THE ARMED HORDE, 1793-1939, A study of the Rise, Survival and Decline of the Mass Army

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1942. Second Edition. xviii+427pp.  Hardcover, no jacket. Good condition.  Yellow buckram boards show considerable grime and spine toning.  Interior has owner name and bookseller marking to ffep.  Interior is otherwise clean, square and tightly bound.  "This book traces the origin, survival, culmination and recent decline of the mass army recruited by universal, compulsory service which...has so evilly transformed warfare during the last hundred and fifty years."  (cfm)