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Massapequa Park, NY: World Union Now. Offered is an original flyer entitled "END THE WAR? WHICH WAR? VIETNAM? OR THE WAR AFTER THAT?" (1970) published by World Union Now out of … Plus…

Massapequa Park, NY: World Union Now. Offered is an original flyer entitled "END THE WAR? WHICH WAR? VIETNAM? OR THE WAR AFTER THAT?" (1970) published by World Union Now out of Massapequa Park, New York. Measuring 8-1/2" by 14" and printed on both sides, the text reads in very short part: "OF COURSE - THE VIETNAM WAR MUST BE ENDED NOW. THAT MUCH IS CLEAR. BUT - Suppose the war did end tomorrow? It would be a marvelous and wonderful thing. Peace at last! But for how long? - The same conditions that led to Vietnam will still exist - the same tinder-boxes of hate, aggression and adventurism in a hundred spots around the world; the same Big Power conflicts; the same runaway arms race; the same billion dollar international traffic in weapons of war - It is time for us to identify the real enemy - THE REAL ENEMY, THE MONSTER THAT WILL CONSTANTLY PRODUCE NEW VIETNAMS WITH LETHAL EFFICIENCY, IS THE SOVEREIGN NATION STATE AND ITS COROLLARY, THE WAR SYSTEM - WE BELIEVE THAT TO THUS MAINTAIN PEACE AND PROMOTE THE WELL-BEING OF ALL MEN, A WORLD GOVERNMENT MUST HAVE [with list of nine requirements] - WE BELIEVE THE FOLLOWING STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO REACH OUR GOAL [with list of six requirements] - WITH SUFFICIENT FINANCIAL BACKING AND PUBLIC SUPPORT, WE EXPECT TO ACHIEVE AT LEAST "STEP 3" BY JULY 4, 1976 ["3. Following this, the U.S. Government should declare that world government is the official foreign policy goal of this country, and the government and people should duly adopt an Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, enabling the U.S. to enter a world federal government on conditions of reciprocity"] - Now in the planning stage is a World Government Institute, which will hold seminars and workshops on Political Action for World Government, in New York, during 1970, to develop leadership for the drive toward world government. If you think you can qualify for such leadership, please write us at once." Condition: previously folded twice; light wear in places; short closed edge tear. . Very Good. No Binding. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1970., World Union Now, 1970, 3, Auckland: HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand), 2009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A very clean copy which feels unread. Following the successful publication of the larger format Oral History Series, these titles are being re-released in trade at a lower price point, in order to meet the increasing interest in military history. During WW2 thousands of New Zealanders served in New Zealand, British and other Allied merchant marines. Many braved the deadly German U-Boat threat during the Battle of the Atlantic - the longest campaign of the war - and sailed in perilous convoys to Arctic Russia, Malta and other high risk routes. Others manned transport and hospital ships and took part in the Allied landings in North Africa, Italy and Normandy, with 105 100 Kiwi merchant seafarers killed, 28 taken prisoner, five of whom died in Japanese captivity, but these figures are artificially low, with many others listed as general British losses. While these figures are small compared to other services, no other civilian group faced such constant risk and the vital contribution of this 'fourth' service has never received the recognition it deserves. The book includes firsthand accounts from men who survived air and submarine attacks, sometimes enduring days adrift in open lifeboats, a seaman awarded the George Cross during the 1942 pedestal convoy to relieve Malta and another who spent three years in Changi prison, amongst many other stirring and poignant accounts of life at war., HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand), 2009, 4, Big Sky Publishing, 2011. 