Somme: Into the Breach

by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore

Book Overview

The notion of battles as the irreducible building blocks of war demands a single verdict of each campaign--victory, defeat, stalemate. But this kind of accounting leaves no room to record the nuances and twists of actual conflict. In Somme: Into the Breach, the noted military historian Hugh Sebag-Montefiore shows that by turning our focus to stories of the front line--to acts of heroism and moments of both terror and triumph--we can counter,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674545192
• ISBN13: 9780674545199
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 2.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"