Author Description

Royal 0ctavo, [25.5cm/10inches], full gilt-embossed deep walnut-coloured cloth w/ mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 159, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones, as well as 32 colour plates by Chappell. Martin C. Windrow is a British historian, editor and author of several hundred books, articles and monographs, particularly those on organizational or physical details of military history, and the history of the post-war French Foreign Legion, His most notable works include The Last Valley, an account of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu during the First Indochina War, which was published in 2004 to "critical acclaim", and Our Friends beneath the Sands published in 2010. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs.