London: Tattered Flag Press, Date: 2014. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Trade paperback illustrated with b&w photos and maps. Includes Notes, Bibliography, and an Index. Only very slight wear. No markings. 2014. Tattered Flag Press ISBN 0957689225 9780957689220 [CA]

ISBN10: 0957689225, ISBN13: 9780957689220, [publisher: Tattered Flag, Ticehurst, East Sussex] Softcover 2014. viii, 296pp. "This is the first book in the English language to offer an analysis of a conflict that, in so many ways, raised the curtain on the Great War. The Italo-Ottoman War was a conflict overshadowed by the Great War but one which in many ways presaged the horrors to come. A Box of Sand will be of great interest to students of military history and those with an interest in the history of North Africa and the development of technology in war. The Italo-Ottoman War, as a prelude to the unprecedented hostilities that would follow, has so many firsts and pointers to the awful future: the first three-dimensional war with aerial reconnaissance and bombing, and the first use of armored vehicles, operating in concert with conventional ground and naval forces; war fever whipped up by the Italian press; military incompetence and stalemate; lessons in how not to fight a guerrilla war; mass death from disease and 10,000 more from reprisals and executions. Thirty thousand men would die in a struggle for what may described as little more than a scatolone di sabbia - a box of sand. As acclaimed historian Charles Stephenson portrays in this ground-breaking study, if there is an exemplar of the futility of war, this is it. Apart from the loss of life and the huge cost to Italy (much higher than was originally envisaged), the main outcome was to halve the Libyan ...

ISBN10: 0957689225, ISBN13: 9780957689220, [publisher: Tattered Flag] Softcover 296 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2014]

Tattered Flag 2014 Paperback Very good Size: 6x1x9; Softcover, minor wear, binding tight and pages bright, a very nice copy.

ISBN10: 0957689225, ISBN13: 9780957689220, [publisher: Tattered Flag] Softcover New. Pristine. No markings. // Shipped carefully packed in a sturdy box.
[Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2014]

ISBN10: 0957689225, ISBN13: 9780957689220, [publisher: Tattered Flag] Softcover Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.
[Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2014]