Ordeal of Victory.

TERRAINE, John. [Chester W. Nimitz].

Item Number: 126411

Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1963.

First edition of Terraine’s classic study of World War I and Commander-in-Chief Douglas Haig. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. In near fine condition.

"Ordeal of Victory is truly a beautiful work and a penetrating study of one of the most enigmatic characters of our time. It gives Haig credit where due, but it is also fair to history. Even the reader who has no interest in war will enjoy this one" (S. L. A. Marshall). "Analysis has triumphed over emotion," wrote Alistair Horne of the book in London's Sunday Telegraph. "A major event in the historiography of the first world war," added Michael Howard in the Sunday Times. Both as biography and as history this is a brilliant piece of work, which takes up the history of World War I where The Guns of August left off.