Desert Warfare; From Its Roman Origins to the Gulf Conflict
by Bryan Perrett
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0850599172
- ISBN 13
- 9780850599176
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
England: Patrick Stephens Limited, 1988 Patrick Stephens Limited, Wellingborough, UK. 1988. Hardcover. 2nd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine. Gray cloth boards and spine with bright silver lettering on spine. 224 pp. throughout history deserts have provided the most inhospitable background to major battles around the world. Their very nature ensures that desert combat takes a severe toll of fighting men, both physically and mentally, making it the most demanding theaters of war. This book studies desert warfare from the Roman times through the Crusades, the Great War, and North Africa in WWII. There are elite desert fighting units; the French Foreign Legion, Long Range Desert Group and Special Air Service. A clean pristine edition.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003203
- Title
- Desert Warfare; From Its Roman Origins to the Gulf Conflict
- Author
- Bryan Perrett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0850599172
- ISBN 13
- 9780850599176
- Publisher
- Patrick Stephens Limited
- Place of Publication
- England
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Desert Warfare, Roman War, Crusader War, World War I in the desert, North Africa in WWII, Long Range Desert Group, Special Air Service, desert combat skills, French Foreign legion,
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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