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Original 1977 book, not a POD, maroon boards have abrasions and tears, rear spine has tear, some smudges to fore-edge, pages clean. No dust jacket. 2 volumes in 1. b/w illustrations & maps [vol.1: pp. 144, 243 and vol. 2 pp.26, 349-350, 351. ] INV#J-40...
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Good. Size: 8.5 x 5.5 x 1 inches; Dust jacket condition: No Jacket. Retired library book with usual library markings. Moderate wear to extremities. Light cover wear. PROPERTY OF U.S. APIMT TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE "THE General stands higher than any other Russian officer, not only in Russian opinion, but in that of professional soldiers all the world over, and if any human agency can change the deplorable situation to Russia's advantage, Kuropatkin may be the man to do it."* This sentence, written by the military correspondent of the Times in February, 1904, well expresses the sentiment that predominated when General Kuropatkin's appointment to command the Russian army in Manchuria was announced. " It may be that a military genius would have overcome the moral and physical difficulties we had to encounter. Possibly; but an Alexeieff, a Kuropatkin, a Linievitch, a Grippenberg, a Kaulbars, and a Bilderling were unable to do so, "f were the words used by the General himself two years later when reporting to his Sovereign. Though these two quotations epitomize the * "The War in the Far East, 1904-1905, " by the Military Correspondent of the Times. John Murray, t P. 68, Volume II., of this book. 380 pages.