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WAR PHOTOGRAPHY: IMAGES OF CONFLICT FROM FRONTLINE PHOTOGRAPHERS.

By: Barfield, Thomas, editor.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Magpie: 2006

Seller ID: 27451

ISBN: 1845292707

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

320 pp, 7 3/4" H. B&w and colour photographs. Contents: Introduction; The Break-Up of the Old World Order; Civil Strife; A World at War; The Age of Superpowers; Wind of Change; The Middle East and the Modern World. "A collection of striking images of conflict from the world's most talented and courageous war photographers. These photographs of battle from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day - many of them rarely seen before - convey the horror and the pity of war as seen by those who were there to document it. From images of compassion and companionship, suff...
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UNIFORMS OF THE FOOT GUARDS FROM 1661 TO THE PRESENT DAY.

By: Carman, William Y. Illustrations from original paintings by Bryan Fosten. Originated, designed and with additional text by George and Christopher Newark.

Price: $27.50 USD

Publisher: Pompador Gallery, (Romford, Essex, 1995).:

Seller ID: 10382

127 pp, 4to, hard cover in dust jacket. Beautifully illustrated with 30 full page color plates. "The thirty paintings by Bryan Fosten reproduced in this book illustrate some of the uniforms worn by the Foot Guards on the battlefield and the parade ground from 1661 to the present day. The text by W.Y. Carman describes how the uniforms of the Foot Guards evolved; the many campaigns in which they have fought, and the ceremonial duties they perform as the personal guard of the sovereign." Very faint water mark at bottom corner of rear paste-down. Dust jacket has very tiny tear and lig...
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF MODERN WAFARE. THE TRUE STORY OF CONFLICT FROM THE FALKLANDS TO AFGHANISTAN.

By: Connaughton, Richard.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: London, Constable & Robinson: 2008

Seller ID: 24313

ISBN: 1845298500

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

452 pp, 7 3/4" H. B&w photographs, maps. "The greatness of a battle is determined not by its size or by the numbers of soldiers involved but rather by its effect and influence upon future events. In a series of thrilling recreations of eight of the most signicant military encounters of the last three decades, (the author) presents a fascinating insight into the nature of modern warfare and the influence it has on contemporary events. The conflicts include Goose Green in the Falklands, the invasion of Grenada, Operation Desert Storm - the first modern Iraq War, operations in Mogadishu ...
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WHO KILLED THE CANADIAN MILITARY?

By: Granatstein, J.L.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Phyllis Bruce / HarperFlamingo: 2004

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 23066

ISBN: 0002006758

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

250 pp, 8vo (8 1/4" H). "With tragic helicopter crashes and out-of-date equipment, our military lurches towards irrelevance as our politicians dither. Our personnel are stretched far too thinly and are ill-prepared for the battlefield or increasingly dangerous peacekeeping. In truth, we rank 34th among nations in the provision of UN peacekeeping troops. And since 9/11 and the Iraq War, the United States is seriously re-evaluating our ability to defend our half of North America against terrorism. J.L. Granatstein argues that we are all too willing to hide behind anti-American senti...
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GENERALSHIP AND THE ART OF THE ADMIRAL: PERSPECTIVES OF CANADIAN SENIOR MILITARY LEADERSHIP.

By: Horn, Bernd and Harris, Stephen J., eds. (J.L. Granatstein, Maurice Baril, Romeo Dallaire, Terry Copp, Desmond Morton, Lewis MacKenzie, David Bercuson, Joel Sokolsky, Hal Klepak, Bill McAndrew, W. Don Mcnamara, Ken C. Hague, Ernest B. Beno, et al._

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: St Catharines, Ontario, Vanwell: 2001

Seller ID: 22713

ISBN: 155125056X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

560 pp, 8vo (9 1/4" H). "This collection of (31) essays by Canadian Forces officers, as well as prominent Canadian authors and scholars, expresses the unique Canadian experience and outlook in regard to the changing nature of leadership in the armed forces. Specifically, the book examines generalship from a number of perspectives such as the historical experience, the nature of higher command, recent operations, civilian-military relations, including the interface with the media, and the functional roles and responsiblities of generalship."
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GENERALSHIP AND THE ART OF THE ADMIRAL: PERSPECTIVES OF CANADIAN SENIOR MILITARY LEADERSHIP.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: St Catharines, Ontario, Vanwell: 2001

Seller ID: 22131

ISBN: 1551250608

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

560 pp, 8vo (9" H). "This collection of (31) essays by Canadian Forces officers, as well as prominent Canadian authors and scholars, expresses the unique Canadian experience and outlook in regard to the changing nature of leadership in the armed forces. Specifically, the book examines generalship from a number of perspectives such as the historical experience, the nature of higher command, recent operations, civilian-military relations, including the interface with the media, and the functional roles and responsiblities of generalship." Interior - clean and tight with no previous...
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MILITARY MODELLING. VOLUME 27 NO. 5 1997

By: Jones, Ken, editor.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Hemel Hempstead, Nexus: 1997

Seller ID: 27633

ISBN: 00264083

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Very Good

66 pp, 11 5/8" H. Profusely illustrated with colour and b&w photographs, drawings. Contents: New York's Finest: America's 14th Annual Long Island military modelling show; Sergeant Cacciatori D'Africa at Adua 1889: Building a 120mm Italian soldier from a 19th century African campaign; Fortress Louisbourg: Reconstruction of an 18th century French fortress town in Nova Scotia; IFOR Armour in Bosnia: The first of an illustrated three part feature on some of the many and varied armoured vehicles from different countries in service with the International Force; British Cavalry Regiments Remem...
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MILITARY MODELLING. VOLUME 27 NO. 6 1997

