Striking Back : A Jewish Commando's War Against the Nazis by Peter Masters - 1997

Presidio Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 0891416293 . Black boards, pristine, bright and sharp. As New. Protected, price unclipped, dustjacket, clean and crisp. As New. Book is firm in binding, b&w historic photographs, map illustrations, 320 pages include Index. Author's signature on title page, dated Oct. '97. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; B&W Photos & Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 340 pages; Signed by Author .

Novato, CA: Presidio, 1997. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 23 cm. xiii, [1], 340 pages. Illustrations. Map. Bibliography. Index. Foreword by Stephen Ambrose. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Derived from a Kirkus review: Masters, an Austrian-born Jew originally named Peter Arany, has an unusual war story to tell. Masters was one of 87 Jewish refugees from Hitler who volunteered for military service in Troop 3, No. 10 Commando, an elite unit of the British army. Troop 3 was unusual in that almost all of its members were Austrian and German Jews, men who spoke German fluently and who would be trained in the ways and means of the German army. For these men, some of them concentration camp survivors, this assignment represented a unique opportunity to fight back against the Nazis. Nearly all of them had previously been interned by the British as ""friendly enemy aliens"" when the war broke out. When they were recruited… Read More

Novato, CA: Presidio, 1997. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 23 cm. xiii, [1], 340 pages. Illustrations. Map. Bibliography. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Minor soiling at bottom edge. Foreword by Stephen Ambrose. Inscribed by the author on title page to the grandson of one who landed at Utah Beach on D-Day. Derived from a Kirkus review: Masters, an Austrian-born Jew originally named Peter Arany, has an unusual war story to tell. Masters was one of 87 Jewish refugees from Hitler who volunteered for military service in Troop 3, No. 10 Commando, an elite unit of the British army. Troop 3 was unusual in that almost all of its members were Austrian and German Jews, men who spoke German fluently and who would be trained in the ways and means of the German army. For these men, some of them concentration camp survivors, this assignment represented a unique opportunity to fight back against the Nazis. Nearly all of them had previously been… Read More

Presidio Press, 1997-09-23. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!