
posted by rudel519 at 9:12 pm (EST) on Jul 30, 2009
posted by TimBazzett at 10:19 am (EST) on May 13, 2009
posted by rudel519 at 1:07 pm (EST) on May 10, 2009
Interestingly, until a year and a half ago I also lived in the Washington DC area, and although not an archivist myself, was a university librarian who worked closely with the university archives. I'm now retired to the Kentucky Bluegrass area.
posted by ThomasHarrington at 10:43 am (EST) on May 10, 2009
posted by rudel519 at 4:21 pm (EST) on May 9, 2009
I have uploaded a cover for The Killing Ground: The British Army, the Western Front, and the Emergence of Modern Warfare, 1900–1918 by Tim Travers. This is from the 1987 Allen & Unwin hardcover edition.
posted by DVanderlinde at 2:16 pm (EST) on May 9, 2009
My problem is I no longer have the jacket for Boeing Aircraft Since 1916 and I'm not sure which one it had originally. But I appreciate your nicer cover graphics and I will use it anyway. We actually have quite a few books in common it seems. In fact, I think I will add you as a an interesting library so I can keep track of your stuff. Thanks for the tip.
Bill
posted by pamur at 7:46 pm (EST) on May 7, 2009
posted by DVanderlinde at 12:56 am (EST) on Apr 26, 2009
I have uploaded a cover for An Army for Empire: The United States Army in the Spanish–American War by Graham A. Cosmas. This is from the 1971 University of Missouri Press hardcover edition.
posted by DVanderlinde at 12:13 am (EST) on Apr 26, 2009
I have uploaded a cover for The War to End All Wars: The The American Military Experience in World War I by Edward M. Coffman. This is from the 1968 Oxford University Press hardcover edition.
posted by DVanderlinde at 4:33 pm (EST) on Apr 25, 2009
I have uploaded a cover for Churchill and the Admirals by Stephen Roskill. This is from the 1977 Collins edition.
posted by DVanderlinde at 2:14 pm (EST) on Apr 25, 2009
posted by bibliorex at 11:43 pm (EST) on Apr 24, 2009
I have upload a cover for The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance by Thomas B. Buell. This is from the original 1974 Little, Brown edition.
posted by DVanderlinde at 11:30 pm (EST) on Apr 24, 2009
posted by bibliorex at 9:04 pm (EST) on Apr 24, 2009
posted by bibliorex at 3:40 pm (EST) on Apr 24, 2009
by Claire Rose Knott (Author)
posted by Ammianus at 7:57 pm (EST) on Apr 17, 2009
Thanks for the recommendation on the Metz book. I have not read that, but it looks very good. I'll have to order it from the library. I picked up Bob Woodward's books on the Iraq war at a library sale over the weekend (you can't beat $1/hardback), so I'm sure those will whet my appetite for more on Iraq.
posted by bibliorex at 5:39 pm (EST) on Mar 31, 2009
I would actually love to see someone update Weigley's book with a hard-hitting study of post-Vietnam US military strategy. Sure, there are plenty of books that cover pieces of it (e.g., Air-Land Battle), but very little in the way of a comprehensive overview in the way that Weigley did it. In my opinion, there is far too little of this type of scholarship currently available.
posted by bibliorex at 10:01 pm (EST) on Mar 29, 2009
I'm sure you're familiar with this publisher but I just discovered it.
Looks like quite a few titles of interest.
