The Chief
Douglas Haig and the British Army
$49.96
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2012
Summary
Well written and persuasive, objective and well-rounded. This scholarly rehabilitation should be the standard biography. - Andrew Roberts, Mail on Sunday
A true judgment of him must lie somewhere between hero and zero, and in this detailed biography Gary Sheffield shows himself well qualified to make it. A balanced portrait. - Sunday Times
Solid scholarship and admirable advocacy. - Sunday Telegraph
Douglas Haig is the single most controversial general in British histo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781845137694 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1845137698 |
| Author: | Gary Sheffield |
| Publisher: | Quarto Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Aurum |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2012 |
| Weight: | 417g |
| Dimensions: | 129mm x 197mm |
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“Well written and persuasive … objective and well-rounded…
“Well written and persuasive … objective and well-rounded… . This scholarly rehabilitation should be the standard biography.” –“Mail on Sunday”
“Solid scholarship and admirable advocacy.” –“Sunday Telegraph”
Gary Sheffield
GARY SHEFFIELD is one of Britain’s leading military historians and is Professor of War Studies at the University of Wolverhampton. He has written a number of critically acclaimed and commercially successful books on the First World War including Forgotten Victory: The First World War – Myths and Realities. He is the co-editor of Douglas Haig: War Diaries and Letters 1914-18.
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