War Diaries 1939-1945: Field Marshal Lord Alanbrooke by Alan Brooke Alanbrooke - 2001

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Good.

Orion Publishing Group, Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2001, 2001. hardcover. Like New. 6x1x9. Ships Out Tomorrow!

London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2001 Copy in green cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Upper board cover has very small nick at base. Jacket slightly creased along spine and edges. Diary extracts as front and rear end papers. Occasional light foxing to folio edges. Free of inscriptions. Clean text with b/w plates. This is a heavy book and may require additional postage.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001. None. Hardback. Good. Outline:- Alanbrooke was CIGS - Chief of the Imperial General Staff - for the greater part of the Second World War. He acted as mentor to Montgomery and military adviser to Churchill with whom he clashed. As chairman of the Chiefs of Staff committee he also led for the British side in the bargaining and the brokering of the Grand Alliance notably during the great conferences with Roosevelt and Stalin and their retinue at CasablancaTeheran Malta and elsewhere. As CIGS Alanbrooke was indispensable to the British and the Allied war effort. The diaries were sanitised by Arthur Bryant for his two books he wrote with Alanbrooke. Unexpurgated says Danchev they are explosive. The American generals in particular come in for attack. Danchev proposes to centre his edition on the Second World War. Pre and post-war entries are to be reduced to a Prologue and Epilogue). John Keegan says they are the military equivalent of the Colville Diaries (Churchill`s private… Read More

Weidenfeld &Nicolson, 2001. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1450grams, ISBN:0297607316

Weidenfeld &Nicolson, 2001. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1450grams, ISBN:0297607316

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001. Second Impression. Green Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Large. Illustrated. Type: Z 763pp. A super copy. Illustrated with several b/w photographic plates. Gilt embossed lettering to the spine. Fresh and clean. Dust wrapper not price clipped with slight creasing to the head and tail of the spine of the wrapper. No niks or tears. Clean and tight. A near fine copy.

London, U.K.: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001. First Editiion. Cloth. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback.