The Battle
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- New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1967
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1967. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.75cm); greyish-brown paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in pink and white on spine; dustjacket; [x],255,[7]pp. Three board corners gently tapped (though still sharp), previous owner's ink name to upper front pastedown; Near Fine in a Near Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced $5.95).
"In The Battle, Kluge records in pitiless detail the pitiful vastness and wastefulness of war by dissecting the battle of Stalingrad in winter 1942 – as it was talked about in the council rooms and in press briefings; as it was preached about by clerics back home; as it was fought by tired, half-starved and half-frozen men; as it was finally lost" (from front flap). A powerful protest novel, originally published as Schlachtbeschreibung in 1964. 87091.
"In The Battle, Kluge records in pitiless detail the pitiful vastness and wastefulness of war by dissecting the battle of Stalingrad in winter 1942 – as it was talked about in the council rooms and in press briefings; as it was preached about by clerics back home; as it was fought by tired, half-starved and half-frozen men; as it was finally lost" (from front flap). A powerful protest novel, originally published as Schlachtbeschreibung in 1964. 87091.