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Book Condition: Used Near Fine
Jacket condition: No Jacket
ISBN: 0313286051 / 9780313286056
Seller: Walnut Valley Books/Books by White

United States
About Item: Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993 Greenwood Press, Westport, CT. 1993. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by line number. Contributions in Military Studies Number 141. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for former owner blind stamp on title page. Frontispiece. Book Condition: Near Fine; Light rubbing to rear board. No DJ as published. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on spine and front board. 227 pp 8vo. One of the greatest soldiers America has ever produced. He held many prominent positions in his career; Superintendent of West Point, Secretary to General Staff of the War Department, American Expeditionary Force in Siberia in WWI, commander of the I Corps and 8th ARmy, he fought the Japanese in the Pacific, invaded Luzon, helped recapture many Philippine Islands and was a major part of Operation Coronet- the invasion of Japan. This book uses only the general's papers and tries to explain his lack of military recognition for his achievements. A clean… Read More
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