Douglas Haig - Couverture souple

Sheffield, Gary

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0753820757 ISBN 13 : 9780753820759

Editeur : W&N, 2006

Synopsis

Douglas Haig The diaries of the most controversial British general of the twentieth century.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The diaries of the most controversial British general of the twentieth century.

There's a commonly held view that Douglas Haig was a bone-headed, callous butcher, who through his incompetence as commander of the British Army in WWI, killed a generation of young men on the Somme and Passchendaele. On the other hand there are those who view Haig as a man who successfully struggled with appalling difficulties to produce an army which took the lead in defeating Germany in 1918.

Haig's Diaries, hitherto only previously available in bowdlerised form, give the C-in-C's view of Asquith and his successor Lloyd George, of whom he was highly critical. The diaries show him intriguing with the King vs. Lloyd George. Additional are his day by day accounts of the key battles of the war, not least the Somme campaign of 1916.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Gary Sheffield is Professor of Modern History at King's College, London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He broadcasts regularly on television and radio, and writes for the national press. He lives in Oxfordshire. Dr John Bourne is Director of the Centre for First World War Studies at the University of Birmingham. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and Vice-President of the Western Front Association. He has written widely on the First World War. He lives in Birmingham.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: W&N
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0753820757
• ISBN 13: 9780753820759
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 576