Assessing three thousand of the most important worldwide military figures from the earliest recorded moments in history to the present, a fact-filled compilation lists concise biographies and noted contributions for each person

1995, Castle Books , , 0785804374,< J-01>,834pp, , Very good in dw., ,
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 13285-01..............................£18.00

Part of Marguerite Duras's autobiography with two wartime stories conveying life in Paris in the summer of 1944 and the late spring of 1945.

1986, Flamingo, , 0006542255,< J-01>,183pp, Good in card covers, , CARD
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 7863-01..............................£5.00

French text. Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey was a French general and colonial administrator. After serving in Indochina and Madagascar, he became the first French Resident-General in Morocco from 1912 to 1925. Early in 1917 he served briefly as Minister of War. From 1921 he was a Marshal of France. Chapters include: Annees d'enfance et de jeunesse: Du role social de l'officier: Le brigadier d'Ain Sefra: Le Xe Corps d'armee a Rennes: L'etablissement du Protectorat: La bataille du Maroc 1914-1918: Ministere de la Guerre: L'agression Rifaine: L'Exposition coloniale de 1931.

1984, Charles-Lavauzelle, , 2702500544,< J-01>,243pp, square format, numerous photos and illustrations. , d/w torn and faded, boards rubbed on edge, otherwise good., Fr.text,
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 28112-01..............................£20.00

Paperback, slight fading on spine.very good. This biography traces the military and medical career of one of Australia's most celebrated war heroes. Born and raised in Victoria, Australia, he qualified as a pharmacist and surgeon. When World War II broke out, he was appointed a surgeon to the Emergency Medical Unit, spending time in Greece and Africa before he was transferred to Java. As commanding officer and surgeon in the POW camps of the Japanese, he became a legend to thousands of Allied prisoners whose lives were saved with meagre medical supplies. In those camps, at great personal risk, he recorded the deprivation and despair of the men under his command.

1995, Penguin Books, , 0140240071,< J-01>,709pp illustrations, , , CARD
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 38018-01..............................£3.00

Mass market paperback. Covers creased. Signs of use but text unmarked. The three most powerful leaders of the Second World War and their rise to power and their leadership, in the case of Stalin and Roosevelt, in the 1930s while Churchill was in the wilderness. The three only met twice at Yalta and Potsdam and although they were allies fighting a common enemy, the seeds of Cold War were already sown at those meetings. The post war "special relationship" between Roosevelt and Churchill and the Cold War between them and Stalin was concentrated by the atomic bomb: the essential difference between pre- and post-war international diplomacy.

1992, Penguin Books, , 014010402X,< J-01>,608pp illustrations, , , CARD
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 21805-01..............................£3.00

The author's personal recollections of his time during the crucial last two years of WWII with General Macarthur. He was a member of MacArthur's personal staff from 1943 to the Japanese surrender in 1945.

1983, Hippocrene Books Inc., , 0882548549,< J-01>,x + 242pp, 33 photos, map, index, boards show large bleached patches, text g/vg, dw, ,
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 29801-01..............................£10.00

Slight fading on d/w.Boards and text very good.The life of Major-General Sir Edward Spears. The book covers his service in two World Wars. He was a friend of Winston Churchill and in WWII, worked closely with Charles de Gaulle, who from a friend and ally became a bitter enemy.

1997, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, , 0297813471,< J-01>,370pp illustrations, , ,
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 26729-01..............................£10.00

Slight fading on d/w.Boards and text very good.The life of Major-General Sir Edward Spears. The book covers his service in two World Wars. He was a friend of Winston Churchill and in WWII, worked closely with Charles de Gaulle, who from a friend and ally became a bitter enemy.

1997, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, , 0297813471,< J-01>,370pp illustrations, , ,
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 26729-01..............................£10.00

Card covers creased and stained. previous owner notes on pre-title page. text unmarked. Good study copy. An illustration of the lives of Prince Otto von Bismarck, th eprincipal architect, suceeded lass ably by Kaiser Wilhelm ii and the role they played in welding 38 states of the German confederation into a military power and major industrial producer

1972, Longman, , 0582204232,< J-01>,165pp illustrations, maps, , , CARD
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 36967-01..............................£5.00

Dustwrapper chipped and torn at the top of the spine. Foxing on page edges. Good. The recollections of one of the outstanding airmen of WWII. Shot down in 1940, Embury escaped and returned home; the first British airman to do so. He led a night fighter wing during the Blitz, served with the Desert Air Force in N Africa, and later, commanding 2 Group, was responsible for some of the most daring low level attacks of the war.

1957, Methuen, , ,< J-01>,350pp, photos, maps, appendices, index, , ,
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 13438-01..............................£12.00