The jacket has three short tears, two at the back and one at the tail of the spine, and an ownership signature has been covered with black texta, else a clean, unmarked and solid copy. 'George James Odgers (1916 - 2008) was an Australian soldier, journalist and military historian. Odgers served in the Australian Army as a private soldier and non-commissioned officer; and later in the Royal Australian Air Force becoming a group captain. He was one of the authors of the official history of Australia in World War II, Australia in the War of 1939-1945.' (Wikipedia)