Foreword Philip E Mosely (3 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 184 p., clean and unmarked; binding firm; minimal wear to unfaded and clean wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. first edition on black cloth numbered stamp to end paper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good EX-LIBRARY. Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket. First Edition. Madison, Wisconsin:: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1964. A solid copy. Square and reasonably tight. Inner hinges are perfect. WITHDRAWN stamp, and a few other library markings. Text pages are clean and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. A well-researched history of the origins, doctrine, operations, and effectiveness of Soviet irregular (unconventional) warfare during the Second World War. This study is based on a "systematic investigation of a vast amount of first-hand documentation, partly Soviet, mainly German, which was captured at the close of World War II." Illustrated with 24 figures/maps. Ten-part appendix (pp. 651-756). Glossary. Selected Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original black cloth. From the foreword: "How far did the partisan forces, operating in the rear of the German lines, weaken the German military effort and thus lighten the burden of the Red Army? These studies suggest new and significant answers to this question and also to the question of how the people in occupied areas reacted to the German presence and to prospective restoration of Soviet rule." . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good EX-LIBRARY./No jacket. 8vo. xix, 792pp.