Condition: Acceptable: See images for the condition of this book.Stated First edition. Large foldout map intact and attached at back of book.
Blurb: Volume XII ONLY from a spectacular 15-volume series which charts the U.S. Naval operations during World War II with an insider's perspective. Morison, a Harvard professor, was given a special rank and writing post by FDR. He had active duty aboard eleven different ships, allowing him to witness many crucial battles in both the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans. Includes many maps and official file photographs. This volume, Leyte is from June 1944 to January 1945.