First World War and British Military History

Name: First World War and British Military History
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ISBN: 9780198222996

ISBN-10: 0198222998

ISBN-13: 9780198222996

Edition: 1991

Authors: Brian Bond

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This is the first systematic scholarly study of the historiography of the First World War. The First World War remains controversial in its conduct and broader implications, and this volume explores many issues which continue to cause debate, such as Haig's generalship, the role of T.E. Lawrence in the Arab Revolt, and the failure of the Dardanelles campaign. It also examines the new approaches to the war stimulated by the fiftieth anniversaries in the 1960s, and follows themthrough to contemporary concern with the experiences of ordinary soldiers and their chroniclers.The contributors are leading historians of the First World War. They draw their material from a wide range of contemporary…

Book details

List price: $240.00
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/28/1991
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 344
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 1.03" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English

Brian Bond is Emeritus Professor of Military History at King's College London, where he has played a leading role in the development of military history in the Department of War Studies from 1966 to 2001. He was president of the British Commission for Military History from 1986 to 2006. He has published numerous books including The Unquiet Western Front (2002) and Survivors of a Kind: Memoirs of the Western Front (2008).




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The Battle of the Memoirs



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The Great War Rediscovered