Author: Frank Davies
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473812518
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Long before that ghastly and quite unnecessary slogging match in the mud which we now call the First World War had dragged to its blood-soaked conclusion the belief that most of the senior officers had spent their time in comfort and safety in chateaux far behind the lines with no idea of the conditions in which the men they commanded were fighting was firmly embedded in the public mind. As the years pass by that belief has, if anything, become more deeply held, gaining strength from plays like Oh! What a Lovely War, itself based on Alan Clark's book The Donkeys.It is the purpose of this book to show not only how the myth was born and grew but how totally at odds it is with the facts. Biographies of over 200 officers who held the rank of Brigadier-General or above who were killed or wounded during the war show how closely involved the men at the top were with the men at the front. Ironically, as the authors point out, this was more than just a waste of blood, for these were the very men whose experience was vital to the successful prosecution of the war. Had they actually stayed in their chateaux, as Lloyd George alleged, they might have done much more to hasten the end of the conflict.This is not only an invaluable work of reference but a tribute to those gallant senior officers who have been so unfairly traduced by many who should have known better.As featured in Essence Magazine.
Bloody Red Tabs
Author: Frank Davies
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473812518
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Long before that ghastly and quite unnecessary slogging match in the mud which we now call the First World War had dragged to its blood-soaked conclusion the belief that most of the senior officers had spent their time in comfort and safety in chateaux far behind the lines with no idea of the conditions in which the men they commanded were fighting was firmly embedded in the public mind. As the years pass by that belief has, if anything, become more deeply held, gaining strength from plays like Oh! What a Lovely War, itself based on Alan Clark's book The Donkeys.It is the purpose of this book to show not only how the myth was born and grew but how totally at odds it is with the facts. Biographies of over 200 officers who held the rank of Brigadier-General or above who were killed or wounded during the war show how closely involved the men at the top were with the men at the front. Ironically, as the authors point out, this was more than just a waste of blood, for these were the very men whose experience was vital to the successful prosecution of the war. Had they actually stayed in their chateaux, as Lloyd George alleged, they might have done much more to hasten the end of the conflict.This is not only an invaluable work of reference but a tribute to those gallant senior officers who have been so unfairly traduced by many who should have known better.As featured in Essence Magazine.
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473812518
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Long before that ghastly and quite unnecessary slogging match in the mud which we now call the First World War had dragged to its blood-soaked conclusion the belief that most of the senior officers had spent their time in comfort and safety in chateaux far behind the lines with no idea of the conditions in which the men they commanded were fighting was firmly embedded in the public mind. As the years pass by that belief has, if anything, become more deeply held, gaining strength from plays like Oh! What a Lovely War, itself based on Alan Clark's book The Donkeys.It is the purpose of this book to show not only how the myth was born and grew but how totally at odds it is with the facts. Biographies of over 200 officers who held the rank of Brigadier-General or above who were killed or wounded during the war show how closely involved the men at the top were with the men at the front. Ironically, as the authors point out, this was more than just a waste of blood, for these were the very men whose experience was vital to the successful prosecution of the war. Had they actually stayed in their chateaux, as Lloyd George alleged, they might have done much more to hasten the end of the conflict.This is not only an invaluable work of reference but a tribute to those gallant senior officers who have been so unfairly traduced by many who should have known better.As featured in Essence Magazine.
Motion Picture Synchrony
Author: Ernst Luz
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Silent films
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Silent films
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
United States of America V. Accardo
Cyclopedia of Commerce
Author: American School (Lansing, Ill.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Accounting
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Accounting
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration ...
Business Management
Author: American School (Lansing, Ill.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Accountancy and Business Management ...
Advertising & Sales Organization
Author: James Bray Griffith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Advertising
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Advertising
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration ...
Author: American School (Lansing, Ill.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Accounting
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Accounting
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration ...: Organization; sales; credits; statistics
Author: American School (Lansing, Ill.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Accounting
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Accounting
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description