The Amphibious Campaign for West Florida and Louisiana 1814-1815. -- A Critical Review of Strategy and Tactics at New Orleans
by Brown, Wilburt S. (major general u.s.m.c., retired)
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- Very good/very good
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About This Item
Alabama: University of Alabama, 1969. First Printing. Very good/very good. Royal 8vo., 233pp., original blue cloth, maps, notes, bibliography, index. -- A few small white spots to rear covers, one tiny spot to front cover. Dust jacket lightly sunned. Prior owner's ink signature on the first free endpaper. "A retired major general of the Marine Corps offers here an interpretive history of the campaign culminating in the battle of New Orleans, based on a meticulous review of the sources and employing the perceptive of modern military doctrine. Written with a military regard for precision . . . . . This is now probably the best book on the topic."-Choice.
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- Bookseller
- Lonesome Water Books (US)
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- 10000
- Title
- The Amphibious Campaign for West Florida and Louisiana 1814-1815. -- A Critical Review of Strategy and Tactics at New Orleans
- Author
- Brown, Wilburt S. (major general u.s.m.c., retired)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing
- Publisher
- University of Alabama
- Place of Publication
- Alabama
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- Modern Books, Nonfiction, Military, amphibious warfare, logistics, combat, strategy, tactics, battles, New Orleans, British, Louisiana, gulf operations, Jean Laffite, Baratarians, Creoles, The South, Doctrine
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military;
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