Isbn: 9780853680390 - british generalship in the 20th century (7 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. (London): Arms and Armour Press, (1970). First Edition. 8vo. 312pp, Index. Hardcover, very good plus condition (few spots on fore-edge of text block, corner of page creased), no dj. With 12 photographs and 13 maps. Theme: "the apparent conflict between two essential military requirements: on the one hand the will to stand and fight and the habit of unquestioning obedience; on the other the need for initiative, for subtlety and subterfuge, and the necessity to use all possible means of overcoming the will of the enemy at the least cost to oneself" (Introduction). ISBN 0853680396; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 312 pages.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. DJ with some edge wear, tears and clipped.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Good Jacket. The map on the front endpapers is upside down. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:0853680396. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Lovely example of this book. Hardcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> The theme which runs through this book is the apparent conflict between two essential military requirements; on the one hand the will to stand and fight and the habit of unquestioning obedience; on the other the need for initiative, for subtlety and subterfuge, and the necessity to use all possible means of overcoming the will of the enemy at the least cost to oneself. A lack of the resolution inherent in the first was the undoing of Buller in the Boer War, and the double pull is seen in Roberts's conduct of operations. It is, however, in the Great War that the conflict becomes fully apparent. It is wrong to believe that British strategy on the western front was unthinking and blind concentration on the first essential; there were real efforts to resolve the deadlock, but undoubtedly some of their mistakes from 1915 to 1917 were rooted in a failure to reconcile the two conflicting requirements. The cost of the resolution of the problems of the Great War made a deep impression on the minds of those who were to be.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in dark blue cloth boards with gold gilt lettering and design to spine. Price clipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 312pp. B/w map frontispiece, b/w photographs and maps throughout, b/w map endpapers. Not library copy, name/date in ink to top corner of ffep, 2 small tears to edges of rear dustjacket. (45/7).…

Zustand: Gut. 312 S. mit zahlreichen Abbildungen; Guter Zustand. /lager 0165 ISBN: 0853680396 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 600 8°; gebunden, Orig.-Pappband mit Original-Schutzumschlag.