Alan brooke alanbrooke (16 risultati)

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. Alanbrooke was CIGS - Chief of the Imperial General Staff - for the greater part of the Second World War. He acted as mentor to Montgomery and military adviser to Churchill, with whom he clashed. As chairman of the Chiefs of Staff committee he also led for the British side in the bargaining and the brokering of the Grand Alliance, notably during the great conferences with Roosevelt and Stalin and their retinue at Casablanca,Teheran, Malta and elsewhere. As CIGS Alanbrooke was indispensable to the British and the Allied war effort. The diaries were sanitised by Arthur Bryant for his two books he wrote with Alanbrooke. Unexpurgated, says Danchev, they are explosive. The American generals, in particular, come in for attack. Danchev proposes to centre his edition on the Second World War. Pre and post-war entries are to be reduced to a Prologue and Epilogue). John Keegan says they are the military equivalent of the Colville Diaries (Churchill's private secretary), THE FRINGES OF POWER. These sold 24,000 in hardback at Hodder in 1985.…

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. Alanbrooke was CIGS - Chief of the Imperial General Staff - for the greater part of the Second World War. He acted as mentor to Montgomery and military adviser to Churchill, with whom he clashed. As chairman of the Chiefs of Staff committee he also led for the British side in the bargaining and the brokering of the Grand Alliance, notably during the great conferences with Roosevelt and Stalin and their retinue at Casablanca,Teheran, Malta and elsewhere. As CIGS Alanbrooke was indispensable to the British and the Allied war effort. The diaries were sanitised by Arthur Bryant for his two books he wrote with Alanbrooke. Unexpurgated, says Danchev, they are explosive. The American generals, in particular, come in for attack. Danchev proposes to centre his edition on the Second World War. Pre and post-war entries are to be reduced to a Prologue and Epilogue). John Keegan says they are the military equivalent of the Colville Diaries (Churchill's private secretary), THE FRINGES OF POWER. These sold 24,000 in hardback at Hodder in 1985.…

hardcover. Condizione: Acceptable. Dustjacket missing; may have other wear and tear. Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condizione: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condizione: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Some minor wear to jacket. Good cover. Clean, clear pages throughout. …

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 766 pages, [1] leaf of plates : portrait ; 23 cm. Subjects; Marshals Great Britain ; Diaries. World War, 1939-1945 Great Britain. ; Personal narratives, British. Alanbrooke, Alan Francis Brooke 1st Viscount 1883-1963. 1 Kg.…

3rd Impression. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: li, 763 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates: portraits; 22 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Alanbrooke, Alan Brooke Viscount 1883-1963; Diaries. Alanbrooke, Alan Brooke Viscount 1883-1963. Alanbrooke Field Marshall Lord 1883-1963. Alanbrooke, Alan Francis Brooke Viscount. Alanbrooke, Alan Francis Brooke 1st viscount 1883-1963; Diaries. 1939-1945. Marshals Great Britain; Diaries. World War, 1939-1945; Personal narratives, British. Generals Great Britain; Diaries. World War 1939-1945 History Sources. Genre: Autobiography. Diaries. Illustrated. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 766 pages, [1] leaf of plates : portrait ; 23 cm. Subjects; Marshals Great Britain ; Diaries. World War, 1939-1945 Great Britain. ; Personal narratives, British. Alanbrooke, Alan Francis Brooke 1st Viscount 1883-1963. 1 Kg.…

3rd Impression. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: li, 763 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates: portraits; 22 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Alanbrooke, Alan Brooke Viscount 1883-1963; Diaries. Alanbrooke, Alan Brooke Viscount 1883-1963. Alanbrooke Field Marshall Lord 1883-1963. Alanbrooke, Alan Francis Brooke Viscount. Alanbrooke, Alan Francis Brooke 1st viscount 1883-1963; Diaries. 1939-1945. Marshals Great Britain; Diaries. World War, 1939-1945; Personal narratives, British. Generals Great Britain; Diaries. World War 1939-1945 History Sources. Genre: Autobiography. Diaries. Illustrated. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very clean copy. Ex Libris. Good condition.

rilegato hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Book.

gebundene Ausgabe. Condizione: Sehr gut. 8°, XLiX, 763 Seiten mit einigen Bildtafeln, OPbd. mit farbig illustr. Originalumschlag - sehr guter Zustand - 2001. MA9103 ISBN: 0297607316 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 990.

FIRST EDITION. 4to. 6 x 8.5 inches. 576 pp. Bound in original red cloth, gilt, in dust jacket, which has edge wear, with chips at head and tail of sunned spine; otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by portrait frontispiece and by 6 maps, including endpapers. The concluding volume, covering the last years of the war, by the historian, Arthur Bryant (1899-1985), based on the diaries and papers of Viscount Alanbrooke (1883-1963), Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff. WW2 DIARIES WW2 DIARIES HISTORY WW2.…