This Kind of War: A Study in Unpreparedness

T. R. Fehrenbach

Published by The Macmillan Company, 1963

About this Item

First Edition, First Printing (stated "First Printing" on copyright page). Thick octavo; xii, 688 pp. Original black cloth, spine stamped in gilt and red. Illustrated with 91 black-and-white photographic plates, 26 tactical and theater maps, appendices, and index. In original, unclipped first-issue pictorial dust jacket bearing original $10.00 publisher retail price on front flap.

Item Description:

Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Exceptionally tight, square, and unread copy with immaculate cloth boards, sharp corners, and pristine spine ends. Interior is bright, crisp, and unmarked, completely free of owner names, bookplates, remainder marks, or foxing. Dust jacket is vibrant and fresh with deep colors, no fading, chipping, tears, or creasing, and is unclipped ($10.00 intact). A collector-grade preservation of this towering military history classic.

In This Kind of War, military veteran and historian T. R. Fehrenbach presents what is universally regarded as the definitive single-volume operational and tactical history of the Korean War. Writing from the visceral perspective of small-unit commanders and frontline infantrymen, Fehrenbach delivers an unsparing analysis of American military unreadiness at the conflict's outbreak, tracing the brutal, bloody transformation of ill-trained occupation troops into a hardened combat army. Combining harrowing ground-level combat accounts with strategic political analysis, it remains required reading across modern military academies and command colleges.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: This Kind of War: A Study in Unpreparedness
• Publisher: The Macmillan Company
• Publication Date: 1963
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • War