Condition: Old NEW Stock in heavy DJ, minimal wear, no damage
Expect an item that is new and has been in stock for some time, is undamaged, with minimal wear perhaps some slight spotting or foxing and minimal fading to the cover, see pictures. Fully returnable if unhappy with the condition.
PLEASE NOTE INDIVIDUAL CONDITION DETAILS IN THE FULL LISTING DESCRIPTION IF RELEVANT.
OLD NEW STOCK: Refers to an item which, for whatever reasons, has not been offered for sale from the date of publication to the date of this listing. It is NEW but old stock and should be in New condition. Any deviation from the new condition will be detailed separately.
The trench-warfare stalemate of World War I was the result of new technology and the cultural mindset of the times. The machine gun had made the battlefield unhabitable in the fifty years since the Civil War: it mowed down soldiers at an inconceivable rate. But the elaboration of defensive entrenchments early in World War I changed all that. An uneasy standoff ensued, an impasse that could not be broken, though commanders on both sides sacrificed thousands of men in the attempt. The problem was that they simply could not imagine any alternative to the frontal assault. It took a new breed of warrior, the adventurous captains and majors who championed technological innovations like tanks and airplanes, to break through the impasse
