Explores the emergence of modern Iraq from its foundation in 1920 to the August 1990 Allied invasion. It covers the period from the revolution in 1958 and focusses on Saddam Husain's rise to power. The authors also explore the role and decline of the Iraqi Communist party, the shifting policies towards the Kurds, the nationalisation of oil and Iraq's relations with it's neighbours.

1990, I. B. Tauris, , 1850433178,< H-01>,346pp, mass market paperback marked on edges poss coffee but text clean, , CARD
Subject...Post World War II - General
Web No. 32769-01..............................£7.00 

The author served his National Service in the Royal Air Force. He describes with wry humour some of the boring, stressful, whimsical, ludicrous and exciting events that were packed into the two eventful years. He discribes the setting and nature of National Service between the years of 1948 and 1963, and comments on some of its effects on the two million young men who, reluctantly or otherwise, went through it.

2006, Cualann Press, , 9780954441692,< H-01>,207pp, 22 b/w photos, like new in card covers, , CARD
Subject...Post World War II - General
Web No. 33724-01..............................£12.00 

An extraordinary decade in which the old order collapsed, along with the Berlin Wall. Looking at a history of Central Europe after the collapse of soviet control, the author joins the East Germans in their decisive vote for unification, visiting the former leader in prison, accompanies the Poles on their roller-coaster ride to democracy, travels through the killing fields of Kosovo and more.

1999, Allen Lane, Penguin Press, , 0713993235,< H-01>,440pp endpaper maps., Good in grazed d/w, ,
Subject...Post World War II - General
Web No. 37241-01..............................£10.00 

A fascinating study, written by James Gavin, one the most outstanding of American Generals. Following an account of his experiences in World War II in the Mediterranean and North West Europe, he looks at the problems of defence in the immediate post war period, facing the Soviet threat. He raises some interesting proposals as how the threat might have been met. This copy has numerous interesting press cuttings from UK newspapers of the 1960s, '70s and '80s loosely inserted.

1959, Hutchinson, , ,< H-01>,287pp, b/w illustration, Good in dw, ,
Subject...Post World War II - General
Web No. 13135-01..............................£10.00 

A fascinating study, written by James Gavin, one the most outstanding of American Generals. Following an account of his experiences in World War II in the Mediterranean and North West Europe, he looks at the problems of defence in the immediate post war period, facing the Soviet threat. He raises some interesting proposals as how the threat might have been met. This copy lacks a dustwrapper and has some foxing at the page edges and the back endpapers, nonetheless it is otherwise in good condition.

1959, Hutchinson, , ,< H-01>,287pp, b/w illustration, Fair, ,
Subject...Post World War II - General
Web No. 13135-03..............................£8.00 

In the last years of his life the former US National Security Adviser, McGeorge Bundy, revisited the role he played in leading the nation into the Vietnam War as a counsellor to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. In this original and provocative work the author draws on his prodigious research as well as interviews he conducted with Bundy before his death in 1996 to distill the essential lessons of America's involvement in Vietnam.

2008, Henry Holt & Co , , 9780805090871,< H-01>,300pp, New in card covers, , CARD
Subject...Post World War II - General
Web No. 26338-01..............................£11.99 

How and why Australia became involved in the first Gulf War following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. An analysis of the process which led to Australia joining the Allied Coalition and its effect on the nation's prospects for future world relations

1992, Melbourne University Pres, , 0522844634,< H-01>,viii + 304pp, tables, G in card cover, , CARD
Subject...Post World War II - General
Web No. 26076-01..............................£10.00 

Max Hasting's account of his experiences as a war correspondent. He covered the conflicts in Northern Ireland, Biafra, Vietnam, Cambodia, the Middle East, Cyprus, Rhodesia, India, and finally the Falklands.

2000, Macmillan, , 9780333771044,< H-01>,400pp illustrations, Very good in dw., ,
Subject...Post World War II - General
Web No. 29416-02..............................£8.00 

In 1967, E. Michael Helms boarded a bus to the legendary grounds of Parris Island, where boys were forged into hardened Marines -- and sent to the jungles of Vietnam. It was the first stop on a journey that would forever change him -- and by its end, he would be awarded the Purple Heart Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Unit Citation, and the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry

1990, Zebra Books, , 0821730452,< H-01>,, Pages browning, graze on back cover. unread., , CARD
Subject...Post World War II - General
Web No. 19280-01..............................£4.00 

Previous owner gift dedication on endpaper. Good in edgecreased d/w. The author draws on the testimonies of the 700 soldiers of the Princess of Wales Royal Regiment to capture in vivid detail the average soldier's day-to-day experience of war. Embroiled in a conflict often too dangerous for reporters to cover, these soldiers, many without any previous experience of warfare, have kept ongoing records of the drudgery, anxiety and horror involved in fighting a violent and increasingly unpopular war in Iraq against a ruthless and resourceful enemy. All have risked their lives, and many have died.

2006, Harper Press, , 9780007212842,< H-01>,347pp illustrations., , ,
Subject...Post World War II - General
Web No. 17668-02..............................£6.00