First Edition. After nearly seventy years, no one has written a better account of Adolf Hitler and the transformation of Germany into a National Socialist state. Shirer was a fine writer, and he reported from Germany during much of the time period covered by this book. Subsequent historians have criticized.....

First Edition. A very nice inscribed first edition of one of the great works of journalism, a moving account of the atom bomb attack on Hiroshima, Japan. New York University's school of journalism ranked Hiroshima as the top work of journalism of the 20th century. Hersey, who had just won.....

First Edition. The Blue Danube can best be described as a gentle satire of Nazi Germany, belonging somewhere on the continuum of works about the Second World War with Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-5 and Mel Brooks' The Producers. He treats the horrors in a completely deadpan fashion. Residents are sent to.....

First Edition. In all likelihood, this is the first published book to describe the internment of the Japanese in the United States following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Taguchi (1905–1956), a Japanese documentary filmmaker and cinematographer, had been in the United States for several years making newsreels for American studios;.....

First Edition. A very scarce wartime history of the Japanese in California that argues that the internment of Japanese and Japanese Americans was a symptom of the same pervasive anti-Japanese attitudes among Americans that had contributed to the Second World War. The author, according to Yuji Ichioka writing in Before.....

First Edition. An examination of the likelihood and potential shape of a war in the Pacific between Japan and the United States, with an emphasis on naval and aerial battles. Kawashima focuses more on the Philippines and Guam and less over Hawaii than some writers on the subject. He also.....

First Edition. A reprint of an article from Harper's Magazine by a Navy doctor stationed in Hawaii who describes the response of the Japanese-American community to the attack on Pearl Harbor and to the internment of Japanese Americans on the West Coast. Coggins describes their efforts to demonstrate that they.....

First Edition. Long poems about the Second World War: The Battle of Britain, The Battle of Greece, The Battle of the Mediterranean, Battles Long Ago, and The Battle of the Atlantic. This is one of 250 specially-bound initialed and numbered copies issued in dark blue pebbled morocco stamped in gilt.....

A homefront poster from the middle of the Second World War explaining the need for gasoline rationing on the East Coast. It reads (ellipses or ... in the original), "Last year... we used about 22,000,000 gallons of gasoline a day in the gasoline rationed Eastern States alone. This year... Because.....

A poster announcing the beginning of rationing during the Second World War, accompanied by a notice that consumers will need to report how much canned and bottled goods they have in their pantries. The poster concludes with the admonition, "Do not buy more than you need." (The short-term shortages at.....

A homefront poster from the Second World War, issued as part of a government effort to eliminate the black market for gasoline. The poster, printed in red and blue on off-white paper, lists eight actions a gas station attendant must take to ensure that the customer's ration card is valid.....

A homefront poster promoting donations to the United Service Organizations, a group that funded and produced entertainment for American soldiers during the Second World War. While movie stars and hot musical acts performed at some USO events, this poster shows a more modest offering—a soldier with a rifle and helmet.....

A homefront poster of a woman holding an empty basket while contemplating full store shelves. During the Second World War, the US government encouraged stores and consumers to abide by price controls and ration limits. 20 by 14 inches. This is an original World War II poster, not a reproduction.....