Haig''s Intelligence - Ghq and the German Army, 1916-1918

Informationen zum Autor Dr Jim Beach is Senior Lecturer in Twentieth-Century History at the University of Northampton. He is also Secretary of the Army Records Society. Klappentext Haig's Intelligence confronts a perennial question about the British on the Western Front: why did they think they were winning? Zusammenfassung This is an important study of Douglas Haig's controversial command during the First World War. It reveals how the British Army perceived its enemy and how intelligence influenced strategy and operations. This is essential reading for military historians! intelligence scholars and anyone with an interest in the Great War. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: 1. Organisation; 2. Leadership; 3. Personnel; 4. Front line; 5. Espionage; 6. Photography; 7. Signals; 8. Analysis; Part II: 9. Somme; 10. Arras; 11. Third Ypres; 12. Cambrai; 13. German offensives; 14. Hundred days.

Product details

• Authors: James Beach, Jim Beach, Jim (University of Northampton) Beach
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.10.2013
• EAN: 9781107039612
• ISBN: 978-1-107-03961-2
• No. of pages: 386
• Series: Cambridge Military Histories; Cambridge Military Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Europe, European History, First World War, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, c 1910 to c 1919, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), War and defence operations, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I