JFC Fuller's Military History of the Western World 3 Volumes Easton Press Fine

Description: A Military History of the Western World. . Collector's Edition. Bound in Genuine Leather. Three Volume Setby J. F. C. Fuller 2003 The Easton Press (Norwalk, Connecticut), three 6 3/8 x 9 3/8 inches tall green full leather bound, gilt decorations to covers, six raised bands and gilt lettering to spines, all page edges gilt, ribbon marker sewn in, moire endpapers, illustrated with black-and-white maps and diagrams, [v.1] xiii, 602; [v.2] x, 561; [v.3] xii, 666 pp. (1,864 pages total.) The slightest bit of soiling and rubbing to covers, with a barely perceptible two-inch surface abrasion to the front cover of Volume 1. Otherwise, a near fine set - clen, bright and unmarked, seemingly unopened. Major General J. F. C. Fuller 1878-1966), a pioneer of mechanized warfare in Great Britain, was one of this century's most renowned military strategists and historians. In this magisterial work he spans military history from the Greeks to the end of World War II, describing tactics, battle lines, the day-to-day struggles while always relating affairs on the field to the larger questions of social, political, and economic change in Western civilization. A masterpiece of scholarship and biting prose, these volumes are available for the first time in a handsome Easton Press leather bound edition. Contents: v. 1. From the earliest times to the Battle of Lepanto; v. 2. From the defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588, to the Battle of Waterloo, 1815; v. 3. From the Seven Days Battle, 1862, to the Battle of Leyte Gulf, 1944.

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