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A.S. Barnes, New York, (1969). 155 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photos, maps. "After more than four years of the most fearful war in the world's history, the end came almost unexpectedly, with dramatic suddenness. At five o'clock on the morning of November 11, 1918, Marshal Foch and Admiral Wemyss, representing the Allies, concluded an armistice with German civil and military representatives. There had been a general expectation that the war would last well into 1919. The author...examines the various factors that led to the earlier conclusion of the war. He analyzes conditions in the summer of 1918 following Ludendorff's massive offensive in March...also probes the plans of the Central Powers, the Allies, and the American Expeditionary Forces, emphasizing the range of disagreements on the methods by which German could be defeated. He then goes on to consider the first and second phases of the Allied offensives of August 1918, which at last cracked German… Read More

London: J.M. Dent & Co, 1969. Reprint . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. softcover, 155 pages, small name on title page, otherwise very good. box 68

Dent,, [1968]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; brown cloth,upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, yellow endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at fold-ins.