9780593058183 - Too Important for the Generals: Losing and Winning the First World War de Mallinson, Allan (14 resultados)

Condición: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Condición: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condición: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condición: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condición: 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.

Paperback. Condición: Fine.

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First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Not price-clipped. Well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xxiii, 375 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm. Notes; Illustration, map and text on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Prologue: In the Beginning was the Plan -- PART ONE, 1914: 'Over by Christmas'. The Contemptible Little Army ; Miracles -- The Stumbling Bear ; The Empty Corridors of Power -- PART TWO, 1915: Deadlock. The Problem of the Western Front ; The Great Amphibian ; Slaughter without Manoeuvre ; The Honour of British Arms -- PART THREE, 1916: Attrition. The Gate of the Year ; Winning the War in an afternoon? ; Verdun: The Blood Pump ; The Somme: 'A sunlit Picture of Hell' -- PART FOUR, 1917: The Fatal Conceit. Another Spring Offensive ; Passchendaele: 'Opportunities for Cavalry' -- PART FIVE, 1918: More Catastrophes, Then Victory. Unity of Command ; the Crisis of the War ; The Hundred Days -- Conclusions: Quoi qu'on fasse, on perd beaucoup de monde? Subjects; 1900-1999. World War, 1914-1918 Causes. Strategy History 20th century. Warfare and Defence. Military policy. Strategy. War Causes. Warfare and Defense. 1 Kg.

Hard Cover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition. 1st edition, large 8vo, 376pp, photo illustrations, line maps; previous owner's medalion shaped blind ownership stamp to ffep o/w VG+/Fine Copy in VG+/Fine DJ Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. minor shelf wear on the jacket. book is intact and presentable. very good condition. may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Condición: Very Good Plus. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. Dust jacket: Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Fine. Book: Black cloth binding. Unread copy. A little light marking to page edges. A few patches of yellow foxing to page edges and margins, otherwise in very clean condition throughout. Signed by the author to title page. Overall book condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 6.25 x 9.5 inches (16 x 24 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xxiii, 375. Signed by Author.

Hardback. One of the great questions in the ongoing discussions and debate about World War I is why winning took so long and exacted so appalling a human cost. In this major new history, Allan Mallinson provides answers that are disturbing as well as controversial, and have a contemporary resonance. He disputes the growing consensus among historians that British generals were not to blame for the losses--that, given the magnitude of their task, they did as well anyone could have. He takes issue with the popular view that the "amateur" opinions on strategy of politicians such as Lloyd George and, especially, Winston Churchill, prolonged the war and increased the death toll. On the contrary, he argues, even before the war began Churchill had a far more realistic, intelligent, and humane grasp of strategy than any of the admirals or generals, while very few senior officers were up to the intellectual challenge of waging war on this scale. Mallinson 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. He shows that Lloyd George understood only too well the catastrophically dysfunctional condition of military policy-making and struggled against the weight of military opposition to fix it. And he asserts that both the British and the French failed to appreciate what the Americans' contribution to victory could be and, after the war, to acknowledge fully what it had actually been. 2016, First edition, first printing. A fine, unmarked copy in a fine, unclipped d/w that is now in a protective cover. Scans available if required.