About this title: Captain B. H. Liddell Hart is the foremost authority on World War I. In "The Real War," the author has fused exhaustive research and creative brilliance with brevity and precision. Thus we have in one volume the war transformed into literature - an understandable, kaleidoscopic masterwork of military history.
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Little Brown, USA
Date Published: 1964
Description: Fair. No Jacket. Textbook. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Heavily underscored and margin noted throughout slightly distracting but useful for student utility. wrappers tight with panels intact. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Little Brown & Company, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1963
ISBN-13:9780316525053ISBN:0316525057
Description: Good. 508 clean pages, with bibliography, index and maps. Previous owner's name on title page. The spine and front cover are creased. "A masterwork of military history" from back cover. A well-regarded, concise history of WWI. read more
Description: Good. Different cover artwork, Ex Libr Bk-Pbk made into hardcover, 2 eraser-size surface tears to spine edge, otherwise great condition, usual markings. read more
Edition: Later printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Little, Brown/Atlantic
Date Published: 1930
Description: B&W maps. Good. Paperback.508 pages. Faint marginal water stain, otherwise clean, tight. A short history of the First World War. An Atlantic Monthly Press Book. With 25 maps. read more
Edition: Fifteenth Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, Boston MA
Date Published: 1964
ISBN-13:9780316525053ISBN:0316525057
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket. 0316525057. Softbound, light wear/soil, crease at spine, pgs clean/white; 12mo 7"-7½" tall; 508 pages. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Atlantic Momthly Press, Boston
Date Published: 1930
Description: Fine. Trade paperback, later printing, 508 pages including many maps; just a hint of shelf wear. See also our other Basil Liddell Hart titles. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown and Co., Boston
Date Published: 1964
Description: New. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. bright shiny brand new. xii, 508 p. : maps (2 fold. ); 20 cm. Includes Maps. Includes bibliographical references(p. [477]-495) and index. read more
Edition: 1st edition
Binding: hb
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart, Toronto
Date Published: 1930
Description: 25 maps. Bound in original royal blue cloth with red/orange lettering. 8vo, pp. xii, 508. Small stain to edge of front board. Light general shelf wear. Contents clean and tight: a good plus copy. No dust jacket. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Date Published: 1963
ISBN-13:9780316525053ISBN:0316525057
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Description: Boston 1930 2nd Little Brown. 8vo., 598pp., maps, hardcover. VG, very light sunning of spine and light rubbing on rear cover, no DJ. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut
Date Published: 1994
Description: 1994 reprint. Fine hardback. A collector's edition bound in genuine leather. As new with an unattached bookplate lain in. 508pp. 8vo. [Rr] read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Little, Brown, And Company, Boston
Date Published: 1930
Description: Very Good Plus. Anexcellent copy. Name of previous owner on inside front board. Graphics are bright on the front board and on the spine. Red color on top page edges is not faded. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Little Brown & Co, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1963
ISBN-13:9780316525053ISBN:0316525057
Description: Good Plus. Clean pages in sound binding. Cover is well rubbed/faded and has edge wear. Price sticker is on the front cover corner as well. Outer page edges have one area of light soiling. read more
"I had actually been looking for a one-volume history of the first world war for a long time, and was delighted when I found that Basil Liddell-Hart had written one in 1930. His writing is as usual concise and engaging, though even I had a bit of trouble staying with it through the largest battles like Verdun, the Somme, and Passchendaele, though this is really more the nature of the conflict than Liddell-Hart's writing at fault.
However, the side campaigns and the eastern front are portrayed quite vividly, and this will be a good springboard into further reading about the war."
"This was a criticof the strategy and tactics of both sides in WW I by a British military officer. Ir provided some interesting insights but mostly was short on overviews and long on criticism. You would need to have an indepth knowledge of WW I to get the most out of this book"
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