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The Great War will never be forgotten but that does not mean that it is understood. Then as now it was the massive set-piece battles (Somme and Passchendaele) that are best remembered. But to understand the whole conflict with its diverse and complex elements the political background, allegiances and alliances of the combatants and the military thinking of the time must be grasped. Philip Warner provides in this fine book the overview necessary to follow the ambitions and reactions of those involved so enabling the reader to appreciate the strategies and tactics on the ground. He lists the main figures who shaped events and comments on their strengths and failings as well as their significance. Helpfully he describes the end game, the literature spawned by war and asks 'was it avoidable'?
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On the hot, August day in 1914 when war was declared, Britons returning from Bank Holiday excursions treated the news with resignation or excitement rather than fear. Nobody expected the war to last long - it would be over by Christmas. By 1918 Britain, and the whole world, knew that it had been drawn into the most wretched, awesome conflict yet known. In this masterpiece of succinct narrative, Philip Warner provides the overview required to follow the motives and reactions of all those involved in the First World War, so enabling the reader to understand the strategies and tactics. He usefully adds comment on how the war was concluded, the literature it created and debates the question: was it avoidable?
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Philip Warner (1914-2000) enlisted in the Royal Corps of Signals after graduating from St Catherine's, Cambridge in 1939. He fought in Malaya and spent 1,100 days as 'a guest of the Emperor' in Changi and on the Railway of Death, an experience he never discussed. He was a legendary figure to generations of cadets during his thirty years as a Senior Lecturer at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. Yet he will arguably be best remembered for his contribution of more than 2,000 obituaries of prominent army figures to The Daily Telegraph.
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- PublisherBrockhampton Press
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 1860198465
- ISBN 13 9781860198465
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages256
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