Plumer: The Soldier's General

by Geoffrey S. Powell

First World War Generals tend to have dubious reputations and in group photographs of the High Command on the Western Front, one figure stands out as an archetypal Colonel Blimp - smart to a fault, white hair, white moustache, pot-belly. This was Sir Herbert Plumer.

But his appearance belies the fact that he was one of the best-performing and best-regarded officers on the Allied side. He was famously thoughtful of his men and sparing of their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844150399
• ISBN13: 9781844150397
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.2" x 7.8"