Cheers, A
http://www.batterypress.com/
posted by Ammianus at 7:28 am (EST) on Mar 29, 2009
posted by Ammianus at 10:18 pm (EST) on Jan 17, 2009
RE M.Korda's new BoB work. Cheers, A
posted by Ammianus at 8:25 am (EST) on Jan 17, 2009
My name is Yura and I am from Ukraine. I very need the book of P. Wandycz "France and her eastern allies". Can you help me, how I can receive this book?
posted by Yurock at 8:01 am (EST) on Jan 13, 2009
Thanks.
posted by TChesney at 4:59 pm (EST) on Dec 18, 2008
I really like both volumes of "Bomber Units of the Luftwaffe". There's nothing else with this information in English. But it is a reference set - lots of photos, listings of commanders, stations and major activities of each Gruppe, emblems, and a bibliography on each Geschwader. It's the usual high quality publication from Classic Publications (now part of Midland/Ian Allen). It is completely different material from the publisher's Kampfflieger four volume set, which is a more readable operational history, but complements it perfectly. Hope that helps!
posted by rudel519 at 4:50 pm (EST) on Nov 9, 2008
posted by derek.m.carson at 11:40 am (EST) on Jun 16, 2008
posted by CSL at 9:28 pm (EST) on May 22, 2008
always sounded like the Sydney came to close and got torpedoed (on top of shelling). I wonder if they'll be able to bring up some interesting items from both ships (supposedly purty danged deep there). Regards, A
posted by Ammianus at 10:36 am (EST) on Mar 19, 2008
posted by Ammianus at 9:06 am (EST) on Jan 1, 2008
My wife & I are just coming out from a long bout of some kinda flu and 2 weeks of holiday company. I hope Santa treated you well, I received an armload of books (Rome, ACW, Napoleonics, WWI, WWII, scifi)…which I’m currently plowing through. Among them were several from the “print on demand” publishers which provide hard to find monographs (WWI in East Africa). I received & read that old classic GOSHAWK SQUADRON by Derek Robinson (better than BLUE MAX to me). Adrian Goldsworth’s CANNAE is a quick read. Sloan’s ULTIMATE BATTLE (Okinawa) is a collection of oral history anecdotes not an operational study but a good one of that genre. I recommend the new STALINGRAD by Michael Jones, lots of new research & analysis incorporated (and corrects some myths along the way). I also finished McCullough’s final Masters of Rome volume: ANTONY & CLEOPATRA, not up to her others in my opinion. Also the newest from Dan Abnett’s “Gaunt’s Ghosts” series, ONLY in DEATH, gripping space opera! I was also surprised to find that my (American) football team, the Redskins, somehow slipped into the playoffs. We’ll see how long that lasts! Well, I’ll be interested in checking to see what yall have added to your collections. I hope 2008 is a banner year for stocking your shelves with goodies. Regards from a damp Maryland, Ammianus
posted by Ammianus at 8:12 am (EST) on Jan 1, 2008
posted by Ammianus at 6:48 am (EST) on Nov 19, 2007
War, technology, and experience aboard the USS Monitor
http://www.librarything.com/work/448709
Regards, Donogh
posted by Donogh at 4:01 am (EST) on Oct 24, 2007
http://www.amazon.com/Armored-Trains-Van...
posted by Ammianus at 8:34 am (EST) on Oct 7, 2007
posted by jztemple at 10:00 pm (EST) on Sep 18, 2007
posted by surly at 5:32 am (EST) on Sep 14, 2007
I am sure there are many more of the same, I fix them when I see them.
posted by Ardagor at 3:43 pm (EST) on Sep 6, 2007
check out this site (print on demand I guess):
http://www.lulu.com/browse/index.php?fCa...
posted by Ammianus at 8:27 pm (EST) on Sep 3, 2007
I've purchased Lejune's memoirs from them as well as SGT Guillemard. Cheers, A
posted by Ammianus at 6:40 pm (EST) on Aug 10, 2007
posted by OldSarge at 6:48 am (EST) on Jul 27, 2007
posted by surly at 8:39 am (EST) on Jul 12, 2007
posted by surly at 10:31 pm (EST) on Jul 11, 2007
I recieved the Graff book "Medieval Chinese Warfare" just after Xmas - it was great. More recently I discovered that the publishers had a follow up "War, Politics and Society in Early Modern China 900 - 1795" different author but samp publishers and same format. I got my hands on that as soon as I could.
Very similar to the earlier work - most enjoyable.
