1916 Battle of the Somme Reconsidered

Liddle, Peter

ISBN 10: 178340051X / ISBN 13: 9781783400515

Published by Pen and Sword Military, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 1916 Battle of the Somme Reconsidered
• Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 178340051X
• ISBN 13: 9781783400515
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Used; Very Good

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Synopsis

Twenty-four years after the publication of his classic study of the Somme, Peter Liddle reconsiders the battle in the light of recent scholarship. The battle still gives rise to fierce debate and, with Passchendaele, it is often seen as the epitome of the tragic folly of the First World War. But is this a reasoned judgement? Peter Liddle, in this authoritative study, re-examines the concept and planning of the operation and follows the course of the action through the entire four and a half months of the fighting. His narrative is based on the graphic testimony of the men engaged in the struggle, not just concentrating on the front-line infantryman but also the gunner, sapper, medical man, airman and yes, the nurse, playing her crucial role behind the line of battle. The reader is privileged in getting a direct insight into how those who were there coped with the extraordinary, often prolonged, stress of the experience and maintained to a remarkable degree a level of morale adequate for what had to be endured.

About the Author

Peter Liddle is an historian of the First and Second World Wars who has concentrated on the personal experience of the men and women who took part in these conflicts. He founded the Liddle Collection, a repository of documents and memorabilia connected to the First World War which is housed at the University of Leeds. His many books include Britain's Great War Experience: Life at Home and Abroad 1914-18, The Great War 1914-1945: Lightning Strikes Twice, Captured Memories 1900- 1918, Captured Memories 1930-1945 , The Soldier's War 1914-1918 and The Gallipoli Experience Reconsidered.