1st Edition. Trade paperback. Fine. 358 pages. This book is in good or better condition. It has no tears to the pages and no pages are missing from the book. The spine of the book is still in great condition and the front cover is largely unmarked. It has signs of previous use but overall is in really nice, tight condition. Items are shipped same day or next business day and are shipped directly from our Australian address. SYNOPSIS: In early August with the failure of the August Offensive at Gallipoli the senior commanders still believed that victory was possible. To help prepare for a new offensive sometime in the first half on 1916 the allied forces attempted to straighten out the line connecting Suvla and Anzac at a small hillock called Hill 60. This tactically meaningless piece of Gallipoli real estate would cost the lives of thousands of men from both sides over a two week period. Many, with justification would argue that the fighting at Hill 60 was even worse than the fighting at Lone Pine of just a few weeks before. The end result was a huge casualty list for gaining a few hundred metres of ground. With this the Gallipoli Campaign ground to a halt and the unspeakable was being spoken - evacuation was in the air. Gallipoli: The Final Battles and Evacuation at Anzac is the first book since Charles Bean's Official History to provide a detailed narrative of the bloody and tragic battle for Hill 60, along with the other engagements that went on until the very last days at Anzac - viewed from both sides of the trenches. It is also the first since Bean, to examine in detail the planning and execution of the evacuation of the troops from Anzac - the most successful part of the whole Gallipoli fiasco. As in his previous books Cameron's detailed research and use of firsthand accounts including letters, diaries, and interviews, enables him to convey the confusion of battle while also telling a good story with a powerful emotional impact. Dr David Cameron is a biological anthropologist and was formerly an Australian Research Council QEII Fellow at the Department of Anatomy & Histology, University of Sydney. He has written several books and this is his third on the Gallipoli Campaign. In early 2003 he conducted a preliminary archaeological survey of the Anzac Gallipoli battlefields and held discussions with Turkish and Australian government officials about conservation issues relating to the Anzac area. Quantity Available: 1. Category: General, World War I; ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9780980814095. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 0000864. . 9780980814095, Big Sky Publishing, 2011, 5, Red Star, Blue Star, The Lives and Times of Jewish Students in Communist Hungary (1948-1956) compiled edited by Andrew Handler & Susan V. Meschel, published by East European Monographs, Boulder distributed by Columbia University Press, New York (1997).. ISBN 0880333847, LCCCN 97-74979, printed in United States of America, 224 pages, size about 6-1/4 x 9-1/4 x 3/4 inches, Hardcover book in very good condition, Blue cloth boards are good, small nick on back, minor wear at spine foot, gold titling on spine, spine is tight, hinges are solid, pages are clean, crisp, unmarked.. During the darkest years of Stalinist Communism in Hungary, the contributors to this book managed to preserve freedom of speech and action, as well as their Jewish self-awareness. In the introduction, the editors trace the evolution of Communism in post-war Hungary. They identify the distinctive features of the Jewish community and describe the relationship of the Jewish leadership, and pinpoint the difficulties of Jewish students in all walks of life. Part two contains the recollections of seventeen men and women, all survivors of the Holocaust, who faced the threat of Communism with courage, resolve, and ingenuity, and who fought individual battles to retain their social and religious identities..Visually inspected owned by Adults, pictures just as important as written listing..LAX Vespa Los Angeles .. Red flag blue flag HC 6602 jud 5 out, East European Monographs, 1997, 3, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE++/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,white background with red,brownish+gilt lettering illustrated design to upper panel of dw/dj,with author's colour portrait painting by John Bratby,RA (1977) to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edge and corners - no nicks or tears present.Front inner flap of dw/dj,has two accidental diagonal creases to both top+bottom corners,head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore- edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5-524pp [paginated] includes 7 chapters,7 b/w line drawings (ships),7 double-page b/w maps - all by Peter McClure. Plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,dedication,prose extract, contents list/table,and 8pp blanks at rear.See my book ID rja691417 for an author SIGNED,UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. Matthew Lawe,master mariner,whose spectacular act of cowardice in the midst of Drake's defeat of the Spanish Armada brought upon him a wild