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The Battle of the Generals: The Untold Story of the Falaise Pocket. The Campaign That Should Have Won World War II
by Blumenson, Martin
- Used
- first
- Condition
- fair, fair
- ISBN 10
- 0688118372
- ISBN 13
- 9780688118372
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Morrow, c1993. First Edition. First Printing. fair, fair. 24 cm, 288, illus., references, index, somewhat cocked, DJ worn, soiled, torn, and chipped, pencil erasure on front endpaper & half-title. Examines why the Allies failed to capture the Germans in the Falaise Gap and then at the Seine crossings. To Blumenson, the Allies tried to defeat the Germans through gaining territory instead of destroying the enemy's armies.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37425
- Title
- The Battle of the Generals: The Untold Story of the Falaise Pocket. The Campaign That Should Have Won World War II
- Author
- Blumenson, Martin
- Book Condition
- Used - fair, fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0688118372
- ISBN 13
- 9780688118372
- Publisher
- Morrow
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- c1993
- Keywords
- Bernard Montgomery, Courtney Hodges, Dwight Eisenhower, Falaise Gap, George Patton, Battle Studies, Omar Bradley, Wade Haislip, WWII
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- First Edition
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