WAR IN THE DESERT: THE 8th ARMY at EL ALAMEIN
by James Lucas
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 082530153X
- ISBN 13
- 9780825301537
- Seller
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
This is a stated first American edition of War in the Desert: The Eighth Army at El Alamein. If you ever wanted to know what it was like to fight as a soldier in North Africa right before and during one of the biggest battles in World War II history, then this is your book. The author, James Lucas, interviewed combatants from both sides, and used many first-hand printed sources.
It is not a comprehensive overview of the 8th Army during the whole war in the North African theater, but deals mainly with Montgomery after he replaced Auchinleck as commander and how he began to make his preparations for the battle of El Alamein. The book brings you down into the desert with the men of Eighth Army. You get a good idea of what life was like for them while Monty retrained them for the battle of their lives.
284 pages, including lots of photos. There's a little bit of wear to the dust jacket, and to the spine of the book. The inside is perfect.
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- Bookseller
- Louise Aird (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1175
- Title
- WAR IN THE DESERT
- Author
- James Lucas
- Format/Binding
- Perfect
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 082530153X
- ISBN 13
- 9780825301537
- Publisher
- Beaufort
- Place of Publication
- United States
- Date Published
- 1983
- Pages
- 284
- Keywords
- Monty, Field Marshal Montgomery, North Africa, World War II
- Bookseller catalogs
- War Stories; Military History; British History; World History;
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