1st Edition
Writing the Great War Sir James Edmonds and the Official Histories, 1915-1948
By Andrew Green
Copyright 2003
256 Pages
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Routledge
240 Pages
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Routledge
240 Pages
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Routledge
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Begun within months of the war's outbreak, and not completed for a further 33 years, the writing of the Official Histories of World War I was a venture of unprecedented scale and complexity. Who, then, was responsible for producing such an enterprise? Did it aim to inform or did it have darker political motivations? Did the authors, who alone had access to records that were to remain classified... Read more
1. The Origins, Purpose and Workings of the Historical Section 2. Sir James Edmonds 3. Edmonds' Method and Writing 4. "Military Operations: France and Belgium 1916, Volume 1, 1 July - Battle of the Somme" 5. "Military Operations: Gallipoli Part 1" 6. "Military Operations: Gallipoli Part 2" 7. "Military Operations: France and Belgium 1918, Volume , The German March Offensive" 8. "Military Operations: France and Belgium 1917, Volume II, Messins and Third Ypres (Passchendaele)" 9. Conclusion
Biography
Andrew Green
