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About Face; The Odyssey of an American Warrior
de COL David H. Hackworth, Julie Sherman
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good/Fair
- Librería
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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EUR 9.38EUR 6.57
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Sobre este artículo
New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1989 Simon & Schuster, New York. 1989. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Book is tight, has a slight spine roll, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips. DJ: Fair; tears and missing small pieces at head, tail, and tips; light scratches to panels; edge bumping. Green paper over boards with black buckram overlay on the spine with bright green lettering on the spine. 875 pp 8vo. COL Hackworth, America's most decorated soldier, tells the incredible story of his life; enlisting in the Army at age 15, fighting in Korea, and was the consummate Cold War Warrior leading troops in Europe and participating in flash points on the Berlin Wall and Cuban Missile crises. He was a living legend in Vietnam serving for six years. A blood-and-guts autobiography that pointed out the Pentagon's fundamental misunderstanding of the Vietnam War. A clean very presentable copy in Brodart mylar jacket.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 016404
- Título
- About Face; The Odyssey of an American Warrior
- Autor
- COL David H. Hackworth, Julie Sherman
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fair
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Book Club Edition
- Editorial
- Simon & Schuster
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, NY
- Fecha de publicación
- 1989
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- Vietnam, Vietnam War, Korean War, Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis, Pentagon, battlefield commission, most decorated living soldier, American military policy, World War II, military strategy, Colonel David H. Hackworth, Cold War, Vietnam fiasco, military
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Autobiography; Cold War;
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Miembro de Biblio desde 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
Sobre Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
