The River and the Gauntlet; Defeat of the Eighth Army by the Chinese Communist Forces, November, 1950, in the Battle of the Chongchon River, Korea
by Marshall, S. L. A
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- Hardcover
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- Very Good in Good dust jacket
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E-222: William Morrow. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1953. Third Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. William Morrow & Company, New York, 1953. 385 pgs. Signed and inscribed with a lengthy note by S L A Marshall on the FFEP. Third Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (pieces missing from the front panel of the DJ). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The classic account of the 2nd Infantry Divisions retreat from the Chongchon River, North Korea in November, 1950. S. L. A. Marshall (full name, Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall) served in World War I and then embarked in a career in journalism. In World War II, he was chief combat historian in the Central Pacific (1943) and chief historian for the European Theater of Operations (1945). He authored some 30 books about warfare, including Pork Chop Hill: The American Fighting Man in Action, The River and the Gauntlet and Men Against Fire: The Problem of Battle Command in Future War. EB; 8.6 X 5.9 X 1.3 inches; 385 pages .
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- Title
- The River and the Gauntlet; Defeat of the Eighth Army by the Chinese Communist Forces, November, 1950, in the Battle of the Chongchon River, Korea
- Author
- Marshall, S. L. A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- Third Printing
- Publisher
- William Morrow
- Place of Publication
- E-222
- Date Published
- 1953
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