Mask command study generalship von keegan john (9 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. The Mask of Command is about generals: who they are, what they do and how they affect the world we live in. Through portraits of four generals - archetypal hero Alexander the Great, anti-hero Wellington, the unheroic Ulysses S. Grant and the false heroic of Hitler - John Keegan propounds the view of heroism in warfare as inextricable linked with the political imperative of the age and place. He demonstrates how the role of the general alters with the ethos of the society that creates him and concludes that there is no place for heroism in a nuclear world. The Mask of Command is a companion volume to John Keegan's classic study of the individual soldier, The Face of Battle: together they form a masterpiece of military and human history.…

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

paperback. Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 384 pages. 7.76x5.12x0.94 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: Good. VG condition book with slipcase. Some fading of text on spine. Content is clean and bright throughout. Free from inscriptions or markings. Good slipcase with light wear, marks.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Near Fine binding. Large Octavo; in the publisher's blue cloth; xx, 400 pages including the Index; with black and white and full color illustrations throughout; housed in the publisher's slipcase. Near Fine binding.

8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, coloured and monochrome illustrations, and 7 maps in the text; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in silver, red endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's metallic board slip-case.

Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. London: The Folio Society, 2019. First Thus. Large octavo; 400pp. Photographs and illustrations. Dark blue cloth decorated in gilt and orange; red endpapers. Housed in publisher's slipcase. A few minor smudges to boards; binding sound; pages unmarked; slipcase unmarked and sound; Near Fine.…