James m gavin (70 Ergebnisse)

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Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Illustrated Edition. Third printing of this specially illustrated paperback edition. Very good condition. This is a mass market size softcover book. Last 40 pages have a crease and mild damp stain at bottom corner. Covers are lightly bumped and/or rubbed at spine tips and corners. 247 pages with index and text illustrations.…

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Soft cover. Zustand: Good. I cannot imagine what this General saw as he led his troops to defeat the Nazis. This will be an interesting read! This is a good plus copy. This is the January 1985 soft cover.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. CLEAN COVER AND CONTENT PAGES. New protective mylar applied to dust jacket before shipping. See photos for more information. Secure packaging for safe delivery.…

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket price clipped. (United States, Foreign Relations) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included. …

Zustand: fair to good, good. 336, illus., maps, index, top corner of fr flylf cut off, sm red crayon mark fr flylf, some wear and small tears along DJ edges. Larger tear at DJ spine, front DJ scuffed, rear DJ somewhat scuffed and soiled.

Mass market paperback. Zustand: Very good. Third Printing [stated]. xv, [3], 376, [6] pages.Some cover and edge soiling. Footnotes. Includes 22 black and white maps; a Foreword, an Introduction, and an Index; and chapters on 1942, Sicily; Italy; Normandy; Holland; The Winter War; Spring of 1945; and Berlin in Retrospect. An odyssey, beginning in Casablanca, the 82nd Airborne's journey follows the road to Berlin, via Sicily, Italy, Normandy, Holland, the Ardennes, crossing the Elbe and the final Allied victory parade up Unter Den Linden in the heart of Berlin. the shock, the confusion and violence of battle from the level of the fighting man to the strategic controversy over the taking of Berlin before the Russians. This is the heroic saga of the 82nd Airborne Division. Led by their fighting general, James M. Gavin, the men of the famous 82nd parachuted into the deadly skies over Sicily, Salerno, Normandy, and Nijmegen in the ill-fated "Bridge Too Far" encounter. Gavin and his men were among the infantry that fought the bloody Winter War of the Bulge and marched victoriously across Germany to meet the Russians in Berlin. Now this unforgettable chapter in the story of World War II is told by Gavin himself, a heroic general who believed that to lead, one must be up front, in the heart of the action. And he was. James Maurice "Jumpin' Jim" Gavin (March 22, 1907 - February 23, 1990) was a senior United States Army Officer, with the rank of lieutenant general, who was the third Commanding General (CG) of the 82nd Airborne Division during World War II. During the war, he was often referred to as "The Jumping General" because of his practice of taking part in combat jumps with the paratroopers under his command; he was the only American general officer to make four combat jumps in the war. Gavin was the youngest major general to command an American division in World War II, being only 37 upon promotion, and the youngest lieutenant general after the war, in March 1955. He was awarded two Distinguished Service Crosses and several other decorations for his service in the war. During combat, he was known for his habit of carrying an M1 Garand rifle typically carried by enlisted U.S. infantry soldiers, as opposed to the M1 carbine rifles traditionally carried by officers besides the Colt Model M1911, .45 caliber pistols. Gavin was part of Mission Boston on D-Day. This was a parachute combat assault conducted at night by the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division on June 6, 1944, as part of the American airborne landings in Normandy. Gavin assumed command of the 82nd Airborne Division on August 8, 1944, and was promoted to major general in October. For the first time, Gavin would lead the 82nd Airborne into combat. On Sunday, September 17, Operation Market Garden took off. Gavin also led the 82nd during its fighting in the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944 and January 1945. Derived from a Kirkus review: A reappraisal of the military triumphs and policy mistakes of the closing phase of World War II in Europe, as seen from both the parachute exit and the Allied command councils. Gavin organized the aggressive, individualistic paratroop units and learned on the job how to deploy them, starting with the 1943 jump into Sicily and the Italian campaigns--good practice for the D-day airborne landing in Normandy, he writes, but a bruising introduction to British condescension on the one hand, and Eisenhower's failure to make key decisions on the other. Gavin's gruff but intricate accounts of small-detachment battles build to the familiar judgments that if the Americans had sidestepped the slow, "conservative" Montgomery, and let Patton sweep all the way to the northern French coast--or if the British had moved as hard as the Americans in Holland--the war could have ended in 1944. And in 1945, after victory was finally in sight, Gavin thinks Eisenhower should have convinced Washington and the Combined Chiefs of Staff to drive for Berlin and head off Soviet occupation--a thumping complaint ramified here, however, with exceptional conscientiousness in reviewing options and counterarguments. The author of several earlier historical and topical books, Gavin writes with practiced simplicity and bounce; beyond this, there is an organic connection between the tactical narratives and the overall evaluations, as the US forces' courage mountingly contrasts with the downright lassitude of the British command and the hesitancy of American decisionmakers.…

Hardcover. Zustand: fair to good. 336, illus., maps, index, ink note (not from author) inside front board, long ink note (not from author) inside front flyleaf. Ink notes and underlining to several pages, James Maurice "Jumpin' Jim" Gavin (March 22, 1907 - February 23, 1990) was a senior United States Army Officer, with the rank of lieutenant general, who was the third Commanding General (CG) of the 82nd Airborne Division during World War II. During the war, he was often referred to as "The Jumping General" because of his practice of taking part in combat jumps with the paratroopers under his command; he was the only American general officer to make four combat jumps in the war.Gavin was the youngest major general to command an American division in World War II, being only 37 upon promotion, and the youngest lieutenant general after the war, in March 1955. He was awarded two Distinguished Service Crosses and several other decorations for his service in the war. During combat, he was known for his habit of carrying an M1 Garand rifle typically carried by enlisted U.S. infantry soldiers, as opposed to the M1 carbine rifles traditionally carried by officers besides the Colt Model M1911, .45 caliber pistols. fair to good. DJ somewhat soiled, small tears, wear, and creases to DJ edges, tear on front DJ repaired with tape.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Binding and pages are intact. All pages are free from any notations. Light scuffing and bumping visible to boards. Dust jacket is wrapped in mylar. This book shows minimal sign of wear to the cover, binding, or pages. Dust jacket condition is Good. Secure packaging for safe delivery.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Dust jacket in good condition. Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Dust jacket has minor scuffing and shelf rubbing along with light chipping; jacket interior has notable staining. Book has light shelf rubbing and damp staining to boards. Binding is sound. End papers along with several interior pages have light damp staining to edges but text and images are clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.…

Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Harper and Brothers 1958 8vo. 304 pages. blue cloth boards slightly soiled and age toned. binding tight. creasing to top and bottom edges of dust jacket. dust jacket in mylar.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Good to very good condition. Front cover is rubbed with a few numbers written on surface. Some soiling on back cover. Bottom edge is worn. Bottom page corners are creased. One inch chip at bottom of spine on front cover. 90 pages.