witch's curse that he stay on earth until his guilt was purged. In unending pursuit of salvation,Matthew sailed with Hudson on his last doomed voyage in search of a North-West Passage through the frozen wilderness of the North American continent; fought as a buccaneer under Henry Morgan in the Caribbean; served Samuel Pepys as he transformed rotting hulks,pressed men and professional time-servers into the King's Navy; stood at Captain Cook's right hand as he navigated the narrows of the St. Lawrence to carry General Wolfe to the storming of Quebec,followed him as he charted unknown seas,watched his violent death on a Hawaiian beach. In due course,Matthew became an intimate of Nelson's household as the sea captain farmed his Norfolk acres in premature retirement, served under him when war with the French took him back to sea,to victory on the Nile,to Naples and Emma,and to Trafalgar. Matthew Lawe embodies the spirit of British seamen who mastered the seven oceans during the last four hundred years,whose appetite for adventure carried the fame of Britain across the world.But,while they were mortal,for Matthew there was no rest. The full story of 'The Master Mariner' cannot be told within the compass of one volume.'Running Proud' is the first half of this epic novel,carrying Matthew from the Armada to Trafalgar - see book my ID rja562115 for 2nd and concluding part/volume. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@bleyonder.co.uk,because of the heavier weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US standard AIR postage from UK to US can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always., LONDON.CASSELL LTD.,1978., 5, Chicago Illinois: F.A. Bailey & Co., 1884. Early days in Jasper County, IL, are recalled through a mixture of colorful tales and factual data in this new 8 1/2" x 11" spiral-bound booklet, printed on 60 # opaque paper. The 151 page booklet, an excerpt from the hard-to-find 1884 book: Counties of Cumberland, Jasper and Richland, Illinois published by F.A. Battey & Co. of Chicago, is printed on 60# paper. A vinyl sheet has been added to protect the front cover. Communities currently listed for this area by the National Association of Counties, excluding the townships, include: Hidalgo, Newton (County Seat), Rose Hill, Sainte Marie, West Liberty, Wheeler, and Yale. Among the subjects discussed are: Formation from Crawford County; Gen. Marion's men, Jasper and Newton; Topography, Location, and Geology; Agriculture; Early Settlement of "Wabash Country"; Squaters, Outlaws, Counterfeiters, Horse thieves, etc.; "Mint Creek"; Benjamin Shooks, Dr. Sultzer, Jack McCann, James Jordan, William Price, William Lewis, Job Catt and other early settlers; Indian War Dance scare and other memories and adventures of early pioneers; Political Organization and names of early officials; Interesting details of the ten townships -- such as notable weight, height and age of various citizens; Public buildings; Courts and crimes -- such as altering marks on hogs and theft of a brick house; Social Development and daily life of pioneers; Early transportation -- Roads, Ferries, Bridges, Railroads; Newspapers, Churches, Schools, Societies; the Civil War -- 8th, 11th, 21st, 38th, 46th, 130th, 143rd, 155th Illinois Volunteer Infantry units, and the 5th Cavalry unit; Gen. U.S. Grant's leadership as Captain and colonel with 21st Illinois Regiment; Newton, where "whisky was king"; St. Marie and Joseph Picquet's "Colony of Brothers"; other villages; and many more bits of history and trivia. Attention Genealogists: Besides the many names mentioned in the first part of the booklet, there are biographies of many county residents of yesteryear. Some are brief, but many include ancestors, previous residences, children, in-laws, affiliations, war records, and business activities, in the course of which they often shed light on the businesses, professions and institutions in the county. The biographies include: City of Newton and Wade Township -- J. F. Arnold Jr., John M. Bell, W.L. Bridges, M.K. Busick, J.M. Catt, C.M. Davis, A.A. Franke, James E. Freeman, George K. Gosnell, John H. Halley, Capt. B.W. Harris, James M. Hicks, Dr. H.S. Hinman, Thomas Hunt, Hale Johnson, Simpson Johnson, William B. Jones, C.D. Kendall, T.J. Martin, J.H. Maxwell, Benjamin Miller, Ogden Monell, Daniel O'Donnell, H.K. Powell, Gilbert Reisner, Frank Richardson, B.F. Rogers, Casper Rush, Frank L. Shup, John H. Shup, Frances A. Stevens, A.J. Strole, William Trainor, G.V. Vanderhoof, W.G. Williams, A.J. Woods; Willow Hill Township -- M. Allison, John