FOR THE SAKE OF EXAMPLE: Capital Courts-Martial 1914-1920.
With a postscript by Major-General Frank Richardson. Pp. 238, appendix, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; green boards, spine lettered in gilt, bottom fore-corner of upper board a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, slightly foxed on flaps and reverse; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the endpapers faintly offset, edges of leaves slightly foxed; Leo Cooper/Secker & Warburg, London, 1983. First edition. *According to the official records of the British Army a total of 346 officers and men were summarily executed at dawn following their convictions by courts martial in the field between the outbreak of the First World war and the end of March 1920. The details of their trials and executions have been closed to the public ever since' [wrapper blurb]. Item #180557
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