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ARTHUR**, MAX: : MEN OF THE RED BERET: Airborne Forces 1940-1990

LONDON.HUTCHINSON,1990.

ISBN 9780091739317.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with red,black and blue lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original plain cloth boards with bright,crisp,blockped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,vi-xviiipp+1-430pp [paginated] includes an epigraph,foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales (Colonel-in-Chief The Parachute Regt.),Illustrations list/table, author's Preface,an Introduction,23 chapters,22 b/w maps and 16pp contemporary b/w photographs in 4 blocks of 4pp apiece,between pp110/11, pp142/3,pp238/9 and pp270/1 respectively, Acknowledgements,a brief history of British Airborne Forces,an an Index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and contents list/table. Tough,ruthless,highly adaptable,and efficient,the Airborne Forces has established itself as one of the finest fighting forces in the world. In 1990 it celebrates its fiftieth anniversary. Max Arthur,whose previous books on the Falklands and Northern Ireland met with widespread praise, has compiled from over 150 interviews,a fascinating history of the Airborne Forces and The Parachute Regiment,including all their major operations. This unique chronicle is told entirely in the words of the men who fought in those operations, and of those involved closely with them. They tell of the first experimental parachute jumps in training for the daring raids on Tragino in 1941 and on Bruneval,and their successive deployment in North Africa,Italy, Normandy,on the Rhine Crossing and,most famously,at Arnhem.In the post-war period,they were in action in Palestine,Malaya,Cyprus,Suez, Borneo and Aden.They took part in some of the fiercest fighting of the Falklands War,and their long commitment to Northern Ireland,begun in 1969,continues to this day (then 1990). In all,Max Arthur spent over two years interviewing members of the Airborne Forces and established an extraordinary rapport with them. The result is a compelling testament of outstanding courage,endurance and defiance.'Men of the Red Beret' is one of the most remarkable collections of first-hand accounts of war ever published. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
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