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Last Stand! : Famous Battles against the Odds
by Perrett, Bryan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0853689970
- ISBN 13
- 9780853689973
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
London and New York: Arms and Armour Press, 1993. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No chips or tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. No Dust Jacket price. Military history / analysis with 15 last stand examples. From the Dust Jacket: "In the study of warfare few topics capture the imagination or demonstrate the drama of conflict more succinctly than the 'last stand' where the soldier fights on when heavily outnumbered, unable to employ common strategies and facing probable death." Contents: Old Guard at Waterloo (1815); The Alamo (1836); Camerone (1863); The Little Big Horn (1876); Isandhlwana and Rorke's Drift (1879); Nery (1914); Flesquiers (1917); Bois des Buttes (1918); Wake Atoll (1941); Outpost 'Snipe' (1942); Sidi Nsir (1943); Betio and Tarawa (1943); The Admin Box, Burma (1944); Arnhem (1944); The Imjin (1951). Bibliography. Index. Reprint of the 1991 original. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. 224pp + 16 pages of photos and maps. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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- Bookseller
- About Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011816
- Title
- Last Stand! : Famous Battles against the Odds
- Author
- Perrett, Bryan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- Reprint of the 1991 original
- ISBN 10
- 0853689970
- ISBN 13
- 9780853689973
- Publisher
- Arms and Armour Press
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Size
- 8vo. 224pp + 16 pages of photo
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About the Seller
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Henderson, Nevada
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