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245 10 $aToo Important for the Generals :$bLosing and Winning the First World War /$cAllan Mallinson.
264 1 $aLondon :$bBantam Press,$c2016.
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300 $axxiii, 375 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations (some color), maps ;$c24 cm
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500 $aIllustration, map and text on lining papers.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPrologue: In the Beginning was the Plan -- PART ONE, 1914: 'Over by Christmas'. The Contemptible Little Army ; Miracles -- The Stumbling Bear ; The Empty Corridors of Power -- PART TWO, 1915: Deadlock. The Problem of the Western Front ; The Great Amphibian ; Slaughter without Manoeuvre ; The Honour of British Arms -- PART THREE, 1916: Attrition. The Gate of the Year ; Winning the War in an afternoon? ; Verdun: The Blood Pump ; The Somme: 'A sunlit Picture of Hell' -- PART FOUR, 1917: The Fatal Conceit. Another Spring Offensive ; Passchendaele: 'Opportunities for Cavalry' -- PART FIVE, 1918: More Catastrophes, Then Victory. Unity of Command ; the Crisis of the War ; The Hundred Days -- Conclusions: Quoi qu'on fasse, on perd beaucoup de monde?
520 8 $aOne 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.
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