The Alexander Memoirs 1940-1945.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn per se - but its possible removal - as a diagonal top corner clip in situ - affecting ffe and concomitant corner of frntis,but no price-clip (£19.99) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,subject's b/w portrait photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,v-xxipp+3-210pp [paginated] includes separate contents+illustrations lists/tables,subject's preface,Shane Alexander (the subject's son) foreword,an introduction by James Holland (renowned WW2 subject author), double-page b/w map (Coast of North Africa),3 sections comprising XV (15) chapters - each section with pertinent b/w battle maps, 16pp contemporary b/w auto+biographical photographs in 1 block, between pp106/7, and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title page with subject's b/w portrait photographic frntis to it's recto,title page, and individual section separator pages.
A comprehensive new edition of a classic wartime memoir recounting and analysing pivotal battles,including the desert war in North Africa.After his first meeting with General Alexander in August 1942,Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Horrocks wrote,'By repute he was Winston Churchill's fire brigade chief par excellance: the man who was always despatched to retrieve the most desperate situations.' Churchill was indeed in need of a fire brigade chief.Rommel had chased Allied forces back across the desert.Alexander brought a new hope to the Desert Rats: he instilled them with his own confidence and thought of victory.Under his command,Montgomery was ready to fight and win the battle of El Alamein.Even as his generals drove the enemy from North Africa,Alexander was planning far ahead for Sicily and Operation Husky - the first major seaborne invasion by either side during the war. It was said that before El Alamein the Allies never knew victory, and after El Alamein never knew defeat: much of the credit belongs to Alexander.For decades his contribution to the British efforts in both wars has been overlooked.Here,however,is a comprehensive edition of his personal and candid memoirs,which includes judgements on such men as Montgomery,Patton and Churchill.He also details his role in leading the withdrawal of the 1st Infantry Division at Dunkirk,his dealings with Stilwell in Burma and the bombing of the Monte Cassino abbey. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too!
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