288 pages, with maps and illustrations. Dust jacket taped to boards and slightly chipped. Previous owner's name on FFEP. Blumenson examines why the Allies failed to capture the Germans in the Falaise Gap and subsequently at the Seine crossings. To Blumenson, the Allies tried to defeat the Germans through gaining territory instead of confronting and destroying the enemy's armies.

FALAISE GAP BATTLE 1944 HISTORY MILITARY WORLD WAR II