Description

Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 454pp., Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with 16 pages of photographs on coated stock and 6 maps, plus map endpapers.. First American edition, first printing. More than simply a military history of a brutal, and ultimately futile campaign, Thompson relates the nationalist frenzy that led to war, the poety inspired by battle, the political intrigues the war engendered, and arguably its most significant result, the impetus it gave to the rise of Italian fascism after the war. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Scarce first American edition in collectable condition. Fine in a near fine dust-jacket.