Notes of Lectures on Military History.

£45 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

Unrecorded. “The principles of the art of strategy must be understood before commencing the study of Military History. War is the decisive factor in international policy. It is only through a more or less veiled threat that foreign negociations [sic.] can be conducted.” From this basis the paper develops a discussion of the techniques for the fruitful study of Military History with particular reference to the American Civil War. Beynon served on the North West Frontier 1897-9, Tirah, capture of Sampagha and Arhanga Passes, and the Great War. This copy with the ownership inscription and notes of [Maj.-Gen.] C[olwyn] H[enty] H[ughes] Vulliamy who also served on the NWF, Waziristan ’22-3, Mohmand ’35, Chief Signal Officer, Anti-Aircraft Command, 1939-1940; Signal Officer in Chief, Middle East, 1943; at Supreme HQ, NW Europe, 1943-1945.

• Year: 1911

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.