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George C. Marshall : Ordeal and Hope 1939-1942

George C. Marshall : Ordeal and Hope 1939-1942

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George C. Marshall : Ordeal and Hope 1939-1942

by Pogue, Forrest C.; Foreword by General Omar N. Bradley

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London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1968. Very Good condition in a bright, shiny Very Good dust jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NOT price clipped (50s net). A square, tight copy. Sharp corners. Previous owner's name stamp NO remainder mark. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. NOT a book club edition. First British edition with "First published 1968 by MacGibbon & Kee" so stated on the copyright page. Second volume in the classic biography of General George C. Marshall. Foreword by Gen. Omar N. Bradley. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Marshall and 3 maps including endpaper maps of the Pacific and European Theaters. Two appendices. List of chapter notes/sources. Selected Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original two-tone boards (gray with a black spine) stamped in shiny gold. From the Dust Jacket: "ORDEAL AND HOPE, 1939-1942, covers General Marshall's career from the day when he was sworn in as Chief of Staff of the United States Army (the same day on which Hitler sent his Panzer divisions rumbling into Poland) up to the establishment of an Allied beachhead in North Africa.". First British edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. xvi, 491pp.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
George C. Marshall : Ordeal and Hope 1939-1942
Author
Pogue, Forrest C.; Foreword by General Omar N. Bradley
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good condition
Jacket Condition
Very Good dust jacket
Edition
First British edition
Publisher
MacGibbon & Kee
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1968
Size
8vo. xvi, 491pp

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