in the original dust jacket. Maroon binding with gilt title on the spine.

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Please view our photographs and read the inside of the dust cover of this most interesting book when the British Empire set out to emulate that of the Imperial German command. Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good First edition. An excellent first edition copy of this comprehensive study on General Staff and the evolution of military strategy prior to the First World War. The first edition of this work. A comprehensive and thorough study conducted by John Gooch on the British General Staff and the evolution of military strategy in the period immediately prior to the First World War. Describing the development of the General Staff, Britain’s agency for strategic planning, and its role in devising strategy. Illustrated with two maps. In the original publisher’s cloth binding.