A biographical study of Rabbi Meir Kahane, the warrior-priest. From FBI informant to Knesset Member, he was founder of the Jewish Defence League.

1990, Faber & Faber, , 0571148425,< J-01>,282pp, ills, index, Good in dw, ,
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 27616-01..............................£10.00

Published c.1937. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–10 November 1938) was the founder and the first President of the Republic of Turkey. He established himself as a brilliant military commander in the Battle of Gallipoli. Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire by the Allies Mustafa Kemal led the Turkish national movement in what would become the Turkish War of Independence. As the Republic's first president, Mustafa Kemal introduced a range of far reaching reforms to create a modern, democratic and secular state.

, Jarrolds, , ,< J-01>,256pp, 20 ills, index, grey cloth, spine darkened & rubbed, text g, ,
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 21512-01..............................£18.00

French text. Bousquet was Secretary General of the Police in the Vichy government from April 1942 to December 1943 during which time many jewish families were deported to certain death. In January 1943 he helped organise the destruction of the Old Port area of Marseilles which resulted in 2000 people sent to the death camps. In 1949 he was tried for war crimes but served no time in prison. After the war he served at the Banque d'Indochine and became a friend of Francois Mitterand, an aquaintance which was dropped when further evidence of war crimes came to light in the '80s. Indicted in 1991 he was assassinated just weeks before his trial was due to begin.

1994, Editions Stock, , 2234042747,< J-01>,622pp, 19 Photographs, Good. Card covers with edge creasing., Fr.text, CARD
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 16565-01..............................£10.00

Subtitled 'The Inside Story of an American Adversary' this authoritative work is the untold story of what the Kremlin wanted during the Cold War years, and what it was willing to do to get it. Khrushchev was a leader who risked war to get peace during the most dangerous years of the twentieth century. Drawing from their unrivaled access to Politburo and Soviet intelligence materials, the authors reveal for the first time three moments when Khrushchev's inner circle restrained him from plunging the superpowers into nuclear war.

2007, W W Norton, , 9780393330724,< J-01>,670pp b/w ills, New in card covers, , CARD
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 33907-02..............................£14.99

Subtitled 'The Inside Story of an American Adversary' this authoritative work is the untold story of what the Kremlin wanted during the Cold War years, and what it was willing to do to get it. Khrushchev was a leader who risked war to get peace during the most dangerous years of the twentieth century. Drawing from their unrivaled access to Politburo and Soviet intelligence materials, the authors reveal for the first time three moments when Khrushchev's inner circle restrained him from plunging the superpowers into nuclear war.

2006, W W Norton, , 9780393058093,< J-01>,416pp, c30 ills, New in d/w, ,
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 33907-01..............................£22.99

The author was a a soldier of the New Zealand Army in WWII. This is the story of his experiences as an officer in the Mediterranean in WWII. It tells of his boyhood in Taranaki, employment and sport in the country, and post-war Auckland.

1983, Ray Richards, , 0908596197,< J-01>,169pp, 40 ills, map, appendices, vg in dw, ,
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 18727-01..............................£15.00

A fascinating study, written by one the most outstanding of American Generals. An account of his experiences in World War II in the Mediterranean and NW Europe with his airborne division. He looks at the problems of defence in the immediate post war period, facing the Soviet threat, and has some interesting proposals as how the threat might have been met.

1959, Hutchinson Publications, , ,< J-01>,287pp, port, Good in dw, ,
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 13135-01..............................£10.00

John S. “Slew” McCain was an old-school sailor and a pioneer in the hard-hitting naval tactics that brought Imperial Japan to its knees. He graduated from Annapolis in 1906 serving aboard a cruiser in World War I, and earning his aviation wings in 1936. By 1939 was commander of the aircraft carrier Ranger, and in 1942 he took command of all land-based aircraft during the campaign for Guadalcanal. Throughout the war, McCain prioritized fighters and single-seat dive-bombers as the best weapons to directly attack the enemy. At the Philippines, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and finally up to the very coastline of Japan, McCain’s carrier group destroyed thousands of enemy planes and hundreds of ships. After Japan surrendered on September 2, 1945, McCain flew back to his home in the US, and died in his bed the very next day.

2006, Casemate, , 1932033505,< J-01>,274pp, 33 b/w photos, 4 maps, biblio, index, New in d/w, ,
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 33546-02..............................£22.50

The life of General Sir Robert Wilson, 1777-1849. He served in Flanders, Holland, South Africa, Egypt, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Russia and Germany, commanded the Lusitanian Legion, and saw Moscow burning. He was dismissed from the army as a Major-General for inciting the Household Cavalry to mutiny at the funeral of Queen Caroline, but later re-instated. He was decorated by numerous nations.

1978, Oxford University Press, , 0192117459,< J-01>,xvi + 224pp, 9 ills, 2 maps, bibliography, index, near fine in dw, ,
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 6368-01..............................£12.00

Mass marketpaperback. Slight edgewear,faded spine,pages browning. Good. This narrative follows Wellington's career from his early days in India, through the Peninsular campaigns and the glorious victory at Waterloo. The author has drawn on letters and diaries of privates, sergeants, officers and Wellington himself, with unrivalled descriptions of strategy, weapons and formations.

1973, Sphere Books, , 0722139039,< J-01>,288pp, illustrations, maps., dw wn, ow vg., , CARD
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 1204-01..............................£3.00