476 Pages
by
Routledge
476 Pages
by
Routledge
476 Pages
by
Routledge
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For seventy years Douglas Haig had been portrayed on the one hand as the ‘Butcher of the Somme’ – inept, insensitive and archaic; and on the other as the ‘Saviour of Britain’ – noble, unselfish and heroic. This polarised, strident and ultimately inconclusive argument had resulted in Haig becoming detached from his own persona; he had become a shallow symbol of a past age to be pilloried or... Read more
List of illustrations. List of Maps. Preface. Introduction. Part 1: A Question of Upbringing 1. ‘And the Training Makes a Gentleman’ 2. A Martinet 3. A Taste of War 4. Chasing Boers 5. A Cavalry Counter-Reformation 6. Politicians and Paperwork 7. Many Important Questions Part 2: At All Costs 8. An Abnormal War 9. The Search for a Way Forward 10. ‘Patience, Self-Sacrifice and Confidence’ 11. ‘Drive on, Illustrations General’ 12. Two Wars 13. High Hopes, Deep Mud 14. ‘But for the Grace of God…’ 15. Consistent to the End. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
Biography
Gerard J. DeGroot
