THE OTHER DESERT WAR. British Special forces in North Africa, 1940-1943.
Foreword by Theodore Ropp. Pp. xxvi+246(last blank), frontispiece and 12 plates, notes, essay on sources, index; med. 8vo; white laminated boards, lettered and ruled in black, lower fore-corner of upper board slightly bruised; Greenwood Press, New York, 1987. First edition. Contributions in Military Studies Number 56. *An excellent history of special forces operations in North Africa during WWII. Particularly interesting is the account of the beginnings of desert travel - the Light Car Patrol of WWI and the activities of Ralph Bagnold and others between the wars. Item #P12367
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