Learning the Hard Way
by Mantle, Craig Leslie
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0662453131
- ISBN 13
- 9780662453130
- Seller
-
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
Kingston: Canadian Defence Academy Press, 2007. Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. First Edition.. Small octavo. Published simultaneously with the hardcover. Sub-titled "The leadership experiences of Lieutenant Agar Adamson during the South African War, 1899-1902," this one tells the story of Adamson pleading "for a commission that would take him to South Africa in the service of Queen and Empire," where "he quickly discovered the difficulties of leading soldiers in battle and of leading them well." 111 pages (including map and image credits, select bibliography, glossary, index, brief author biography), illustrated. Internally tight and clean, with moderate general wear..
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- Bookseller
- Augustine Funnell Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017752
- Title
- Learning the Hard Way
- Author
- Mantle, Craig Leslie
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0662453131
- ISBN 13
- 9780662453130
- Publisher
- Canadian Defence Academy Press
- Place of Publication
- Kingston
- Date Published
- 2007
- Size
- Small octavo
- Keywords
- NOISBN, MILITIA, AGER ADAMSON, SOUTH AFRICAN WAR, AFRICA, TROOPS, LEADERSHIP, LEADERS, COMMAND, SOLDIERS,
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Auto/Biography; Military;
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