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British Generalship during the Great War: The Military Career of Sir Henry Horne (1861–1929)

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Full Title

British Generalship during the Great War: The Military Career of Sir Henry Horne (1861–1929)

Author(s)

Robbins, Simon, Dr

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ISBN

9781409481010, 9780754661276

Publisher

Routledge

Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

Following the career of one relatively unknown First World War general, Lord Horne, this book adds to the growing literature that challenges long-held assumptions that the First World War was a senseless bloodbath conducted by unimaginative and incompetent generals. Instead it demonstrates that men like Horne developed new tactics and techniques to deal with the novel problems of trench warfare and in so doing seeks to re-establish the image of the British generals and explain the reasons for the failures of 1915