The Mask of Command (First Edition)

Keegan, John

ISBN 10: 0670459887 / ISBN 13: 9780670459889

Published by Viking, New York, 1987

About this Item

New York, Viking, 1987. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. Fine in a fine jacket. Stamp of bookstore on front flyleaf. A clean tight copy. Publisher's price intact on front jacket flap ($18.95). Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Smoke-free.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Mask of Command (First Edition)
• Publisher: Viking, New York
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670459887
• ISBN 13: 9780670459889
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

The author asserts that generalship is a cultural activity as well as an exercise in power or military skill and that it provides great insights into particular eras or places

Review

"As well as being a rare military historian who can also write gracefully, John Keegan has a distinguished capacity for peering behind the conventional view of events" (Alistair Horne Sunday Times)