Architect Victory Douglas Haig by Walter Reid (25 results)

Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

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Condition: Very Good. 1751689351. 7/5/2025 4:22:31 AM.

Paperback / softback. Condition: Good. Used copy in good condition - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Condition: Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardback. Condition: 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.

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A fine/as new hardcover copy in a near fine/fine dustcover. Very close to being as new with just a little very light shelfwear to the dustcover. Please see photos.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. 555pp, bw illus.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Published by Birlinn Limited of Edinburgh,Scotland in 2007. Hardcover. 1st edition. Book condition: Near Fine. Black cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Inside pages are in good order. Dust Jacket condition: Near Fine. . See photograph. Dims: 240mm x 160mm x 48mm. 496 pages. Please note that the postage price for a book weighing up to 1kg is the generic price you see quoted. However this book weighs more than 1kg, so please contact us for a postage quote before purchasing.

First Edition. Condition: fine / fine. fine book in fine dw 1st Birlinn 2006 edition hardcover book In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. h/b 555 pages, condition is very good, an owners name and date to the flyleaf.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. (Ref I1) very good condition with dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. This copy is in mint, unmarked condition bound in black cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper has a small area of loss to the top of the back panel so best described as very good condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Haig masterminded a British-led victory over a continental opponent on a scale that has never been matched before or since. Whereas Wellington commanded forces at Waterloo in which the British were only a minority, in the final stages of the war, Haig controlled a vast British Army, which had grown from a mere six divisions to sixty over the course of the war. The British Army in France in 1918 compromised nearly three million men - only a third less than the population of London, then the largest city in Europe. Contrary to myth, Haig was not a cavalry-obsessed, blinkered conservative, as satirised in Oh! What a Lovely War and Blackadder Goes Forth. Fascinated by technology, he pressed for the use of tanks, enthusiastically embraced air power, and encouraged the use of new techniques involving artillery and machine-guns. Above all, he presided over a change in infantry tactics from almost total reliance on the rifle towards all-arms, multi-weapons techniques that formed the basis of British army tactics until the 1970s. Prior re-evaluations of Haig's achievements have largely been limited to monographs and specialist writings. Walter Reid has written the first biography of Haig that takes into account modern military scholarship, giving a more rounded picture of the private man than has previously been available. What emerges is a picture of a comprehensible human being, not necessarily particularly likeable, but honourably ambitious, able and intelligent, and the man more than any other responsible for delivering victory in 1918. Ref S 4.

VG/VG clean crisp dj - not price-clipped. Internally, an attractive copy. no inscriptions or marginalia.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This biography is the first study of Haig that takes into account a huge amount of modern scholarship. It presents a more rounded picture of the professional and private man than has previously been available. What emerges is a picture of a comprehensible human being, not necessarily particularly likeable, but honourably ambitious, able, intelligent, and the man more responsible for delivering a British-led victory in 1918 over a continental opponent on a scale that has never been matched before or since. There is a tear to the top of the back flap of the dust jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Douglas Haig's popular image as an unimaginative butcher is unenviable and unmerited. In fact, he masterminded a British-led victory over a continental opponent on a scale that has never been matched before or since. Contrary to myth, Haig was not a cavalry-obsessed, blinkered conservative, as satirised in Oh! What a Lovely War and Blackadder Goes Forth. Fascinated by technology, he pressed for the use of tanks, enthusiastically embraced air power, and encouraged the use of new techniques involving artillery and machine-guns. Above all, he presided over a change in infantry tactics from almost total reliance on the rifle towards all-arms, multi-weapons techniques that formed the basis of British army tactics until the 1970s. Prior re-evaluations of Haig's achievements have largely been limited to monographs and specialist writings. Walter Reid has written the first biography of Haig that takes into account modern military scholarship, giving a more rounded picture of the private man than has previously been available. What emerges is a picture of a comprehensible human being, not necessarily particularly likeable, but honourably ambitious, able and intelligent, and the man more than any other responsible for delivering victory in 1918. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Size: Medium (20 to 26cm). Item Type: Book. Lovely clean copy. Binding tight, spine fine. ISBN: 1841585173. ISBN/EAN: 9781841585178. **Heavy Book. A Postage surcharge may be requested. Contact us BEFORE ordering for a quote. Click Ask Bookseller a Question**.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Wraps are neat. Extremities are minimally rubbed. Binding is tight. Interior is clean and clear.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Remnants of old adhesive tape to verso of jacket, nothing alarming; 6.5 X 1.75 X 9.25 inches; 496 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. A firm straight unmarked book, appears unread, spotless inside and out. Dust jacket as good as new.

1st edition dust jacket As New octavo xvi + 555pp., b/w plates, map, bibliog., index, The first biography of Haig that takes into account modern military scholarship, giving a more rounded picture of the private man than has previously been available. What emerges is a picture of a comprehensible human being, not necessarily particularly likeable, but honorably ambitious, able and intelligent man, responsible for delivering victory in 1918.

1st edition dust jacket As New octavo xvi + 555pp., b/w plates, map, bibliog., index, The first biography of Haig that takes into account modern military scholarship, giving a more rounded picture of the private man than has previously been available. What emerges is a picture of a comprehensible human being, not necessarily particularly likeable, but honorably ambitious, able and intelligent man, responsible for delivering victory in 1918.

1st edition dust jacket New Book octavo xvi + 555pp., b/w pls., map, bibliog., index, The first biography of Haig that takes into account modern military scholarship, giving a more rounded picture of the private man than has previously been available. What emerges is a picture of a comprehensible human being, not necessarily particularly likeable, but honorably ambitious, able and intelligent man, responsible for delivering victory in 1918.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. very nice copy of the first edition, not the cheap print-on-demand.