Daily Reflections of General Guisan

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Barbey, Bernard P. C. du Général. Journal du Chef de l'Etat-Major Particulier du Général Guisan 1940-1945. Neuchatel, Editions de La Baconnière, 1947, vellum binding, gilt top edge, covers and spine preserved, 280 pp. A fine copy. Day by day, how General Guisan conceived and accomplished his task. This book presents fragments of the journal he wrote to take stock, evening after evening, with no other pretension than to record facts and traits, noting things seen and heard, the impressions of the moment. It is undoubtedly the most vivid testimony of how Switzerland and its vigilant army navigated these five dramatically challenging years for the world.