Allan Mallinson

Broschiertes Buch

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

Beschreibung

One of the great questions in the ongoing discussions and debate about the First World War is why did winning take so long and exact so appalling a human cost? The author argues that from day one of the war Britain was wrong-footed by absurdly faulty French military doctrine and paid, as a result, an unnecessarily high price in casualties.

Autor

A professional solder for thirty-five years, Allan Mallinson began writing while still serving. His first book was a history of four regiments of British light dragoons, one of which he commanded. His debut novel was the bestselling A Close Run Thing, the first in an acclaimed series chronicling the life of a fictitious cavalry officer before and after Waterloo (The Tigress of Mysore is the fourteenth in the series). His The Making of the British Army was shortlisted for a number of prizes, while 1914: Fight the Good Fight won the British Army's 'Book of the Year' Award. Its sequel, Too Important for the Generals, is a provocative look at leadership during the Great War, while Fight to the Finish is a comprehensive history of the First World War, month by month. Allan Mallinson reviews for the Spectator and the TLS and also writes for The Times. He lives on Salisbury Plain.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Transworld Publishers Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 126mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 324g
• ISBN-13: 9780553818666
• ISBN-10: 055381866X
• Artikelnr.: 47663392