War from Nostalgic Books & Elements

1956 vintage - "sketches the course of the Confederacy's decline and reappraises the influences leading to its defeat." "Among the book's illustrations is a diagram designed by the author represnting graphically the course of Confederate morale." - front flap several black and white images inside center of book DJ - NPC $4.00 Book - prior owner's signature on FFEP

SIGNED by the author on the half title page "America's funniest science writer" (Washington Post) Mary Roach explores the science of keeping human beings intact, awake, sane, uninfected, and uninfested in the bizarre and extreme circumstances of war. Grunt tackles the science behind some of a soldier's most challenging adversaries―panic, exhaustion, heat, noise―and introduces us to the scientists who seek to conquer… Read more about this item

1960 Capricorn Edition "It is the diary of Lieutenant Colonel Arthur James Lyon Fremantle... Enriching Colonel Fremantle's journal are lively notes by Walter Lord, author of A Night to Remember and The Good Years." -back cover

"A stone wall of silence and taboo surrounds the story of the part palyed by the Roman Catholic Church in the conspiracy, the event itself, and its tragic aftermath. It is a mystery that ex-priest Emmett McLoughlin probes in this provocative and important study." - back of book