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The Second World War: A Military History
by Gordon Corrigan
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1843548941
- ISBN 13
- 9781843548942
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
London, UK: Atlantic Books, 2010 Atlantic Books, London, UK. 2010. Hardcover. Stated First Published in Great Britain in 2010/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head; light rubbing to rear board. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped (25 Pounds); light bumping to head and upper tips. Maroon boards and spine with bright silver lettering on the spine. 620 pp 8vo. This is a major new military history of WWII in which the author argues that the war was really two separate conflicts; one fought between the allied powers and Germany in Western Europe,Soviet Russia, and North Africa; the other against Japan in the Far East and Pacific. He also examines the agendas of the waring nations and offers fresh and vivid interpretations. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012221
- Title
- The Second World War: A Military History
- Author
- Gordon Corrigan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1843548941
- ISBN 13
- 9781843548942
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 2010
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- World War II, WWII, War with Germany, War with Japan, Britain, Allied Forces, War in Europe, Axis Forces, United States, military history, Nazism, Socialism,
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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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