x, 348pp. In red cloth covered boards with gilt titles to spine (boards a little rounded at corners and spine ends, slightly faded). Internally a little spotting on first and last few leaves and a presentation stamp on the front paste down, else neat, clean and tight. In its original dust jacket (lightly chipped on corners and spine ends with minor loss at head of spine, spine sunned). Dust jacket protected in an old Mylar wrapper. Captain Liddell Hart was a military writer, uniting a wide knowledge of the facts and a keen grasp of strategic and tactical essentials. He puts the question of the defence of freedom in Europe front and centre, in a period when impending war cast strong shadow and goes on to review the military and strategic capabilities of Great Britain and its European allies. The final section discussed the prospects of war in Europe again, and the nature it may take. Hart's work turned out to be quite prophetic.
