-----------hardcover, a Very Good+ copy in black cloth which is a bit dusty, in a chipped and torn but generally intact Good dustjacket, signed and inscribed by Robertson "To ____ _____ with best wishes, Terence Robertson Toronto 1965", 432 pages, b&w photos, ---"On August 19th, 1942, Canadian troops landed on the beaches of Dieppe. A strategic move designed to test the strength of the German defences and to point up the problem of invasion, the Dieppe raid quickly turned into a human slaughter of indescribable proportions. When the withdrawal took place two-thirds of the total force that landed remained on the beaches. Was this shocking sacrifice of human life necessary?"---, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo