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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 428 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed., 1st printing ; xxvi, 446 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm ISBN 9780226136226, 0226136221 OCLC 5285932 LCCN 79019254 LC E275.A2 R48 Dewey 973.38 ; Contents: New England in arms -- War around Manhattan -- Countering Burgoyne -- New Jersey mobilized -- The Philadelphia theater -- War in the Carolinas -- Virginia, to Yorktown -- The Indian frontier -- Maritime combat -- Behind enemy lines -- Logistics -- Other revolutionaries ; A classic oral history of the American Revolution, The Revolution Remembered uses 79 first-hand accounts from veterans of the war to provide the reader with the feel of what it must have been like to fight and live through America's bloody battle for independence.; "In a book fairly bursting with feats of daring, perhaps the most spectacular accomplishment of them all is this volume's transformation of its readers into the grandchildren of Revolutionary War soldiers. . . . An amazing gathering of 79 surrogate Yankee grandparents who tell us in their own words what they saw with their own eyes."-Elaine F. Weiss, Christian Science Monitor ; "Fascinating. . . . [The soldiers'] details fill in significant shadows of history."-Henry Kisor, Chicago Sun-Times ; "It's still good fun two centuries later, overhearing these experiences of the tumult of everyday life and seeing a front-lines view of one of the most unusual armies ever to fight, let alone win."-Richard Martin, Wall Street Journal ; "One of the most important primary source discoveries from the era. A unique and fresh perspective."-Paul G. Levine, Los Angeles Times ; FINE/FINE. Book.…

Zustand: New. Fort Leavenworth, where Roger J. Spiller taught the US army s finest for twenty-five years, is indeed a school of war . There, among military professionals, Spiller honed his remarkable skills as an analyst and historian, scholar and teacher. This volume.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 68 pages. Features: Ad inside front cover for the Avco gas turbine-powered hydrofoil landing craft; One-page photo ad for the Boeing-Vertol HC-1B Chinook helicopter in flight; NATO & Guerillas - 3 questions and some expert answers; Guerrilla War and U.S. Military Policy - A Study; Street Without Joy - France's 8-year battle against Communist infiltration in Indochina; Mao's Primer on Guerrilla War; Guerrilla Warfare in Underdeveloped Areas; Guerrillas, Small Wars, and Marines; The Company Fights Guerrillas; Photo ad for Bell Helicopters features the HU-1B; 1-page photo ad for the Hiller TEN99 helicopter; Transfers and Promotions; McDonnell Phantom II ad on back cover; and more. Middle page holding by one staple. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. …