Bloody Victory
The Sacrifice on the Somme and the Making of the Twentieth Century
$77.78
- Paperback
736 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2010
Summary
1 July 1916: the first day of the Battle of the Somme. The hot, hellish day in the fields of northern France that has dominated our perception of the First World War for just shy of a century. The shameful waste; the pointlessness of young lives lost for the sake of a few yards; the barbaric attitudes of the British leaders; the horror and ignominy of failure. All have occupied our thoughts for generations. Yet are we right to view the Somme in this way?
Drawing on a vast number …Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349120041 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349120048 |
| Author: | William Philpott |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 736 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2010 |
| Weight: | 502g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 132mm x 36mm |
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Critics Review
Required reading … A thoughtful and important book by a first-rate historian … It is a proper history of the battle, not simply an agonising account of its first day … He is supremely skilful in charting what he terms the battle’s “shifting history and enduring memory” … There is something about the Somme that is imprinted onto my heart, and I am grateful that this book has helped me put it into a context that goes beyond time, place, courage and suffering - Richard Holmes,
A sweeping and authoritative re-examination of the battle … Bloody Victory is a magnificent and powerful book, destined to become the standard work on the subject - Christopher Silvester, Daily ExpressComprehensive, thoroughly researched, and vividly written … His new findings and his provocative conclusions will be of exceptional importance - David StevensonPhilpott argues that nearly everything we think we know about the Somme … is either wrong or a misinterpretation of events … After reading this ambitious narrative, it becomes impossible to see the Somme as a futile engagement in a futile conflic - Nick Rennison, Sunday TimesAbout The Author
William Philpott
Dr William Philpott has lectured in military history in the Department of War Studies, King’s College London, since 2001. He is a specialist in the history of the First World War, in particular British strategy and the history of the French army. This is his first book for a general readership.
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