Too important for the generals : losing and winning the First World War
Mallinson, Allan2016
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One of the great questions in the ongoing discussions and debate about the First World War is why did winning take so long and exact so appalling a human cost? After all this was a fight that, we were told, would be over by Christmas. Now, Allan Mallinson, former professional soldier and author, provides answers that are disturbing as well as controversial, and have a contemporary resonance. He disputes the growing consensus among historians that British generals were not to blame for the losses and setbacks in the 'war to end all wars' - that, given the magnitude of their task, they did as well as anyone could have.
Main title:
Too important for the generals : losing and winning the First World War / Allan Mallinson.
Author:
Mallinson, Allan, author
Imprint:
London : Bantam Press, 2016.
Collation:
xxiii, 375 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Illustration, map and text on lining papers.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780593058183 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.4012940.401940.4012 MAL
Language:
English
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BRN:
746932
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