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Abstract American Defense and National Security. By Timothy W. Stanley. (Public Affairs Press, Washington, D.C.) $3.25. Elizabethan England: Being the History of this Country “In Relation to all Foreign Princes.” Volume XI, 1599–1601. By E. M. Tenison. (For original subscribers only.) Gallant Gentlemen. By E.S. Turner. (Michael Joseph.) 18s. History of the Second World War—The Defence of the United Kingdom. By Basil Collier. (H.M.S.O.) 50s. Men in Arms. By S. F. Wise, R. A. Preston, and H. O. Werner. (Atlantic Press.) 42s. Ribbons and Medals: Naval, Military, Air Force, and Civil. By Captain H. Taprell Dorling, D.S.O., R.N. (“Taffrail”) in association with L. F. Guille. (George Philip and Son.) 21s. The Secret War, 1939–45. By Gerald Pawle. (Harrap.) 18s. Battle Honours of the Royal Navy. By Oliver Warner. (George Philip and Sons.) 12s. 6d. Christopher Columbus, Mariner. By Samuel Eliot Morison. (Faber and Faber.) 21s. Dillon's Narrative, Volume II, 1802–1839. Edited by Professor Michael A. Lewis, C.B.E., M.A., F.S.A., F.R.Hist.S. (Navy Records Society, Vol. XCVII.) 45s. Forlorn Hope, 1915. By Rear-Admiral G. C. Brodie. (Frederick Books.) 10s. 6d. Frogman, V.C. By Ian Fraser. (Angus and Robertson.) 16s. Heraldry in the Royal Navy. By Alfred E. Weightman. (Gale and Polden.) 30s. Submarine Attacking. By Admiral Aldo Cocchia. (William Kimber.) 18s. The War at Sea. Volume II. History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series. By Captain S. W. Roskill, D.S.C., R.N. (H.M.S.O.) 42s. The Compact History of the United States Army. By Colonel R. Ernest Dupuy. (Hawthorn Books, Inc., New York.) $4.95. The Desert my Dwelling Place. By Lieut.-Colonel D. Lloyd Owen, D.S.O., O.B.E., M.C. (Cassell.) 18s. History of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 1919–1955. By Marcus Cunliffe. (Clowes.) 30s. The Scots Guards, 1919–1955. By Captain the Hon. D. H. Erskine. (Clowes.) Unarmed into Battle. By Major-General H. J. Parham & E. M. G. Belfield. (Warren and Son, the Wykeham Press, Winchester.) 25s. Duel under the Stars. By Wilhelm Johnen. (Kimber.) 18s.