The War Lords: Military Commanders of the Twentieth Century

Boston: Little Brown & Company, 1976. Harcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 624pp., Index. Illustrated with photographs. Stated first American edition. Dust-jacket protected by reinforced mylar covers that have been pasted to inside of front and rear boards. Not an ex-libris copy, from a private collection. No previous ownership marks. A collection of short, detailed biographis of 43 of the twentieth centuries dominant military commanders by a variety of leading military historians. Most, such as Hindenburg Pershing, Rommel, Nimitz and Patton, will be known to all, though several lesser known commanders are also critiqued such as Monash, Trenchard, Harris, Tedder and Juin. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Very good+ n a very good+ dust-jacket.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.