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Abstract The Decisive Battles of the Western World and their Influence on History. Volume III. By Major-General J. F. C. Fuller, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O. (Eyre and Spottiswoode.) 45s. Grand Strategy, Volume V. History of the Second World War. United Kingdom Series. By John Ehrman. (H.M.S.O.) 42s. Military Heritage of America. By Colonel R. E. Dupuy, U.S. Army (Retd.), and Colonel T. N. Dupuy, U.S. Army. (McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York, Toronto, London.) $10. Military Policy and National Security. Edited by William W. Kaufmann. (Oxford University Press.) 30s. Paradise Precarious. By Howard Williams. (The Welcome Press, Nairobi and London.) 9s. 6d. Ark Royal. By Kenneth Poolman. (William Kimber.) 18s. The Battle of the River Plate. By Dudley Pope. (William Kimber.) 18s. Close of a Dynasty. By Vice-Admiral Sir Francis Pridham, K.B.E., C.B. (Allan Wingate.) 18s. A Great Seaman. The Life of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Oliver. By Admiral Sir William James. (H. F. and G. Witherby.) 18s. One Marine's Tale. By General Sir Leslie Hollis. (André Deutsch.) 15s. U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950–1953. Volume II. The Inchon-Seoul Operation. By Lynn Montross and Captain Nicholas A. Canzona, U.S.M.C. (Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps.) Blackburn's Headhunters. By Philip Harkins. (Cassell and Co.) 16s. Conspiracy Among Generals. By Wilhelm von Schramm. Translated by R. T. Clark. 16s. Freshly Remembered. By Cecil Aspinall Oglander. (The Hogarth Press.) 25s. History of The 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force), Volume II, 1929 to 1947. (Gale and Polden.) 23s. 6d. Historical Record of The 6th Gurkha Rifles, Volume II. By Lieut.-Colonel H. R. K. Gibbs. (Gale and Polden.) 35s. The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own), 1919–1952. By Lieutenant-Commander P. K. Kemp, F.R.Hist.S., R.N. (Retd.). (Gale and Polden.) 25s. Regiments at a Glance. By Lieut.-Colonel Frank Wilson. (Blackie and Son.) 7s. 6d. The Uniforms and History of the Scottish Regiments. By Major R. Money Barnes in collaboration with C. Kennedy Allen. (Seeley Service and Co.) 30s. The Central Blue. By Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Slessor, G.C.B., D.S.O., M.C. (Cassell.) 30s.