LUDWIG, EMIL; GAME, DAVID (TRANSLATOR) — A New Holy Alliance

London: Robert Hale Limited, 1938. First English Edition. Hardcover. 123 pages. Black and white photographic frontisplate of author. First published in German in the same year. Noteworthy for its call for a resurrection of the same two-front military alliance which was marshalled against Germany in the Great War. The following year 'Foreign Affairs Quarterly' published a review of this book, endorsing this policy. - Mike King. "In July, 1914, Dr. Ludwig expounded the causes and misunderstandings which led up to the Great War. The purpose of the present work is to provide a remedy for the present perilous impasse before it is too late to avert disaster." - from dust jacket. In preparing this work, Ludwig confidentially sent the first 83 pages of his manuscript to Edward VIII for his corrections, which were later provided by letter. (Source available upon request). Bold dust jacket art depicts British/French/US spear piercing a Nazi swastika. Unmarked. Binding tight. Moderate wear to book. Somewhat above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in mylar. Moderate age-toning near endpapers. Moderate foxing to edges and back half of dust jacket. A sound copy of this significant work.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; A New Holy Alliance Emil Ludwig Europe Politics and Government History World Hitler Stalin. Good in Fair dust jacket .