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Book Synopsis DOUGLAS HAIG: "THE PREPARATORY PROLOGUE": 1861-1914: DIARIES AND LETTERS; ED. BY DOUGLAS SCOTT. by :
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Author : Douglas Scott
Release : 2006-06-15
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Preparatory Prologue: Douglas Haig by : Douglas Scott
Download or read book The Preparatory Prologue: Douglas Haig written by Douglas Scott. This book was released on 2006-06-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a young officer in the prestigious 21st Lancers (motto 'Death or Glory') Douglas Haig played a leading role in Kitchener's bold expedition which ended in the defeat of the Khalifa of Sudan at Omdurman. He described the action, as he did the whole campaign, vividly in words and diagrams which survived virtually untouched at the family home Bemersyde in the Borders. These letters and diaries allow the reader to trace Haig's career and developing character. What they reveal may well surprise his critics. Field Marshal Lord Haig will remain a hugely controversial figure due to his pre-eminent role during The Great War. He was a hugely popular public figure in the post WW1 years and revered by those who served under him. His death in 1928 was a major occasion for mourning. Only later was he heavily criticised for the slaughter of the trenches.
Author : Gary Sheffield
Release : 2016-05-19
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Douglas Haig by : Gary Sheffield
Download or read book Douglas Haig written by Gary Sheffield. This book was released on 2016-05-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Well written and persuasive ...objective and well-rounded....this scholarly rehabilitation should be the standard biography' - Andrew Roberts, Mail on Sunday 'A true judgment of him must lie somewhere between hero and zero, and in this detailed biography Gary Sheffield shows himself well qualified to make it ... a balanced portrait' - The Sunday Times 'Solid scholarship and admirable advocacy' - Sunday Telegraph Douglas Haig is the single most controversial general in British history. In 1918, after his armies had won the First World War, he was feted as a saviour. But within twenty years his reputation was in ruins, and it has never recovered. Drawing on previously unknown private papers and new scholarship unavailable when The Chief was first published, eminent First World War historian Gary Sheffield reassesses Haig's reputation, assessing his critical role in preparing the army for war.
Author : Gary Sheffield
Release : 2019
Genre : Generals
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Book Synopsis In Haig's Shadow by : Gary Sheffield
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Author : Jim Beach
Release : 2013-10-24
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Haig's Intelligence by : Jim Beach
Download or read book Haig's Intelligence written by Jim Beach. This book was released on 2013-10-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haig's Intelligence confronts a perennial question about the British on the Western Front: why did they think they were winning?
