Isbn: 9780670802258 - haig's command: a reassessment (23 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. The author sets out to expose and ananlyze a historical fraud. His theme is the Western Front in Haig's time - from the Somme to the Armistice - and he uncovers evidence that the documents from which other histories have been written are tampered-with and often rewritten versions of the truth.…

Hardback. Zustand: Fair. The author sets out to expose and ananlyze a historical fraud. His theme is the Western Front in Haig's time - from the Somme to the Armistice - and he uncovers evidence that the documents from which other histories have been written are tampered-with and often rewritten versions of the truth.…

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Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

First Edition. Fine cloth library copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xi, 362p : ill, 9 maps. Subjects; Haig, Douglas Earl Haig 1861-1928 Biography. Haig, Douglas Sir 1861-1928. Great Britain. Army Biography. Generals Great Britain Biography. World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western. World War, 1914-1918; Campaigns Western Front. Command of troops. History Errors, inventions, etc. 1 Kg.…

1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (VG), dustwrapper (spine sunned; top corner upper cover torn - in protective wrapper, price clipped). Pp. xi + 362, illus with b&w photos & maps (no inscriptions).

First edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xi, 362p: ill, 9maps. Notes: Bibliography: p.335-356.D: N J N Newington-Irving. Contents: List of Illustrations -- List of Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Summary of the Chief Events of Haig's Life -- Introduction -- Haig's Credentials -- The Attrition Battles of 1916-17 -- The Attrition Period: Haig's Weaknesses -- 1918: A Year of Mobility -- Falsifying the Record -- Biographical Sketches -- Appendix 1 Sources Used: An Evaluation -- Appendix 2 Haig: A Political Intriguer? -- References -- Index. Subjects: Haig, Douglas Earl Haig 1861-1928 Biography. Great Britain. Army Biography. Generals Great Britain Biography. World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western. World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front. Command of troops. History Errors, inventions, etc. Summary: "This book sets out to expose and analyze a major historical fraud. The author's theme is the Western Front in Haig's time - from the Somme to the armistice. Using evidence that the documents from which previous histories have been written are tampered-with and often entirely rewritten versions of the truth - for example, a daily war diary was kept by all units up to GHQ and these were often altered by the Cabinet Office and crucial appendices totally removed. Cabinet war minutes were likewise rewritten, with reference to whole meetings often removed. Records such as Haig's own diary were also tampered with, and Denis Winter even claims to have found documents which the war's official historian thought he had deliberately destroyed in the 1940s." 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xi, 362 pages : illustrations, 9 maps. Notes; Bibliography: p. 335-356. Contents; Summary of the Chief Events of Haig's Life -- Introduction -- Haig's Credentials -- The Attrition Battles of 1916-17 -- The Attrition Period: Haig's Weaknesses -- 1918: A Year of Mobility -- Falsifying the Record -- Biographical Sketches -- Appendix 1, Sources Used: An Evaluation -- Appendix 2, Haig: A Political Intriguer? Subjects; Haig, Douglas Earl (1861-1928) Military leadership. Great Britain. Army Biography. World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front. History Errors, inventions, etc. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: DJ Near Fine. 1st Printing.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. Free from inscriptions. Unclipped dust jacket. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

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Zustand: Good. Light scuffs & scratches to the jacket, nicks to the edges, faded spine. Faint marks & light tanning to the edges of the textblock. Content is in very good, clean condition.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 362 pages; Physical desc. : xviii,362p. , [24]p. Of plates : ill. , maps, ports. ; 25cm. Includes index. Bibliography: p.335-356. Subject: Haig, Douglas, Earl Haig, 1861-1928. Great Britain. Army - Generals - Biography. World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns - Western Front. Errors, inventions, etc. Command of troops. Military operations. Military history. Battles & campaigns 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Zustand: very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. 25 cm, 362 pages, illus., maps, sticker residue on DJ, front DJ flap price clipped. Denis Winter was born in 1940, and read History at Cambridge University. He has written many books on various aspects of the First World War - many of them about Australia's part in the war. Most reviewers say these books are accurate and reliable. In 1980, Winter became a Research Fellow at the Australian National University . While working there, he explains, he realised that there were materials in the Australian and Canadian archives which were NOT in the British Public Record Office. Winter has also found differences between Haig's handwritten diary, and the official typed version. From this, he argues that the sources from which earlier histories have been written are tampered-with and often entirely rewritten versions of the truth - e.g., the daily war diaries kept by all army units were often altered by the cabinet office, cabinet war minutes were rewritten, and Winter even claims that the war's official historian deliberately destroyed documents. The author maintains that Haig's version of events, like that of the Official History, is largely falsified. Drawing on sources not hitherto available to historians, the author also gives interesting examples of French duplicity. Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, (19 June 1861 - 29 January 1928) was a senior officer of the British Army. During the First World War he commanded theBritish Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front from late 1915 until the end of the war. He was commander during the Battle of the Somme, the battle with one of the highest casualties in British military history, the Third Battle of Ypres, and the Hundred Days Offensive, which led to the armistice of 11 November 1918. Although he had gained a favourable reputation during the immediate post-war years, with his funeral becoming a day of national mourning, Haig has since the 1960s become an object of criticism for his leadership during the First World War. He was nicknamed "Butcher Haig" for the two million British casualties endured under his command. The Canadian War Museum comments, "His epic but costly offensives at the Somme (1916) and Passchendaele (1917) have become nearly synonymous with the carnage and futility of First World War battles." Major-General Sir John Davidson, one of Haig's biographers, praised Haig's leadership, and since the 1980s some historians have argued that the public hatred in which Haig's name had come to be held failed to recognise the adoption of new tactics and technologies by forces under his command, the important role played by British forces in the Allied victory of 1918, and that high casualties were a consequence of the tactical and strategic realities of the time. …

Zustand: Very Good. Shelf wear to the jacket. Faint marks & foxing to the edges of the textblock. Content is in very good, clean condition.

Hardback. 1st Edition. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ spine a little sunned & now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Some very mild foxing to page edges. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. 362 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. …

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Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Condition Notes: A touch faded at the spine of the dust wrapper with light spotting to the verso, and the price clipped. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block; Hardback. Dust wrapper over black boards with silver titles to the spine; Measures 9½" x 6¼" (1.1 kg); pp (xi) 362; Index; 3rd impression, first published the same year. Includes: Black & white photographs; Maps; References; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #191407 ||.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 384 pages. d/j slight edge wear-ink remainder line bottom edgeBriefly traces Haig's life and career, reexamines his role during World War I, a nd attempts to explain why he changed his diaries in an effort to rewrite the wa r.