2002, ISBN: 9780850528220

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price- clip to dw/dj - virtually as new.Laid in loosely,a publisher's unused advertising pre-paid postage postcard.Bright,crisp,… Mehr…

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price- clip to dw/dj - virtually as new.Laid in loosely,a publisher's unused advertising pre-paid postage postcard.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated b/w+sepia photographic montage'd illustrated dw/dj,with b/w+orange lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.A very small closed tear/nick to upper dw/dj panel,in gutter of spine/backstrip - no other nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread example? Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered (apart from rear bd's lower corner - minisculely bumped - others unaffected),publisher's original dark blue cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, vii-xiipp+1-243pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,intro,13 chapters,16pp contemporary wartime (the majority) and modern,b/w photographs in 1 block,between pp84/5,bibliography and sources,and an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and a contents list/table. The extent to which the rules of war,or conventions as they are more usually referred to,were broken during naval actions in the Second World War is the gripping subject of 'Waves of Hate',naval historian Tony Bridgland's latest work. Contrary to comfortable mythology, unchivalrous or even downright disgraceful acts amounting to culpable war criminality were not the sole preserve of our enemies.All sides stand accused of lapses of conduct which had appalling consequences for their hapless victims.Nor did these only occur in the heat of battle when fear and adrenalin-rush may have confused judgement; all too often there is a strong suspicion of calculated and cold pre-meditation. Thanks to his meticulous research,the author's selection of a wide variety of incidents at sea makes for vivid and compelling,if uneasy, reading.Amid all the drama of action there is much on which to reflect.It is the moral questions that these accounts raise that make 'Waves of Hate' so much more than a mere catalogue of atrocities at sea. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, UK.BARNSLEY,S.YORKS.LEO COOPER,2002., 5<