Policy and Direction: The First Year (United States Army in the Korean War) (Signed)
Policy and Direction: The First Year (United States Army in the Korean War) (Signed)
Schnabel, James F
Office of the Chief of Military History, United States Army; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1972
[Flat signed on tipped in leaf by author: James F. Schnabel and Brigadier General: James L. Collins, Jr.] Stated First Printing. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Scattered markings/underlining. Stain to bottom edge. Foldout maps present in rear pocket. *Autographed by author.*
James L. Collins, Jr. retired from the Army as a brigadier general in 1970, but was recalled to active duty as Chief of Military History. As such, he oversaw the production of a wide range of works on American military history. He was president of the U.S. Commission on Military History and the Council on America's Military Past. He was also a member of the International Commission of Military Historians that investigated the wartime of Kurt Waldheim, former President of Austria and Secretary-General of the United Nations.