Published by Yale University Press, New Haven; London, 1994
Language: English
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1994, 1st edition. Octavo. xvi, 286pp. Publisher's binding, square and firm. In the printed dust jacket, a little light shelf-wear. Clean within. A 'Near Fine' copy.
Published by Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1996
ISBN 10: 0300066635 ISBN 13: 9780300066630
Language: English
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. Lightly faded, soiled and worn wraps. Extremities are lightly rubbed. Corners are mildly bumped. Binding is solid. Previous owner's ex-libris embossed at title page. Interior is clean and clear.
Published by Yale University Press, CT, 1998
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. Yale University Press, CT. Griffith,the noted historian, examines the evolution of British tactics during the WWI. He notes that as the war progress the British Army became skillful at the art of attack and even used mobility during offensive operations, something not commonly thought of with WWI. Very good copy of the soft bound book. 286 pages.
Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, 1994
ISBN 10: 0300059108 ISBN 13: 9780300059106
Language: English
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First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". xvi, 286pp. Book presents nicely with unclipped dust jacket wrapped in protective archival sleeve. Mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of jacket. Rubbing and creasing to jacket. Mild chipping to edges of jacket. Creasing to head of spine. Bound in red cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Bumps to head and tail of spine. Faint dust-spotting to text block. Faint pencil marks to front free endpaper. Small stain to rear free endpaper. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Historians have portrayed British participation in the Great War as a series of tragic debacles, with lines of men mown down by machine guns, untried new military technology and incompetent generals who threw their troops into improvised and unsuccessful attacks. In this book Paddy Griffith, a renowned military historian, examines the evolution of British infantry tactics during the war and challenges this interpretation, showing that while the British army's plans and technologies persistently failed during the improvised first half of the war, the army gradually improved its technique, technology and, eventually, its self-assurance. By the time of its successful sustained offensive in the autumn of 1918, he argues, the British army was demonstrating a battlefield skill and mobility that would rarely be surpassed even during the Second World War. Evaluating the great gap that exists between theory and practice, between textbook and bullet-swept mudfield, Griffith argues that many battles were carefully planned to exploit advanced tactics and to avoid casualties; but that the breakthrough was simply impossible under the conditions of the time. By the end of 1916 the British were already masters of 'storm-troop tactics' and, in several important respects, further ahead than the Germans would be even in 1918. In fields such as the timing and orchestration of all-arms assaults, predicted artillery fire, 'commando-style' trench raiding, the use of light machine guns or the barrage fire of heavy machine guns, the British led the world. Although British generals were not military geniuses, the book maintains they should at least be credited with having effectively invented much of the twentieth century's art of war.(Publisher).
Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, 1994
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. None (illustrator). An excellent volume on the British army's battle tactics, illustrated. A very interesting, illustrated volume on the British Army's battle tactics of the Western front during the First World War. By Paddy Griffith, British military theorist and historian. He was also a military simulation designer for the Ministry of Defence.Illustrated. With unclipped dustwrapper. In the original publisher's cloth binding, with titles stamped in gilt to spine. Externally very smart with only minor shelfwear and slight bumping to head and tail of spine. Small piece of paper pasted to rear board. Loosely inserted, two newspaper articles on Paddy Griffith and the Army. Bookseller sticker to front pastedown, library stamp to title page and Abbreviations page. Dustwrapper is unclipped and excellent, with only minor shelfwear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good. book.