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MARCOSSON (Isaac F.) The Business of War. 1st Ed., xv+200pp., 7 portraits. John Lane. 1918  #69994
[HLMainPic] Interesting & very scarce work by an American journalist that describes methods of supply to the armies in France, transport arrangements, salvage &c., "the facts that every man wants to know. These include the feeding, transporting & supplying of the British armies; the production & distribution of shells; the miracle of the motor in war. It is the story of the army behind the army... Included are Mr. Marcosson's distinguished character studies of Sir Douglas Haig & Sir Eric Geddes." Orig. red cloth, little rubbed, VG. Scarce.   £65

     




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