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Octavo. 460pp. Original blue cloth with gilt titles. Slight spine cock, light foxing to fore-edge otherwise very good in a worn and torn, near very good dust jacket.
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Very Good. 460pp, 26 illustrations, 28 maps. VG. John Bagot Glubb's account of his 36 years among the Arabs of Jordan, from 1925, and his command of the Arab Legion, from 1939. G31.
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Very Good Plus. No Jacket. Pasha Glubb commanded the Arab Legion when Jordan and the other states attacked the new state of Israel in 1948. He belongs to that line of Englishmen who fell in thrall to the desert and its peoples. Although they lost the war, the Legion was perhaps the only "real army" involved and in general acquited themselves with honour. Readers should note that Sir John is perfectly free with his opinions and prejudices! This is a Very Good Plus copy of the Fourth Impression of the First Edition. Blue cloth binding with gilt lettering. Mildly bumped. Clean text; 460 pages with the index. Illustrated with photographs; map for endpapers. No dustwrapper. Size: 64mo-up to 3" tall.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Light foxing to first and last few pages, does not affect text. Toning to inside covers. Unclipped DJ in archival cover, edge wear.
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Good in Fair jacket. 458 pages. Endpaper maps. Frontis illustrations. Maps. Illustrations. Index. DJ quite worn: tears, pieces missing (most of spine), DJ in in a plastic sleeve. Lieutenant-General Sir John Bagot Glubb, KCB, CMG, DSO, OBE, MC, KStJ, KPM (16 April 1897-17 March 1986), known as Glubb Pasha, was a British soldier, scholar and author. During the First World War, he served in France and was wounded three times, losing part of his jaw and chin--hence the nickname the Bedouin later gave him of Abu Hunaik (Father of the Chin). In 1939 Glubb succeeded Frederick G. Peake as the commander of the Arab Legion (subsequently known as the Jordan Royal Army). He transformed the Legion into the best-trained force in the Arab world. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War the Arab Legion was considered the strongest Arab army involved in the war. Glubb led the Arab Legion across the River Jordan to occupy the West Bank (May 1948). Despite some negotiation and understanding between the Jewish Agency and King Abdullah, severe fighting took place in Kfar Etzion (May 1948), Jerusalem and Latrun (May-July 1948). Derived from a Kirkus review: This tells a story that throws light on the situation in Trans-Jordan over the explosive years when he served as Commander-in-Chief of the Arab Legion. For twenty years, Glubb Pasha, as he is known, helped make the tiny kingdom take its place in the council of nations. Then came 1948-and from that point on he analyzes mercilessly the play of power politics through which the State of Israel was born. He places blame first on one then on another of the major powers, and pulls no punches in his forthright criticism of double dealing, bungling, whether he is talking of Britain's activities, of France's seizing of power, of Russia's share in the issues, and of the United States putting the home front and the Jewish vote ahead. Somehow, though one feels that Glubb is pro-Jordan he manages to present what he sees as the facts, cogently, compellingly, and without rancor or emotional bias. It is a straight forward record, meticulously detailed as to strategy and tactics and propaganda.
