Douglas Haig : architect of victory /: architect of victory. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Architect of victory
• Further Information: Note: Walter Reid.
• Other Names: Reid, Walter, 1944-
• Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Military Formation; Preface; Map: The Western Front 1914-18; 1. Butcher and Bungler or Architect of Victory?; 2. Family and Youth; 3. In Top Boots Amongst the Intellectuals: Haig at Oxford. Sandhurst at last; 4. Regimental Life. India. Johnnie French; 5. Repulsed and then Victorious. Staff College; 6. Active Service in the Sudan War; 7. The South African War. Regimental Command. The Debate over Cavalry. India; 8. Emerges into Society. Marries; 9. At the War Office with Haldane. Army Reforms. India again. 10. 'The Best Command in the Army' and 'The Ugliest Man in the Army': Aldershot and Henry Wilson11. War. The Army searches for its Role. The Great Retreat. First Ypres. Haig on the Menin Road; 12. Disputed Appointments. Neuve Chapelle; 13. The Approach to Loos; 14. Loos: Destruction of the BEF and Creation of a Commander-in-Chief; 15. Haig's Command; 16. The Somme; 17. Deceit and Misinformation: The Calais Conference Backfires on Lloyd George. Arras; 18. The Abandonment of Attrition. Third Ypres; 19. Third Ypres, Passchendaele. Cambrai; 20. The Enemy in Whitehall. 21. Kaiserschlacht. The Doullens Conference and Unified Command. Haig Takes the Initiative22. The Hundred Days. 'There Never Has Been Such a Victory'; 23. Sunset; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Birlinn
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations, map
• Subjects: 940.40092; World War, 1914-1918 -- Biography; Generals -- Great Britain -- Biography; World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns; Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 -- Biographies; Généraux -- Grande-Bretagne -- Biographies; Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 -- Campagnes et batailles; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical; HISTORY -- Europe -- Western; Generals; Military campaigns; Weltkrieg; Great Britain; Biographies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857901248; 0857901249
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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