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The Army of the Future

Author(s):

General de Gaulle; [aka de Gaulle, Charles]

Illustrator(s):

Binding:

Hardcover

Volume Condition:

Fair

Dust Jacket:

Dust Jacket Condition:

N/A

Dust Jacket Protection:

N/A

Edition:

1st Edition

Impression:

1st Impression

Signature:

None

Language:

English

Publisher Name:

Hutchinson

Publication Year:

1940

Publication Place:

London, UK

ISBN:

–

Book ID:

041665

Catalogue(s):

£11.60

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[1940] First English language edition, first printing. 160pp, with monochrome plate frontispiece, further monochrome plates interleafed in text and a map. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on the spine. 12mo. Cloth is tired and lightly marked, gently rounded at corners, rubbed at ends of a heavily sunned spine. Text block edges toned. Internally endpapers and pages are a little browned, and some pages have bumped corners. A good reading/reference copy which is complete, firmly bound and square.

First published in French in 1934, this work of General Charles de Gaulle proved prophetic. de Gaulle, outlines Germany’s military strength set against what he saw as France’s comparative weakness, leaving his country open to invasion. He sets out the military measures he believed necessary to strengthen France His warning was disregarded by France.

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