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THE OLD CONTEMPTIBLES: THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, 1914.
by Neillands, Robin
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0719556465
- ISBN 13
- 9780719556463
- Seller
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Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 2004. 362 pp, large 8vo (9 7/16" H). B&w photographs, maps. "On 19 August, 1914, the German Kaiser, Wilhelm II, wrote a letter to the First Army commander, General von Kluck: 'It is my Royal and Imperial Command that you concentrate your energies and the valour of my soldiers to exterminate the treacherous English and walk over General French's contemptible little army.' (This book) chronicles that little army, the British Regular Army of 1914: how it came to be in France at all, the long years of intrigue and preparation that preceded its departure, and what happened to it in four short months of total war. Robin Neillands uses a wealth of first-hand accounts, and his great experience in bringing military history alive, to take the reader on a gripping and horrific journey to the battlefields of First World War France." Light browning to edges of textblock, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, slight cigarette odor. Dust jacket has light to moderate edge wrinkling/creases, very light rubbing.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-345) and index.
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- Bookseller
- Capricorn Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25964
- Title
- THE OLD CONTEMPTIBLES: THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, 1914.
- Author
- Neillands, Robin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0719556465
- ISBN 13
- 9780719556463
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2004
- LCCN
- 2008360963
- Keywords
- Allenby, Aisne, Alsace Lorraine, Amiens, Antwerp, Armentieres, Artillery, Asquith, Black Watch, Cavalry, Cameron Highlanders, Coldstream Guards, Cheshire Regiment, Dragoon, Gordon, Indian Army, Grenadier, King's Royal, Own, London Scottish, Middlesex,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military - First World War;
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