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Too important for the generals

Mallinson, Allan2017
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One 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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Imprint:
Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2017.
Collation:
496 pages (large print)
Notes:
Standard print edition originally published: London: Bantam, 2016.
ISBN:
9781510051751 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.4'012
Language:
English
BRN:
15096
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