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GUARDIA, MIKE: : SHADOW COMMANDER: THE EPIC STORY OF DONALD D. BLACKBURN - GUERRILLA LEADER & SPECIAL FORCES HERO.

UK.NEWBURY.CASEMATE PUBLISHERS (UK),2011.

ISBN 9781612000657.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated monochrome photographic illustrated dw/dj,with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered - apart from bottom two corners which are minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing, publisher's original plain black paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-213pp [paginated] includes introduction,12 chapters, profuse contemporary biographical+ autobiographical b/w photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,b/w maps,an epilogue,career chronology,a bibliography and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title page with author's b/w portrait photographic frntis to recto of same,title page,contents list/table,and 2pp blanks at rear. The fires on Bataan burned on the evening of April 9,1942,illuminating the white flags of surrender against the night time sky.Woefully outnumbered,outgunned,and ill-equipped,battered remnants of the American-Philippine army surrendered to the forces of the Rising Sun.Yet amongst the chaos and devastation of the American defeat,Army Captain Donald D. Blackburn refused to lay down his arms. Along with future Special Forces legend Russell Volckmann,Blackburn escaped from Bataan and fled to the mountainous jungles of North Luzon,where they raised a private army of over 22,000 men against the Japanese.Once there,Blackburn organised a guerrilla regiment from among the native tribes in the Cagayan Valley."Blackburn's Headhunters" as they came to be known, devastated the Japanese 14th Army within the western provinces of North Luzon and destroyed the Japanese naval base at Aparri,the largest enemy anchorage in the Philippines. After the war,Blackburn remained on active duty and played a key role in initiating Special Forces operations in Southeast Asia.Following his return to the United States,Blackburn was appointed Special Assistant for Counterinsurgency and Special Activities,where he was the architect of the famous Son Tay Prison Raid.This book follows Donald D. Blackburn through both his youthful days of desperate combat against an Empire,and through his days as a commander,imparting his lessons to the newly realised ranks of America's own Special Forces. Please contact seller,because of the weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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