Attrition
Fighting the First World War
$43.59
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
8 September 2015
Summary
The First World War was too big to be grasped by its participants. In the retelling of their war in the competing memories of leaders and commanders, and the anguished fiction of its combatants, any sense of order and purpose, effort and achievement, was missing.
Drawing on the experience of front line soldiers, munitions workers, politicians and those managing the vast economy of industrialised warfare, ATTRITION explains for the first time why and how this new type of conflict born …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349000077 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349000077 |
| Author: | William Philpott |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 8 September 2015 |
| Weight: | 344g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
A refreshingly balanced view … the great strength of Philpott’s book is its magisterial overview of the whole war … a fine contribution to our growing understanding of the conflict - Daily Telegraph
A highly readable account … a great book for those who want to look behind the propaganda - Sunday HeraldRequired reading … A thoughtful and important book by a first-rate historian … It is a proper history of the battle, not simply an agonising account of its first day … He is supremely skilful in charting what he terms the battle’s “shifting history and enduring memory” … There is something about the Somme that is imprinted onto my heart, and I am grateful that this book has helped me put it into a context that goes beyond time, place, courage and sufferingAbout The Author
William Philpott
Dr William Philpott is Professor of the History of Warfare in the Department of War Studies, King’s College London. He is a specialist in the First World War, in particular British strategy and the history of the French army.
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