2018, ISBN: 9780091796518

Edinburgh, Cambridge & Durham: The Pentland Press, 1997. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good+ — in Very Good+ Dust Wrapper. . First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust … More...

Edinburgh, Cambridge & Durham: The Pentland Press, 1997. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good+ — in Very Good+ Dust Wrapper. . First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (black boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 8½” x 6” (0.7 kg); (ix) 138pp; Includes: Plans of battle; Black & white photographs; ISBN: 1-8582-1497-1 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy of this book means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book#193797|| Condition:, Edinburgh, Cambridge & Durham: The Pentland Press, 1997, 3, London: Country Life, 1975. 144pp, profusely illustrated. Prelims and end-pages foxed. Or cl boards in dust-jacket which shows some wear at extremeities. The book contains a remarkable collection of photos and articles from Navy and War Illustrated and provides an insight into Victoria's army before it disappeared under the weight of 20th-century technological warfare.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to., Country Life, 1975, 3, Barnsley: Frontline Books, 2018. Fought amid the most challenging terrain of any theatre during the Second World War, the campaign in the Far East saw heroic actions against the unyielding Japanese that resulted in the awarding of more than forty Victoria Crosses greater than a fifth of all the VCs of the war. Such actions include that of Major Frank Blaker, whose battalion of the Gurkha Rifles was held up by Japanese machine-guns on 9 July 1944. After climbing for five hours up a 2,100-foot hill, Blaker crawled on his hands and knees through dense jungle alone until he was close enough to stand up and charge the strong enemy position. Though mortally wounded, he urged his men to follow and the hilltop was taken. During the famous Chindit operations, Lieutenant George Cairns was with the South Staffordshire Regiment as it attacked a Japanese position on top of Pagoda Hill. The Chindits reached the summit and, charging into the Japanese, a vicious hand-to-hand battle ensued. In the fighting a Japanese officer hacked off Cairns left arm but, astonishingly, the young Londoner then killed the enemy officer, picked up the sword with his right hand and carried on fighting. He died the next day. The Gurkhas are renowned for their courage and it is unsurprising that many of the Fourteenth Army's VCs were won by these tough Nepalese soldiers. Rifleman Bhanbhagta Gurung found his battalion of the 2nd Gurkha Rifles pinned down by an enemy sniper. So he stood up in the open and killed the Japanese soldier. As his battalion advanced again, it once more came under enemy fire. Bhanbhagta Gurung charged the enemy positions, taking five Japanese fox-holes, one by one in the face of almost point-blank fire. The wide-ranging nature of the conflict in the Far East saw awards being granted for actions not just in Burma but also in India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaya, Borneo, New Guinea and even off the coast of Japan itself. The recipients came from across the Commonwealth, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, Great Britain, India and Nepal. These VC actions are told in great detail in The Forgotten VCs, the first book to examine in depth the Victoria Crosses of the war in the Far East. Brian Best brings to life the daring deeds of a group of courageous men in the most inhospitable of battlefield conditions, filling a glaring gap in the historiography of Britain s most prestigious award for valour.. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Frontline Books, 2018, 6, New York: William Morrow, 1965. x, 462pp, 20pp b/w photos, maps, appendix, index. Cloth boards in lightly edge-worn dust-jacket. The biography of General Hassan Arfa, born in 1895, an officer in the Iranian Army for 30 years before his political and diplomatic career. The book includes a portrait of Reza Shah, the relations of the Shah with Mosaddeq as well as accounts of the General's visits to the tribal regions of Iran.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo., William Morrow, 1965, 3, Hutchinson, London, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). As New/As New. green endpapers. Like Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi has become an iconic figure. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, since 1988 she has steadfastly opposed Burma's brutal military regime, instituted by General Ne Win in 1962. But her leadership of the Burmese democracy movement, and her ardent advocacy of human rights, have landed her in desperate trouble. She was first placed under house arrest in 1989. Today she is again under house arrest, seemingly for good. In the years between, she has faced constant physical and psychological harassment. In 2003, during an attempt on her life at Depayin, she witnessed the massacre of scores of her followers. Her extraordinary commitment to the Burmese people has resulted in involuntary separation from her family - her English husband Dr. Michael Aris, and their two sons. Aris's death in 1999 was yet another cruel twist of the knife. But nothing can deflect Suu Kyi from the course she has adopted. Crucially, her martyred father - General Aung San - led Burma to independence from the British. But if Aung San's legacy has profoundly affected his daughter's choices, so too has the disciplined upbringing given her by her widowed mother, Daw Khin Kyi. Justin Wintle gives us the fullest biography of Aung San Suu Kyi to date, asking searching questions along the way. Is her father's status as hero really vouchsafed? And is Aung San Suu Kyi's insistence on non-violence really best calculated to bring down a junta incapable of acting in good faith? There are no easy answers. But by including her father's story, and, vitally, the story of the Burmese people at large, Wintle lays bare the ambiguities which nourish a tragedy that is national as well as personal. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 450 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Gilt titles spine. black cloth; illustrated by b/w. photo's. & double-page b/w. map of Burma/Myanmar. Includes index, sources, further reading list & glossary. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; History; South East Asia; Myanmar; Burma; Politics & Government. ISBN: 0091796512. ISBN/EAN: 9780091796518. Inventory No: 3001. . 9780091796518, Hutchinson, 2007, 5<

