X, 298 Pp. Light Yellow Cloth Stamped In Black And Blue. First American Printing, 1933, With That Date On Title Page. Scarce; The 1932 Arthur Barker Uk Edition Is Very Scarce. Lightly Used, Slight Browning To Spine And On Covers Around Top Of Spine. Embossed Armorial Bookplate Of Arthur W. Armstrong, Apparently A Relative Of The Author. Later Ownership Information Of Us Mideast Diplomat John S.Habib. "During World War I He [ H. C. Armstrong] Was Caught In The Siege Of Kut And Captured By The Turks With The Whole Of The Sixth Army Division. He Marched As Prisoner From The Extreme South Of Arabia, Through Syria And Up Into Turkey. While Prisoner He Tried To Escape, Was Given Six Months Imprisonment For The Attempt, Told Enver Pasha What He Thought Of Him And Was Imprisoned In The Condemned Cell. Subsequently, And As An Illustration Of The Bizarre Side Of Turkish Life, He Was Released From Prison, Made Staff Officer For All Prisoners Of War, And On One Occasion Acted As Prosecutor And Interpreter On The Turkish Courts-Martial Which Tried Prisoners-Of-War Camp Commanders For Offenses Against Prisoners. He Escaped From Turkey Before The End Of The War, Mainly Through Bribery. After The War He Was Posted Back To Turkey For Some Years, During Which He Was In Constant Touch With The Turks, Including Mustafa Kemal, And Watched The Rise Of New Turkey. " A Much Earlier Courtenay, A French Crusader, Ruled Constantinople 800 Years Before Mustafa Kemal.

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Title

Gray Wolf. Mustafa Kemal, An Intimate Study Of A Dictator

Publisher

Minton, Balch & Company, New York

Publication Date

1933

Language

English

Binding

Hardcover

Illustrator

Drawings

Edition

First American Edition

Condition

Very Good

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Military History

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