Bibliograph

Too important for the generals, losing and winning the First World War, Allan Mallinson

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Too important for the generals, losing and winning the First World War, Allan Mallinson

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Too important for the generals

Oclc number

967918231

Responsibility statement

Allan Mallinson

Sub title

losing and winning the First World War

Summary

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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