Title: Eastern Approaches
Author: Fitzroy Maclean
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Language: English
Pages: approx. 480 pages
Dimensions: approx. 22 x 14 cm
Publication Date: First published September 1949 (this copy: later impression, 1949–1950)
Genre: History, Travel, War Memoir
Category: History & Military
Condition: Fair
Description:
Eastern Approaches is Fitzroy Maclean’s classic autobiographical account of travel, diplomacy, and wartime service across Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, the Middle East, and the Balkans during the turbulent years surrounding the Second World War. Drawing on his experiences as a diplomat, soldier, and special operations officer, Maclean offers vivid firsthand observations of political intrigue, cultural encounters, and military campaigns, including his work with resistance movements in Yugoslavia. Combining reportage, memoir, and historical insight, this book is widely regarded as an essential work of twentieth-century travel and war literature.
Title: Eastern Approaches
Author: Fitzroy Maclean
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Language: English
Pages: approx. 480 pages
Dimensions: approx. 22 x 14 cm
Publication Date: First published September 1949 (this copy: later impression, 1949–1950)
Genre: History, Travel, War Memoir
Category: History & Military
Condition: Fair
Description:
Eastern Approaches is Fitzroy Maclean’s classic autobiographical account of travel, diplomacy, and wartime service across Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, the Middle East, and the Balkans during the turbulent years surrounding the Second World War. Drawing on his experiences as a diplomat, soldier, and special operations officer, Maclean offers vivid firsthand observations of political intrigue, cultural encounters, and military campaigns, including his work with resistance movements in Yugoslavia. Combining reportage, memoir, and historical insight, this book is widely regarded as an essential work of twentieth-century travel and war literature.