Auspach, H. C. Bollinger, S.B. Bowman, William J. Chittenden, Ephraim Cottrell, Isaac Debow, Jeremiah Doty, Dr. W.H. Eidson, Dr. Henry A. Eidson, Job Fithian, E.C. Flinn, Dr. M.L. Gettinger, W.H. Higgins, G.R. Hopper, George W. Jones, J.B. McNair, W. F. Mason, J.A. Merrick, John Miller, Capt. T. K. Miller, William H. Muchmore, William C. Parks, E.W. Parks, I.B. Parr, M.H. Perrin, J.R. Reese, Hugh F. Sanders, G. M. Selby, Frederick A. Sempsrott, Milton Sims, S.C. Stewart, Henry Stewart, Isaiah Stewart, W.J. Swope, A.C. Terhune, P.A. Terhune, William T. Watt, Jesse Way, T.H. Weck, Thomas J. Wiseman; Crooked Creek Township -- Adrian F. Aten, Amos Bartley, George D. Briggs, Nathan Brooks, Robert H. Brown, Mitchell T. Bruster, Amos P. Caldwell, Joseph Coad, William Conner, George S. Conner, Jonathan Cowger, John B. Cowger, James Cummins, John Cummins, John F. Cummins, Capt. Robert S. Cummins, James H. Davison, Dr. James F. Davison, John Davison, Henry H. Elder, David Hammer, William W. Hays, Elijah R. Heath, William Hunt, Elihu Hutson, Oliver R. Jackson, Judge James E. James, John F. Kibler, William T. Kibler, Harrison Kilburn, Dr. William M. King, Andrew J. Lake, John T. Land, John W. Lee, William H. McComas, Thomas McDaniel, John M. Melton, Robert W. Moore, Cornelius Murphy, Enoch K. Nelson, Daniel Perrine, William A. Powell, George W. Sutton, Kineson Vanatta, John Vanatta, Joseph E. Vest, Armstead Ward, Rev. John T. Warren, Rezin Wilkins, Isaac C. Worden; Grandville Township -- Lloyd Bailey, Dr. James McCord Barlow, John Bates, John Benson, Dr. Robert S. Byers, Dr. Norman Comstock, John R. Cramer, William A. Gifford, Abram S. Huddlestun, James W. Huddlestun, Capt. Samuel Jarrett, George W. Jeffers, Capt. William Leamon, James Leamon, William McCain, William Martin, Charles F. M. Morey, Silas D. Odell, Henry Purcell, Elias Reichard, Francis Shacklee, Fendol P. Snider; Smallwood Township -- Abel Armstrong, N. Boldrey, Thomas Brown, J.J. Calvin, A. Fleener, John A. Heady, B.A. Heady, Peter Jackson, J. H. Kellam, A. Kellam, Thomas J. Kirk, George M. Manning; Grove Township -- William Badger, Albert Gallatin Caldwell, Rebecca J. Caldwell, James L. Crews, John T. Hanna, C.G. Hess, William C. Junior, Mathew Meinhart, Dr. S.B. Metheny, Peter Myers, Dr. N.D. Myers, John Sowers, Alexander Wallace; North Muddy Township -- Anderson Burnsides, Dr. J.C. Chapman, H.H. Dietz, Capt. William C. Gillson, Capt. W.C. Harned, L.S. Lollar, G.H. Mercer, Jonathan Trexler, Alexander Wilson; South Muddy Township -- Isaac Johnson, John H. Mahaney, Charles Mason, Lyman Randall, William N. Stuart, James E. Worthey; Saint Marie Township -- Joseph Picquet, James Picquet ; Fox Township -- Joseph Boos, Thomas Cahill, James F. Compton, Thomas Gibson, Dr. C. Harris, Paul Hartrich, J.Q. Hitch, J.W. Hughes, Rev. J.L. Jessup, Joseph Kaufmann, Anthony Kaufmann, A. Litzelmann, Albert M. Phillips; William Shryock, J. Shryock, William P. Spray, Dr. James H. Tanguary, J.N. Thrapp, Dr. S. R. Youngman. . Limited Edition Reprint. Spiral/Comb . New/No Jacket. 8.5" x 11". Private Press., F.A. Bailey & Co., 1884, 6, New York: Viking, 1996. A beautiful, pristine, unread copy of the FIRST PRINTING. Brand New condition in a bright, shiny Brand New dust jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NOT price clipped ($27.95). Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. NOT a book club edition. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. 8.5" wide by 9.5" tall. Illustrated with vintage photos, many never before published, and facsimiles of Taylor's handwritten manuscript. Map endpapers. The author was assigned to Company M of Custer's Seventh Cavalry. From the Dust Jacket: "This moving personal and revelatory memoir [is] published here for the first time since its creation." At the Little Bighorn, Taylor's company and two others, in all 112 men, were put under the command of Major Marcus Reno. This previously unpublished account of the battle details not only Taylor's personal experiences, "but a complete history of the event, providing facts and observations never before revealed." Included are biographies of the Seventh Cavalry's officers, a suggested reading list, and copious annotations by Greg Martin. First printing with "First published in 1996" so stated, and complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. Foreword by Greg Martin. At seventeen, Taylor enlisted in the army in 1872. He was assigned to the Seventh Cavalry and served in Custer's western campaigns from 1873-1876. Under the command of Major Reno, he fought for 36 hours against the