2007, ISBN: 9780091796518

Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts,, 1933. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with numerous illustrations in the text; terracotta cloth, backstrip with printed p… More...

Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts,, 1933. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with numerous illustrations in the text; terracotta cloth, backstrip with printed paper label, boards lightly damp-marked at lower edge (not materially affecting contents), a good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE., Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, 1933, 0, Hutchinson, London, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). As New/As New. green endpapers. Like Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi has become an iconic figure. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, since 1988 she has steadfastly opposed Burma's brutal military regime, instituted by General Ne Win in 1962. But her leadership of the Burmese democracy movement, and her ardent advocacy of human rights, have landed her in desperate trouble. She was first placed under house arrest in 1989. Today she is again under house arrest, seemingly for good. In the years between, she has faced constant physical and psychological harassment. In 2003, during an attempt on her life at Depayin, she witnessed the massacre of scores of her followers. Her extraordinary commitment to the Burmese people has resulted in involuntary separation from her family - her English husband Dr. Michael Aris, and their two sons. Aris's death in 1999 was yet another cruel twist of the knife. But nothing can deflect Suu Kyi from the course she has adopted. Crucially, her martyred father - General Aung San - led Burma to independence from the British. But if Aung San's legacy has profoundly affected his daughter's choices, so too has the disciplined upbringing given her by her widowed mother, Daw Khin Kyi. Justin Wintle gives us the fullest biography of Aung San Suu Kyi to date, asking searching questions along the way. Is her father's status as hero really vouchsafed? And is Aung San Suu Kyi's insistence on non-violence really best calculated to bring down a junta incapable of acting in good faith? There are no easy answers. But by including her father's story, and, vitally, the story of the Burmese people at large, Wintle lays bare the ambiguities which nourish a tragedy that is national as well as personal. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 450 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Gilt titles spine. black cloth; illustrated by b/w. photo's. & double-page b/w. map of Burma/Myanmar. Includes index, sources, further reading list & glossary. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; History; South East Asia; Myanmar; Burma; Politics & Government. ISBN: 0091796512. ISBN/EAN: 9780091796518. Inventory No: 3001. . 9780091796518, Hutchinson, 2007, 5<

2007, ISBN: 0091796512

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[EAN: 9780091796518], Gebraucht, wie neu, [PU: Hutchinson, London], HISTORY BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY BZDB227 BIOGRAPHY/BURMA/MYANMAR/POLITICS/GOVERNMENT/HISTORY/SOUTH EAST ASIA/BURMESE H… More...