Cheers
posted by Macbeth at 9:09 pm (EST) on Jul 10, 2007
posted by Ammianus at 11:55 am (EST) on Jul 10, 2007
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posted by rudel519 at 6:01 pm (EST) on Jun 26, 2007
posted by rudel519 at 9:20 pm (EST) on Jun 21, 2007
It's a pity so many of the books written about Japan in this period seem to be quite polemical. I suppose really I ought to learn Japanese, if I can find the time . . .
posted by Akiyama at 6:05 am (EST) on May 29, 2007
posted by Akiyama at 8:40 am (EST) on May 27, 2007
by Christer Bergstrom (Author)
posted by Ammianus at 8:41 pm (EST) on Apr 27, 2007
posted by Ammianus at 5:05 pm (EST) on Apr 27, 2007
the Graff book is now on order at Angus and Robertson. It might take a month or so to arrive (no Australian Distributors have it here) but It will be worth the wait.
Cheers from Oz
posted by Macbeth at 1:31 am (EST) on Mar 16, 2007
Many Thanks
Cheers
posted by Macbeth at 7:32 pm (EST) on Mar 15, 2007
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posted by melvinsico at 11:37 pm (EST) on Oct 29, 2006
Again many thanks
devenish
posted by devenish at 8:44 am (EST) on Oct 29, 2006
posted by rudel519 at 8:33 pm (EST) on Oct 25, 2006
I've already read When Thunder Rolled, and have been looking for a good(& cheap) used copy of Flying Black Ponies for a couple months now. I also picked up Cheating Death a couple nights ago and its looking good so far.
posted by mjsmoose at 9:29 pm (EST) on Sep 19, 2006
As for the impact of looting and rape on discipline and fighting ability of the troops, it is no doubt negative.
What troubles me, though, is that Westerners, Americans especially, in their usual geo- and ethnographical ignorance, call soldiers of the Soviet Army simply "Russians," which just adds to the Western Russophobia, a phaenomenon much older than the Cold War. I'm not sure any data on ethnic composition of the Red Army available, but I'd venture to guess that by the end of the War Russians were not in the majority in the ranks. Tartars, Uzbeks, Ukrainians and the rest must share the blame.
... Oh, by the way, I'm neither a Russian, nor a Russian patriot.
posted by barbatus at 12:56 pm (EST) on Sep 18, 2006
True ... but, you see, it's all about the packaging. For example, in his book, Beevor mentioned once (if I remember correctly) the rapes happened in the parts of Germany occupied by the Western Allies. In his BookTV talk about his book he said that it was widespread there, though not on the same scale as in the East. Of course, with modern technology a video document is as "hardcopy" as a printed one, but still ... how many people watch BookTV? In the West, the raping and pillaging committed by the Red Army had been generally known, even if not so much talked about. So, why all that big stir? I wander ...
Or, take The Hitler ... oops, History Channel. Their program about the downfall of Berlin, broadcasted in the wake of the publication of Beevor's book, was announced as "Red Army pillages and rapes." In the hour-long program (minus commercials, of course), Mr. Beevor mentioned the rapes in the very end, and talked about the issue for a couple of minutes. Then the host, a guy from THC, said that, of course, the Russians deny all that. Well, what will a "general viewer" remember? How many Soviets were killed in battle, or the rapes?
... Regardless, the book is just poorly written, rapes or no rapes. Compare with the "Armageddon" by Hastings: he's not easier on the Soviets, but he can write!
posted by barbatus at 10:44 pm (EST) on Sep 16, 2006
I like your definition of a fan. I certainly do not relish the idea of attending a convention of fans of psychopathic serial killer true crime books, especially since the untimely death of my overly large dog :).
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posted by choebe at 11:17 am (EST) on Jun 26, 2006
Once I finish it, I'll re-rate the book appropriately. Thanks for reminding me!
posted by tiffehr at 2:26 pm (EST) on Jun 9, 2006
Scanning and uploading 2000 covers was quite an effort, I hope it will prove useful to others with british editions.
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