First edition, third impression. 90pp. Beige cloth-covered boards; black titles on front and spine, black and white maps and in-text photographs. 8vo. Rubbed spine ends. Text block edges starting to fox and tan. '25p' in black maker on front free endpaper. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has moderate shelf wear, loss to spine head, 3cm closed tear at spine head and front joint, chipping to the corners; price clipped.
Colonel Dupuy skilfully sketches the background events which led to war. Sharing memories of battles such as Mons, the Sombre, the Marne, the Aisnes, and the First Battle of Ypres, seen through the eyes of this eminent military historian.
