1st Edition
British Generalship during the Great War The Military Career of Sir Henry Horne (1861–1929)
By Simon Robbins
Copyright 2010
352 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
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Following the career of one relatively unknown First World War general, Lord Horne, this book adds to the growing literature that challenges long-held assumptions that the First World War was a senseless bloodbath conducted by unimaginative and incompetent generals. Instead it demonstrates that men like Horne developed new tactics and techniques to deal with the novel problems of trench warfare... Read more
Contents: The early years: 1861-80; Apprenticeship: 1899-1914; Artillery commander: 1914; Divisional commander: 1915; Corps commander in Egypt and on the Somme: 1916; Army commander: 1916-17; Developing a winning formula: 1918; A career closes: 1919-29; A reappraisal of Horne's career; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Simon Robbins, Department of Documents, The Imperial War Museum, UK.
'Anyone picking up this book might be forgiven for asking whether we really need another study of the British army during the First World War, and, if we do, whether a biography of a general known to very few besides specialist military historians is the right way to approach the subject. The answer to both questions is an emphatic yes... [Robbins] has now written a study of Sir Henry Horne that not only helps to rescue his career for posterity but also sheds a good deal of light on how the army went about its business between 1914 and 1918.' David French, in The Journal of Modern History
