Author: SPOOR-DIJKEMA, MANS [1914-],
Title: Achteraf kakelen de kippen. Herinneringen aan Generaal KNIL S.H. Spoor, Legercommandant in Nederlands-Indië 30 Januari 1946-25 mei 1949 opgetekend door zijn weduwe. [Eerste druk; First edition].
Description: Amsterdam, De Bataatsche Leeuw, 2004. Large 8°. Orig. cloth, title in gilt on spine, dustjacket. 304pp. frontispiece (portr. of General Spoor), many captioned monochrome illustrations on plates and in text, of which portraits and group-portraits after hitherto unpublished photographs, facsims. after original dutch army archivalia, comparaive tables in text, concise tabellaric comparative data about sick-and death rates amongst P.O.W. in japanese slave labour camps alongside the Pakan Baroe Railway (Sumatra), extensive tables of japanese food-rations, a man/per day, at end of volume, coloured double-page endpaper maps with key. Dutch language biographical survey about life and military career of Lt.-General S.H. Spoor, CinC Royal Dutch Armed Forces during the dutch-indonesian armed dispute 1945-ultimo his untimely death May 25th, 1949. Very fine copy, WITH DUSTJACKET.

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