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From reviled to revered: Reassessing Britain’s most controversial general.

The Chief

Douglas Haig and the British Army

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  • Paperback

    400 pages

  • Release Date

    1 May 2012

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Summary

Well written and persuasive, objective and well-rounded. This scholarly rehabilitation should be the standard biography. - Andrew Roberts, Mail on Sunday

A true judgment of him must lie somewhere between hero and zero, and in this detailed biography Gary Sheffield shows himself well qualified to make it. A balanced portrait. - Sunday Times

Solid scholarship and admirable advocacy. - Sunday Telegraph

Douglas Haig is the single most controversial general in British histo…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781845137694
ISBN-10:1845137698
Author:Gary Sheffield
Publisher:Quarto Publishing PLC
Imprint:Aurum
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:400
Release Date:1 May 2012
Weight:417g
Dimensions:129mm x 197mm
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The Chief by Gary Sheffield - ISBN: 9781845137694
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Critics Review

“Well written and persuasive … objective and well-rounded…

“Well written and persuasive … objective and well-rounded… . This scholarly rehabilitation should be the standard biography.” –“Mail on Sunday”
“Solid scholarship and admirable advocacy.” –“Sunday Telegraph”

About The Author

Gary Sheffield

GARY SHEFFIELD is one of Britain’s leading military historians and is Professor of War Studies at the University of Wolverhampton. He has written a number of critically acclaimed and commercially successful books on the First World War including Forgotten Victory: The First World War – Myths and Realities. He is the co-editor of Douglas Haig: War Diaries and Letters 1914-18.

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