Format:
Online-Ressource (855 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9781843410454
Content:
A thoughtful reassessment' -- Stand To!'Sharp and clear...swift and surefooted' -- The Scotsman'A careful biographer' -- Times Literary Supplement'Those new to the Haig debate will receive a good introduction. Those already familiar with the subject matter will enjoy Reid's writing style and reflective moments' -- The British Army Review'An outstanding success. The argument is beautifully presented and written in very clear English. This is a substantial work which follows the rules of classical biography' -- Politique etrangereDouglas Haig's popular image as an unimaginative butcher is unenvi
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Military Formation; Preface; Map: The Western Front 1914-18; 1. Butcher and Bungler or Architect of Victory?; 2. Family and Youth; 3. In Top Boots Amongst the Intellectuals: Haig at Oxford. Sandhurst at last; 4. Regimental Life. India. Johnnie French; 5. Repulsed and then Victorious. Staff College; 6. Active Service in the Sudan War; 7. The South African War. Regimental Command. The Debate over Cavalry. India; 8. Emerges into Society. Marries; 9. At the War Office with Haldane. Army Reforms. India again
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10. 'The Best Command in the Army' and 'The Ugliest Man in the Army': Aldershot and Henry Wilson11. War. The Army searches for its Role. The Great Retreat. First Ypres. Haig on the Menin Road; 12. Disputed Appointments. Neuve Chapelle; 13. The Approach to Loos; 14. Loos: Destruction of the BEF and Creation of a Commander-in-Chief; 15. Haig's Command; 16. The Somme; 17. Deceit and Misinformation: The Calais Conference Backfires on Lloyd George. Arras; 18. The Abandonment of Attrition. Third Ypres; 19. Third Ypres, Passchendaele. Cambrai; 20. The Enemy in Whitehall
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21. Kaiserschlacht. The Doullens Conference and Unified Command. Haig Takes the Initiative22. The Hundred Days. 'There Never Has Been Such a Victory'; 23. Sunset; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index;
Additional Edition:
9780857901248
Additional Edition:
Print version Architect of Victory : Douglas Haig
Language:
English
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