The Armies of To-Day: A Description of the Armies of the Leading Nations at the Present Time
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1892. 438, illus., appendix, sm tear top margin title pg, title pg partly detached from text, lower text margins stained (no pages stuck). Front board weak, inside front hinges torn, boards and spine scuffed and stained and edges worn, some foxing to fore-edge. One of the best treatments of the U.S. Army in the period just prior to the Spanish-American War (written by Brigadier-General Wesley Merritt). Also contains an article on "The Standing Army of Great Britain" by General Viscount Wolseley, as well as articles on the German, French, Russian, Austro-Hungarian, Italian, and Mexican armies. Condition: fair.
Keywords: U.S. Army, Spanish-Am War, Great Britain, Germany, France, Russia, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Mexico
[Book #14696]
Price: $202.50