The War in Malaya :: A. E. (Arthur Ernest) Percival soon to be presented for sale on the lustrous BookLovers of Bath web site!
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1949, Hardback in dust wrapper.
Includes: Plans of battle; Maps;
From the cover: The fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942, was a great and unexpected blow both to Britain and to her Allies, a blow all the more unlooked-for because the defences of the island fortress had been generally believed to be impregnable. As a result, accusations against the military and civil leadership were immediately made, the greater part of them based on an almost total lack of detailed information.
In this book, Lieutenant-General A. E. Perc…
Good+ in Good+ Dust Wrapper. Plain paper dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with the price clipped, now wrapped in a removable protective sleeve. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block. Pages lightly age-tanned.
Green boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. (x) 336 pages. Index. 8¾” x 5¾”.
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