Too Important for the Generals: Losing & Winning the First World War

by Allan Mallinson

Book Overview

One of the great questions in the ongoing discussions and debate about World War I is why winning took so long and exacted so appalling a human cost. In this major new history, Allan Mallinson provides answers that are disturbing as well as controversial, and have a contemporary resonance. He disputes the growing consensus among historians that British generals were not to blame for the losses--that, given the magnitude of their task, they did...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 055381866X
• ISBN13: 9780553818666
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Bantam Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.0" x 7.7"