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THE SHAME AND THE GLORY - DIEPPE BY: TERENCE ROBERTSON

THE SHAME AND THE GLORY - DIEPPE BY: TERENCE ROBERTSON

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FEATURES:  THE SHAME AND THE GLORY - DIEPPE    BY: TERENCE ROBERTSON
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A) CONDITION BOOK: NEAR FINE - HARD COVER  
B) CONDITION DUST JACKET: FAIR - NOT PRICE ISSUED -  BRODART
C) FIRST EDITION - FIRST PRINTING - MC CLELLAND + STEWART 1962
D) NOTE: COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF LAUNCHING OF CANADIAN TROOPS AT DIEPPE.  TWO PARAGRAPH LETTER (TAPED + SIGNED) DESCRIBING HIS PROCESS OF RESEARCHING AND WRITING IN BRIEF THE BOOK.  LAID IN SIGNATURE. ILLUSTRATED PHOTO. 432 PAGES. 
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BOOK GRADING CATEGORIES:
FINE
VERY GOOD
GOOD
FAIR
POOR
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About Novel:
"Dieppe had no strategic importance, but Britain was under intense pressure to launch a major cross-Channel attack against France. In August 1942, an almost all-Canadian force of 5,000 men made the raid. Of these, 3,000 were kill or taken prisoner; 1,000 more never landed. Robertson provides a startling account of how this massacre came about."
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