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From the Somme to Victory

Douglas Haig and the Britisch Army


  • Aurum (Quarto)
  • by Gary Sheffield & Saul David
Douglas Haig is the single most controversial general in British history. In 1918, after his armies had won the First World War, he was feted as a saviour. But within twenty years his reputation was in ruins, and it has never recovered. Drawing on previously unknown private papers and new scholarship unavailable when The Chief was first published, eminent First World War historian Gary Sheffield reassesses Haig's reputation, assessing his critical role in preparing the army for war.

ISBN 9781781314982 | E | HB
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Publisher Aurum (Quarto)
ISBN 9781781314982
Author(s) Gary Sheffield & Saul David
Publication date April 2016
Edition Hardback
Dimensions 234 x 153 mm
Pages 480
Language(s) Eng. ed.
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Douglas Haig is the single most controversial general in British history. In 1918, after his armies had won the First World War, he was feted as a saviour. But within twenty years his reputation was in ruins, and it has never recovered.
Drawing on previously unknown private papers and new scholarship unavailable when The Chief was first published, eminent First World War historian Gary Sheffield reassesses Haig's reputation, assessing his critical role in preparing the army for war.

From the Somme to Victory

From the Somme to Victory

€32.50