Douglas Haig and the First World War

Informationen zum Autor J. P. Harris is a Senior Lecturer in War Studies at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. His publications include Men, Ideas and Tanks (1995) and Amiens to the Armistice (1998). Klappentext Major new biography of one of the most controversial commanders in British military history. Zusammenfassung A biography of Sir Douglas Haig! one of the most controversial commanders in British military history. Paul Harris decisively answers the contested issue of whether Haig's tactics cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of British soldiers during the First World War or were essential to the Allied victory. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Boyhood and early career; 2. South Africa to the Curragh crisis; 3. Anxiously to war; 4. From the Marne to the Salient; 5. Army commander; 6. Aubers Ridge to Givenchy; 7. The Battle of Loos; 8. Commander-in-Chief; 9. The Battle of the Somme (1); 10. The Battle of the Somme (2); 11. Lloyd George and Nivelle; 12. The Battle of Arras and the Nivelle Offensive; 13. Flanders Fields; 14. The third Battle of Ypres; 15. The Battle of Cambrai; 16. The last war winter; 17. The German March offensives; 18. The turn of the tide; 19. The final campaign; 20. The post-war years; Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: J P Harris, J. P. Harris, J.p. Harris
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2009
• EAN: 9780521158770
• ISBN: 978-0-521-15877-0
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 230 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Cambridge Military Histories; Cambridge Military Histories (
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries