The Life and Letters of Emory Upton
New York: D. Appleton, 1885. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Duodecimo. 5 x 7.5 in. xxviii, 511 pp. Good in original cloth boards with a previous owner's stamp to front free endpaper, general rubbing and creasing to boards, and some fading to spine. Still, a tight copy. Good. Item #8977
This biographical edition collects many of Upton's letters and includes an introduction by General James Harrison Wilson. Upton was a 19th century military strategist whose ideas about standing armies and merit-based promotions shaped and still reflect many modern American military policies.
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