[EAN: 9780091796518], Gebraucht, wie neu, [PU: Hutchinson, London], HISTORY BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY BZDB227 BIOGRAPHY/BURMA/MYANMAR/POLITICS/GOVERNMENT/HISTORY/SOUTH EAST ASIA/BURMESE HISTORY/BURMESE INDEPENDENCE AUTOBIOGRAPHY; HISTORY; SOUTH ASIA; MYANMAR; BURMA; POLITICS GOVERNMENT. UNBRANDED ISBN: 0091796512 EAN: 9780091796518 JUSTIN WINTLE PERFECT HOSTAGE: A LIFE OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI ASIA MYANMAR GOVERNMENT, Jacket, green endpapers. Like Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi has become an iconic figure. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, since 1988 she has steadfastly opposed Burma's brutal military regime, instituted by General Ne Win in 1962. But her leadership of the Burmese democracy movement, and her ardent advocacy of human rights, have landed her in desperate trouble. She was first placed under house arrest in 1989. Today she is again under house arrest, seemingly for good. In the years between, she has faced constant physical and psychological harassment. In 2003, during an attempt on her life at Depayin, she witnessed the massacre of scores of her followers. Her extraordinary commitment to the Burmese people has resulted in involuntary separation from her family - her English husband Dr. Michael Aris, and their two sons. Aris's death in 1999 was yet another cruel twist of the knife. But nothing can deflect Suu Kyi from the course she has adopted. Crucially, her martyred father - General Aung San - led Burma to independence from the British. But if Aung San's legacy has profoundly affected his daughter's choices, so too has the disciplined upbringing given her by her widowed mother, Daw Khin Kyi. Justin Wintle gives us the fullest biography of Aung San Suu Kyi to date, asking searching questions along the way. Is her father's status as hero really vouchsafed? And is Aung San Suu Kyi's insistence on non-violence really best calculated to bring down a junta incapable of acting in good faith? There are no easy answers. But by including her father's story, and, vitally, the story of the Burmese people at large, Wintle lays bare the ambiguities which nourish a tragedy that is national as well as personal. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 450 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Gilt titles spine. black cloth; illustrated by b/w. photo's. & double-page b/w. map of Burma/Myanmar. Includes index, sources, further reading list & glossary. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; History; South East Asia; Myanmar; Burma; Politics & Government. ISBN: 0091796512. ISBN/EAN: 9780091796518. Inventory No: 3001., Books<

2007, ISBN: 9780091796518

J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), Tübingen, 1915.., J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), Tübingen, 1915., 0, Hutchinson, London, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). As New/As New. … More...

J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), Tübingen, 1915.., J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), Tübingen, 1915., 0, Hutchinson, London, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). As New/As New. green endpapers. Like Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi has become an iconic figure. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, since 1988 she has steadfastly opposed Burma's brutal military regime, instituted by General Ne Win in 1962. But her leadership of the Burmese democracy movement, and her ardent advocacy of human rights, have landed her in desperate trouble. She was first placed under house arrest in 1989. Today she is again under house arrest, seemingly for good. In the years between, she has faced constant physical and psychological harassment. In 2003, during an attempt on her life at Depayin, she witnessed the massacre of scores of her followers. Her extraordinary commitment to the Burmese people has resulted in involuntary separation from her family - her English husband Dr. Michael Aris, and their two sons. Aris's death in 1999 was yet another cruel twist of the knife. But nothing can deflect Suu Kyi from the course she has adopted. Crucially, her martyred father - General Aung San - led Burma to independence from the British. But if Aung San's legacy has profoundly affected his daughter's choices, so too has the disciplined upbringing given her by her widowed mother, Daw Khin Kyi. Justin Wintle gives us the fullest biography of Aung San Suu Kyi to date, asking searching questions along the way. Is her father's status as hero really vouchsafed? And is Aung San Suu Kyi's insistence on non-violence really best calculated to bring down a junta incapable of acting in good faith? There are no easy answers. But by including her father's story, and, vitally, the story of the Burmese people at large, Wintle lays bare the ambiguities which nourish a tragedy that is national as well as personal. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 450 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Gilt titles spine. black cloth; illustrated by b/w. photo's. & double-page b/w. map of Burma/Myanmar. Includes index, sources, further reading list & glossary. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; History; South East Asia; Myanmar; Burma; Politics & Government. ISBN: 0091796512. ISBN/EAN: 9780091796518. Inventory No: 3001. . 9780091796518, Hutchinson, 2007, 5<