Alanbrooke was CIGS - Chief of the Imperial General Staff - for the greater part of the Second World War. He acted as mentor to Montgomery and military adviser to Churchill, with whom he clashed. As chairman of the Chiefs of Staff committee he also led for the British side in the bargaining and the brokering of the Grand Alliance, notably during the great conferences with Roosevelt and Stalin and their retinue at Casablanca,Teheran, Malta and elsewhere. As CIGS Alanbrooke was indispensable to the British and the Allied war ...
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Alanbrooke was CIGS - Chief of the Imperial General Staff - for the greater part of the Second World War. He acted as mentor to Montgomery and military adviser to Churchill, with whom he clashed. As chairman of the Chiefs of Staff committee he also led for the British side in the bargaining and the brokering of the Grand Alliance, notably during the great conferences with Roosevelt and Stalin and their retinue at Casablanca,Teheran, Malta and elsewhere. As CIGS Alanbrooke was indispensable to the British and the Allied war effort. The diaries were sanitised by Arthur Bryant for his two books he wrote with Alanbrooke. Unexpurgated, says Danchev, they are explosive. The American generals, in particular, come in for attack. Danchev proposes to centre his edition on the Second World War. Pre and post-war entries are to be reduced to a Prologue and Epilogue). John Keegan says they are the military equivalent of the Colville Diaries (Churchill's private secretary), THE FRINGES OF POWER. These sold 24,000 in hardback at Hodder in 1985.
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Near fine in Near fine jacket. Near fine condition. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001. First UK edition-4th impression. Green hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(small nicks and crease on the edges of the Dj cover, very small mark inside the edges of the Dj cover), both in near fine condition. Illustrated with b/w photos, drawings. Nice and clean pages as new with two ink marks on the outer edges. Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.807pp including List of illustrations, introduction: The Unhappy Warrior, note on the Text, abbreviations, the cast, note to the reader, index. Price un-clipped. Note: This is very heavy book(approx. 1.5 Kg).
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Near fine in Very good jacket. Near fine/VGC. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001. First UK edition-3rd impression. Green hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small nick and dent on the edges of the cover) in near fine condition, with Dj(two small tears, a couple of creases, scratches and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover) in VGC. Illustrated with b/w photos, drawings. Nice and clean pages with small ink marks and nick on the outer edges, a couple of small nicks on the edges of the pages, previous owner's inscription written inside the front endpaper. Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.807pp including List of illustrations, introduction: The Unhappy Warrior, note on the Text, abbreviations, the cast, note to the reader, index. Price un-clipped. Note: This is very heavy book(approx. 1.5 Kg).
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Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Copy in green cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Upper board cover has very small nick at base. Jacket slightly creased along spine and edges. Diary extracts as front and rear end papers. Occasional light foxing to folio edges. Free of inscriptions. Clean text with b/w plates. This is a heavy book and may require additional postage.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1450grams, ISBN: 0297607316.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1450grams, ISBN: 0297607316.
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Good. No dustjacket. Some marks/scuffs to cover & minor bumps to edges. Light foxing/marks to textblock edges. Clippings from dustjacket stapled in at front, half title & title page stapled together, some rust marks to pages from staple. Content very good. Sewn binding. 712 p. Contains: Unspecified. Includes unspecified.
