Secret Forces

London: Faber and Faber, [1950]. 181pp, [1]. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Worn remnants of dustwrapper loosely inserted. Heavily rubbed, surface loss to spine. Leaves toned, occasional inked and pencilled highlighting. The first edition of Austrian-born army officer and military theorist Ferdinand Otto Miksche's (1904-1992) treatise on the tactics of underground and guerilla warfare. . First… Read more about this item

Faber and Faber, London. 1950. Second impression.. Hardback.. Black and white maps and diagrams. Index. Scarce. Analysis by Ferdinand Otto Miksche, an officer in the Czechoslovakian Army, the British Army, and ultimately the French Army. Very Good (owner's name on FFEP), without Dust Jacket.