Douglas Haig : architect of victory /: architect of victory. (2011)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Douglas Haig : architect of victory /: architect of victory. (2011)
- Main Title:
- Douglas Haig : architect of victory
- 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.
- Access Rights:
- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
- Access Usage:
- Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
- View Content:
- Available online (eLD content is only available in our Reading Rooms) ↗
- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.772036
- Ingest File:
- 19_016.xml