SCORCHED EARTH

Ballantine, New York, 1971, 1^st pr thus.  ISBN 0-345-02213-0.  MMPB, 652 pages including Documents, Bibliography, Abbreviations and Symbols used in the Text and on the Maps, and Index.  Very good plus; a bit of edge and cover wear, crease at upper rear edge, no reading creases.  Binding tight.  Interior clean and unmarked with tanned pages.  Black & white illustrations and maps.  ‘The war in Russia was moving toward its climax in July, 1943.  Hitler refused to listen to his military experts and commanders.  He continued to gamble; he staked everything on Operation Citadel, the code name for the battle of Kursk, hoping a victory there would turn the tide for Germany in the entire war.  That was the beginning of the end for Germany …’ (from rear wrap)