Thick 8vo. xvi, 624 pp. Numerous photo illusts. Black cloth, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. (sml tear hd of spine, edgewear, creasng, couple sml clsd tears),VG/G. First edition of this excellent anthology containing biographies of such military figures as Joffre, Haig, Hindenburg, Petain, Kemal, Von Falkenhayn, Allenby, Pershing, Zhukov, Guderian, Stilwell, Mountbatten, Yamamoto, Nimitz, Bradley, Patton, Spaatz, and others.

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Title

The war lords. Military commanders of the twentieth century.

Publisher

Little, Brown & Co., [1976]., Boston:

Publication Date

1976

Language

English

ISBN 10

0316130605

ISBN 13

9780316130608

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Dust Jacket Condition

Dust Jacket Included

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Military history

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Synopsis

Brief biographies of forty-three outstanding field and air marshalls, generals, and admirals of this century, from Jellicoe to Juin, incorporate analyses of their characters, talents, and strategies

About the Author

Field Marshal Lord Carver served in Italy in 1943 as a 28-year old lieutenant colonel in command of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment. He held important command and staff appointments as Chief of General Staff and, as Field Marshal in 1973, Chief of the Defence Staff. Author of fourteen books and editor of two others, he was created a life peer in 1977. Lord Carver died in 2002.

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