Sioux at Little Bighorn. Only a short distance away, Custer's unit was annihilated. Private Taylor and the remnants of his regiments attended the burial of Custer's dead. The memories obsessed him for the rest of his days. "Better pens than mine may tell the story of the Little Bighorn but none will attempt it with a greater personal interest or a more sincere desire to truthfully picture the stirring events, the principal part of which has been and ever will be shrouded with a great veil of mystery, for the last rally and entire destruction of Custer's command on that barren ridge has no parallel in the annals of our Indian Wars." -- William O. Taylor. Jacket praise from Stephen Ambrose: "This book is a must for anyone interested in U. S. Western history. Reading it is like actually serving with Custer before his death... Highly recommended!". First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. New/New. xv, 207pp . Great Packaging, Fast Shipping., Viking, 1996, 6, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3rd imp.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn, and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean,colour illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges bright and clean, contents bright,tight and near pristine.Sharp-cornered,bright, clean,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/ backstrip,and clean, unmarked maroon endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3rd imp, ix-xviipp+3-407pp [paginated] includes author's note, acknowledgements,5 Sections+postscript,24pp contemporary b/w+colour photographs in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp106/7,pp186/7 and pp282/3 respectively,glossary,a bibliography,appendices (2),picture acknowledgements,an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,contents list/ table and 2pp blanks at rear . HMS Ark Royal was the most powerful warship the Royal Navy had ever put to sea.50,000 tons of British Sovereign territory - floating airfield that was home to 2,700 men,a stockpile of nuclear weapons,and the most modern,capable air force in Europe. Launched by catapult from a pitching flight deck,Ark's squadrons of supersonic F-4 Phantom interceptors,Blackburn Bucaneer strike jets and state-of-the-art Sea King helicopters were a match for anything else in the sky.But,laid down in 1943,by the early seventies Ark Royal was in the twilight of her career.Only kept in service to help face the Cold War threat from the powerful Soviet Navy,it seemed Ark would play no further part on the world's stage.Then,in January 1972 intelligence reached Whitehall that British Honduras - now Belize - was threatened with imminent invasion.To defend the colony Britain's response would have to be immediate and unequivocal.And Ark Royal offered the only effective means of preventing the little Central American country being overrun by batlle-hardened,US-trained Guatamalan paratroops.But first the old carrier would have to endure a high-speed,1,500-mile dash across the Atlantic towards the Gulf of Mexico.Only then would it be possible to execute an audacious, record-breaking plan to launch a pair of Bucaneers on an extraordinary and unprecedented long-range mission.It was an operation loaded with difficulty and danger.Drawing on many hours of interviews with the participants and previously unseen,classified documents in the UK and abroad,Rowland White,bestselling author of 'Vulcan 607.',has pieced together this remarkable episode for the first time. 'Phoenix Squadron' brings to life a unique,unfamiliar and thrilling piece of post-war British military history: the world of the Fleet Air Arm's last Top Guns.Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.BANTAM PRESS,2009., 5, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG++/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Colour,pictorial,wrap-round artwork illustrated dw/dj by Brian Sweet; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present - and minisculely bumped with reciprocal creases to both head+foot of spine/backstrip.Top edge slightly aged and dust-soiled with minimal spotting/ foxing,fore-edge also slightly aged/ toned - a common fault in this title,due in part to quality of paper used - but not spotted or foxed,book slightly cocked and contents generally bright,apart from page edges tanning,tight and clean.Unblemished,plain navy-blue paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and bright,clean,plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-295pp includes half-title+title pages,contents list,19 chapters and an