Douglas Haig: War Diaries and Letters 1914-1918

by Gary D. Sheffield

Book Overview

There's a commonly held view that Douglas Haig was a bone-headed, callous butcher, who through his incompetence as commander of the British Army in WWI, killed a generation of young men on the Somme and Passchendaele. On the other hand there are those who view Haig as a man who successfully struggled with appalling difficulties to produce an army which took the lead in defeating Germany in 1918, winning the greatest series of victories in British...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0297847023
• ISBN13: 9780297847021
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Cassell
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.