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LLOYD, NICK: : HUNDRED DAYS: The endof the Great War

LONDON.VIKING/PENGUIN GROUP,2003.

ISBN 9780670920068.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 001.] NMINT/NMINT. Last copy,wrapped+ protected from day of issue/purchase,so no owner owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£25.00) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, contemporary b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj with black ink and embossed bronze gilt lettering to front and spine/ backstrip,rear panel with white lettered critics' reviews; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages; corners - unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's,bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked bronze gilt letters to spine/backstrip, brown+yellow headband and immaculate,plain dark blue endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,x-xxxiiipp+2-350pp [paginated] includes list of illustrations,a glossary, a Preface,a Prologue,15 chapters+Epilogue, 16pp contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp94/5 and pp222/23 repectively,acknowledgements,a select bibliography,references and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,contents list/table,and a list of 9 b/w regional,military maps. The End of the Great War explores the brutal, heroic and extraordinary final days of the First World War.On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day in November 1918,the guns of the Western Front fell silent.The Armistice,which brought the Great War to an end,marked a seminal moment in modern European and World history. Yet the story of how the war ended remains little-known.In this compelling and ground-breaking new study,Nick Lloyd examines the last days of the war and asks the question: how did it end? Beginning at the heralded turning-point on the Marne in July 1918, Hundred Days traces the epic story of the next four months,which included some of the bloodiest battles of the war.Using unpublished archive material from five countries,this new account reveals how the Allies - British, French, American and Commonwealth - managed to beat the German Army,by now crippled by indiscipline and ravaged by influenza,and force her leaders to seek peace. 'This is a powerful and moving book by a rising military historian.Lloyd's depiction of the great battles of July-November provides compelling evidence of the scale of the Allies' victories and the bitter reality of German defeat' Gary Sheffield (Professor of War Studies). 'Lloyd enters the upper tier of Great War historians with this admirable account of the war's final campaign' Publishers Weekly. Nick Lloyd is Senior Lecturer in Defence Studies at King's College London,based at the Joint Services Command & Staff College in Shrivenham, Oxfordshire.He specialises in British military and imperial history in the era of the Great War and is the author of two books,'Loos 1915' (2006), and 'The Amritsar Massacre: The Untold Story of One Fateful Day.' (2011). Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p FREE. Offer available UK only, unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

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