Douglas Haig and the First World War / J.P. Harris.
Douglas Haig and the First World War / J.P. Harris.
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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N940.41241/11
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English
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xi, 652 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
Boyhood and early career -- South Africa to the Curragh Crisis -- Anxiously to war -- From the Marne to the salient -- Army commander -- Aubers Ridge to Givenchy -- The battle of loos -- Commander-in-chief -- The battle of the somme -- The battle of the Somme -- Lloyd George and Nivelle -- The Battl...
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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
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England
Date Published
2008.
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"From December 1915 until the armistice of November 1918, Sir Douglas Haig was commander-in-chief of the largest army his country had ever put into the field. He has been portrayed as both an incompetent 'butcher and bungler' and a clear-sighted, imperturbable 'architect of victory'. However, in this magisterial new account, J. P. Harris dispels su...
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Douglas Haig and the First World War / J.P. Harris.
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Cambridge military histories.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 547-630) and index.
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N940.41241/11
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74VM4b4W0Ap3
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0521898021
9780521898027
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940.41241092 B
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991001537719702626
