Author: ELIOT, GEORGE FIELDING [SIGNED]
Title: The Ramparts We Watch - a Study of the Problems of American National Defense
Description: New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1938. Third Printing. Hardcover. Signed, without inscription, by George Fielding Eliot (1894-1971) atop half-title. Eliot was a Major, Military Intelligence Reserve, United States Army. pp. x, 370. Selected Bibliography. Index. Fold-out maps. Color map endpapers. "The purpose of this book is to place before the citizens of this republic a clear presentation of the military principles upon which their security rests, and of the military instruments by which that security may be conserved." - Introduction. "The most comprehensive survey of American military policy ever made. With war flaring in Asia and Europe, his bold and accurate book carries urgency and importance." - Dust jacket. "This book is not merely timely; it is pretty close to invaluable." - Walter Millis. Book clean and unmarked with moderate wear to publisher's red cloth. Binding sound. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A special copy of this historic pre-WWII treatise.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; American National Defense, United States - Defense - World War II; Signed by Author(s). Good in Fair dust jacket .

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