epilogue. From the modern master of the sea story comes a towering new adventure set in the final year of WWII,an enthralling action novel full of the vivid battle scenes and stirring human drama that have made Douglas Reeman,a household name throughout the world.It is the summer of 1944,and on every front the war is going badly for Germany. The Allies are pushing deeper into France, the old enemy is advancing on the Eastern Front and, in the Baltic,the navy is on the defensive as the Russians drive the once-victorious divisions back into the sea.One ship,the crack heavy-cruiser Prinz Luitpold,helps to keep the pride of the German navy alive.Her luck in battle has become a legend,and to the beleaguered army on shore she has become a symbol.When the order comes to leave the Baltic and head out into the Atlantic to seek the rich prizes of the sealanes,the Prinz's captain Dieter Hechler has no alternative but to obey.He knows that there,in the vast killing ground of the Western Ocean,every ship will be an enemy and the Prinz Luitpold will need all her famous luck to survive.As he faces the challenges of his enormous task,Hechler must submerge every private emotion under the iron mask of command.His concern for his men,his love for a beautiful Luftwaffe heroine,his hatred for the ruthless,unstable admiral on the Prinz's bridge must be set aside as he prepares for combat with the small but doggedly courageous British cruiser squadron determined to hunt him down.See also rja1017 ,rja1298, rja1299, rja1844 and rja2082. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.HEINEMANN,1986., 4, Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Institute, 1958 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. viii, 179 (1) pp, list of b&w illustrations and diagrams, Part 1. Ocean-Going Submarines: I. Commerce Raiding; II. Betasom; III. U-Boats; IV. Shift to the Atlantic; V. Salvatore Todaro, the Knight Errant; VI. Atlantic Incidentss; VII. Torelli's Career; VIII. Pittoni and Bagnolini: IX. Tramping to Singapore. Part 2. Adventures in Uniform: X. Invading Crete; XI. The Attack that Failed; XII. The Kasbah; XIII. Villa Carmela; XIV. The Ghost Ships. Part 3. Convoys: XV. The Battle of African Convoys; XVI. Blackade Runners; XVII. A Drama in Two Acts; XVIII. Da Mosto's Last Fight; XIX. Commander Ignazio Castrogiovanni; XX. Commander Enea Picchio. Part 4. Four Brave Men: XXI. Admiral Carlo Bergamini; XXII. Carlo Fecia Di Cossato; XXIII. Human Torpedoes; XXIV. Olterra's Commander; Appendix: Italian Submarines in the Atlantic. Translated by M. Gwyer. First American Edition, 1958. "Admiral Cocchia's narrative begins early in the war when he was Chief of Staff at the Italian Submarine base at Bordeaux. From this position he describes encounters with the British merchantmen, the Italian methods of slipping through the Straits of Gibraltar, the sinking of the cruiser Calypso, and the transformation of Italian submarines into unarmed cargo boats to take suplies to Japan. He proceeds to reccount the Italian landings on Crete and is followed by a description of the defense of Tobruk, the Battle of the Convoys in the Mediterranean, the sinking of the battleship Roma by the Germans after the Italian armistice, and the attemps on Gibraltar by human torpedoes." from the jacket flap. Price clipped with inked name on front pastedown. 1" closed tear to top edge spine dj with light rubbing around tear and minor edge wear to top and bottom spine edges of same. Only the faintest edge wear to bottom edge spine and front board tip, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Green cloth with black lettering to spine.., United States Naval Institute, 1958, 3.5, U.S.A.: Osprey Publishing, 2007. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. New. Humorous, sarcastic, sober, pessimistic, fatalistic, defiant or defeatist, slang is an important part of every soldier's vocabulary. Much of the slang of World War II was handed down from World War I and earlier conflicts. These words were so ingrained into the soldier's vocabulary that their use was continued by a new generation of soldiers and by the end of the war some terms had even passed into standard everyday usage. This book is a detailed survey of the slang of WWII as used and evolved by US, German and Commonwealth fighting men and women. It lists hundreds of these distictive and evocative words with their definitions and origins, but and also includes contemporary cartoons and images, transporting the reader back through the decades into the world of the WWII warrior., Osprey Publishing, 2007, 6<