Waves of Hate: Naval Atrocities of the Second World War Tapa dura - 2002

UK: Pen & Sword, 2002. Hardcover. Very good condition, with like dust jacket. Unused shop stock. RB. Hardcover. Very Good. Used.

Leo Cooper / Pen & Sword, 2002. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Firmly bound and carefully read. The top edge is lightly spotted but inside the pages are clean. No inscription or ownership markings. No tears or loss. unclipped jacket is also in excellent clean condition. .

Yorkshire: Leo Cooper Ltd., 2002. This is from the dustwrapper: "The extent to which the rules of war, or conventions as they are more usually referred to, were broken during naval actions in the Second World War is the gripping subject of Waves of Hate, naval historian Tony Bridgland's latest work. Contrary to comfortable mythology, unchivalrous or even downright disgraceful acts amounting to culpable war criminality were not the sole preserve of our enemies. All sides stand accused of lapses of conduct which had appalling consequences for their hapless victims. Nor did these only occur in the heat of battle when fear and adrenalin-rush may have confused judgement; all too often here is a strong suspicion of calculated and cold pre-meditation. Thanks to his meticulous research, the author's selection of a wide variety of incidents at sea makes for vivid and compelling, if uneasy, reading. Amid all the drama of action there is much on which to reflect. It is the moral questions… Leer más

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price- clip to dw/dj - virtually as new.Laid in loosely,a publisher's unused advertising pre-paid postage postcard.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated b/w+sepia photographic montage'd illustrated dw/dj,with b/w+orange lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.A very small closed tear/nick to upper dw/dj panel,in gutter of spine/backstrip - no other nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread example? Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered (apart from rear bd's lower corner - minisculely bumped - others unaffected),publisher's original dark blue cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, vii-xiipp+1-243pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,intro,13 chapters,16pp contemporary wartime (the majority) and modern,b/w photographs in 1… Leer más

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.