By: Jones, Ken, editor.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Hemel Hempstead, Nexus: 1997

Seller ID: 27634

ISBN: 008198277

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Very Good

66 pp, 11 5/8" H. Profusely illustrated with colour and b&w photographs, drawings. Contents: Cleaning Up 'A' Gun: Scratch built Royal Navy warship gun crew diorama; Modelling a Toy Soldier: The first part of a trilogy on producing miniature figures at home; The Second Battle Group: German WWII historical re-enactors; Did Somebody Call?: Figure conversion - a 120mm WWI German telephone linesman; The Tank Modelling Course: Cromwell Models' A10 Cruiser - part two; IFOR Armour in Bosnia: Second part of a three-part feature on AFVs of the International Force; Britain's Red Navy: Uniforms of ...
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MILITARY MODELLING. VOLUME 27 NO. 7 1997

By: Jones, Ken, editor.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Hemel Hempstead, Nexus: 1997

Seller ID: 27635

ISBN: 008198277

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Good+

66 pp, 11 5/8" H. Profusely illustrated with colour and b&w photographs, drawings. Contents: Cuirassier Trumpeter: Painting Metal Modeles' 54mm kit; Soviet Swimming Tank: Building the Start Models 1:35 scale kit; John Company's Navy Uniforms: Details from a contemporary tailor's pattern book; Switzerland's Panzer Museum: Fraser Gray visits the 'difficult to find' AFV collection at Thun; Euro Militaire Preview: Countdown to the military modelling show this September; Abandon the Conventional: Modelling a little something out of the ordinary; Roman Bowman: Slight adjustments to the Verlin...
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MILITARY MODELLING. VOLUME 26 NO. 3. MARCH 1996.

By: Jones, Ken, editor.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Hemel Hempstead, Nexus: 1996

Seller ID: 27617

ISBN: 00264083

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Very Good -

70 pp, 11 5/8" H. Profusely illustrated in colour and b&w with photographs and drawings. Contents: Painting Le Cimier's Murat: Flamboyant uniform for a 90mm miniature figure; Accurate Armour's Challenger 2: Building the 1:35 scale kit; Military History in Flat Figures: The glory that was ancient Rome: 'Boonie Rat': Converting a Kirin 1:16 scale miniature figure; Military Models at the International Model Show: Photo report on the recent Nexus show at Olympia: Build a Beute Panzer: Converting Emhar's 1:35 scale WWI tank; Chicago: The United States' premier military miniatures exhibition;...
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THE BLUE HELMETS UNDER FIRE: FIFTY YEARS OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS. 4018.

By: Katz, Samuel M. and Debay, Yves.

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Concord, Hong Kong, 1996.:

Seller ID: 24412

96 pp, 11" H, soft cover. ISBN 9623617267 Profusely illustrated with b&w and color photographs. Interior - soft bump at top corner of text block, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - minor rubbing, soft bump at top corner of covers. Very Good
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THE SERBS: THE GUARDIANS AT THE GATE.

By: Laffan, R.G.D.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Dorset: 1989

Edition: Reprint.

Seller ID: 23942

ISBN: 0880294132

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

299 pp, 8vo (8 1/4" H). Maps. " 'The Serbs' was originally a series of lectures delivered by the renowned British historian R.G.D. Laffan. (His) lectures became so famous they were collected and published in book form. Out of print for many years, (this) is the classic book on an important and misunderstood people. Too many of us only know the Serbs as precipitators of World War I, when a Serbian nationalist assassinated Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand in 1914 causing Austria to declare war. But Serbian history is eventful and filled with intrigue. To give us one example, (the aut...
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PEACEKEEPER: THE ROAD TO SARAJEVO.

By: MacKenzie, Lewis.

Price: $16.00 USD

Publisher: Vancouver, Douglas & McIntyre: 1993

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 23382

ISBN: 155054098X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

345 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). Map endpapers, b&w photographs, maps. "Brave, tough, resourceful, and, rarest of all, blessed with an irreverent sense of humour, (Major-General Lewis) MacKenzie needed all those qualities for the biggest assignment of his military career: striving for peace among the warring factions in the former Yugoslavia. In this riveting memoir, MacKenzie describes how he created Sector Sarajevo, and with a 30-nation UN force set out to liberate the airport to receive desperately needed food and medical supplies. MacKenzie's outstanding and unorthodox leadership c...
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PEACEKEEPER: THE ROAD TO SARAJEVO.

By: MacKenzie, Lewis.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: Vancouver, Douglas & McIntyre: 1993

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 29733

ISBN: 155054098X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

ENGLISH AND WELSH INFANTRY REGIMENTS: AN ILLUSTRATED RECORD OF SERVICE.

By: Westlake, Ray. Inscribed.

Price: $37.50 USD

Publisher: Spellmount, Staplehurst, 1995, first edition.:

Seller ID: 18725

223 pp, 4to (11" H), hard cover in dust jacket. INSCRIBED ON TITLE PAGE: "BEST WISHES RAY WESTLAKE". ISBN 1873376243 Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, reproductions, color plates. "....a comprehensive record of campaigns, overseas serv ices, battles and engagements of the English and Welsh line infantry regiments created following the British Army reorganisations of 1881. From Tangier in 1662 to Bosnia in the mid-1990's, here is a thorough, up-to-date, record of the cou n t r i e s i n which each regiment served and the year in which they moved....Elements cove...
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