Author: Winston S. Churchill
London, Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1942. Abridged and Revised Edition.

Signed and inscribed by the author, Winston Churchill, as follows:
“To Major General, William Shaffer Key From Winston S, Churchill March 21 1943″
The inscription is bright and bold.

It was on this date that Churchill broadcast his speech “A Four Year Plan For Britain”. The book shows general light wear, quarter inch closed tear in the cloth to the spine heal, new endpapers have been bound in along with the originals to tighten up the volume which previously had a cracked hinge. Key’s name is stamped in ink on the second blank page and beneath the half title.

From September 1940 to October 1942 Major General Key commanded the Forty-fifth Infantry Division of the U.S. Army. During this time he also served for four months as the commanding general of Fort Sill, Oklahoma. In 1942 he was appointed as provost general marshal in Europe. From June 1943 to December 1944 he was the commanding general of the U.S. forces in Iceland. Key then served as the commanding general of the forces in Hungary and as chief U.S. representative on the Allied Control Commission for Hungary from January 1945 until his retirement in August 1946. Major General Key passed away in Oklahoma City on January 5th, 1959.

Woods A92
Cohen A180

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