Wavell`s Command (The Crucible of War, vol. 1) -- Barrie Pitt

Condition : Good, considering age.

Macmillan, 1986, Medium-format paperback - Military History - 332pp. Signs of repair.

Wavell's Command is the first of the three volumes of The Crucible of War.

Volume 1 of The Crucible of War trilogy covers General Wavell's command, a period that began triumphantly with the rout of the Italian Army and ended in catastrophe with the devastating entry of Rommel into the conflict.

Throughout the first three years of the Second World War, the North African desert was a strategically vital theatre of operations. This is the story of one of the most extraordinary of victories.

'The definitive work on the Desert War.' - Manchester Evening News

'A magnificent book, Barrie Pitt has almost a novelist's skill and perception of character.' - Daily Telegraph

'Totally readable, Mr Pitt's study depicts equally well the broad outlines of strategy, the confusions and hazards of the battlefield and the personalities of the generals or private soldiers fighting there.' - Oxford Times

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