General History

White book cover with a photo of people in hazmat suits working in a lab setting. The title is in large gray text at the top, with a red box highlighting the subtitle. Author names appear at the bottom in black text.

$20.00

A Higher Form of Killing: The Secret History of Chemical and Biological Warfare

$14.00

World War I: 12 Things to Know

The book cover of The Pity of War by Niall Ferguson showcases a poignant black-and-white photo of a soldier resting in a cart during World War I.

$28.50

The Pity Of War: Explaining World War I

Book cover of The Road Less Traveled by Philip Zelikow, illustrating soldiers in uniform walking in formation during World War I.

$19.00

The Road Less Traveled: The Secret Battle to End the Great War, 1916-1917 [Paperback]

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Of Little Comfort

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$30.00

The Legacy of the Great War: Ninety Years On

The cover shows a black and white photograph of a group of people walking and being accompanied by soldiers.

$22.00

The Splintered Empires: The Eastern Front 1917–21

Minimalist white cover featuring an illustration of a group of men in formal dress seated and standing around a long table in a grand, high-ceilinged room, with tall windows in the background. The title is in dark serif font above the image, and the author’s name is printed below in the same font.

$40.00

Disputing Disaster: A Sextet on the Great War

The title for A Violent Peace: A Global Military History of the Interwar Period is in large red letters, with the subtitle in smaller dark blue text below. The background features an ornate historical style world map centered on Europe, Africa, and Asia, bordered by portraits of military and political leaders from the interwar era. At the bottom, text reads “Edited by Ian Ona Johnson and Robert Clemm. The overall design resembles a vintage illustrated atlas or political chart from the early 20th century.

$55.00

A Violent Peace: A Global Military History of the Interwar Period (Modern War Studies)

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$12.00

War is a Racket

The cover for Hidden History is made to look like a document that has been redacted with the only visible text being the authors' names and title of the book. At the bottom of the cover are 3 photographs of 3 different men. The redacted document and photographs are on fire with flames at the bottom of the book cover.

$43.50

Hidden History: The Secret Origins of the First World War

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Cover of In the Centennial Footsteps of the Great War depicting four soldiers in uniform, standing resolutely with an American flag in the background.

$99.50

In the Centennial Footsteps of the Great War, Volume 2

Cover of The Great War, 1914-18, edited by R. J. Q. Adams, featuring a historical photo of soldiers in a trench

$46.00

The Great War, 1914-1918: Essays on the Military, Political and Social History of the First World War

Cover of the book War in Peace featuring two soldiers in uniform, edited by Robert Gerwarth and John Horne,

$46.00

War in Peace: Paramilitary Violence in Europe after the Great War

Book cover featuring black-and-white wartime photos of soldiers in trenches wearing helmets, with bold yellow and white title text reading “World War I: What Caused It!” and subtitle about causes, U.S. involvement, and America’s contribution.

$23.00

World War I: What Caused It! Causes of the War, US Involvement and America's Contribution Grade 7 American History

Cover for The Allied Powers vs The Central Powers of World War I shoes a large ship painted in the dazzle style at the top of the cover and soldiers marching with rifles at the bottom of the cover.

$34.50

The Allied Powers vs. The Central Powers of World War I: History 6th Grade Children's Military Books

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