ID: 350
The Soviet High Command. 1918-1941.
SOVIET UNION: John Erickson

Category: First Edition, History

Place/Publisher/Date:
London, Macmillan. 1962.

Description: First edition; Frontispiece showing the first 5 marshals of the Soviet Union. 8vo; original boards and dust jacket. Ericsons classic account of the formation and development of the body who had control of the Soviet armed forces. It covers the period from the Civil War to the impact of the first catastrophes suffered by the Red Army in 1941. Very good, slightly bumped at head and foot of spine, small inscription on the front end paper neatly concealed with liquid paper. The dust jacket is slightly chipped and creased at the head and foot of the spine and has three very small closed tears. This is a rare book especially in dust jacket.

Price £225.00