Command and Control on the Western Front - the British Army's Experience 1914-18

Gary Sheffield & Dan Todman (Editors)

ISBN 10: 1862274207 / ISBN 13: 9781862274204

Published by Spellmount, Stroud, 2007

About this Item

First printing, 240 pages (xvi, 224), plus 16 further pages of half-tone illustrations, maps, index; publisher's red and sepia half-tone pictorial card covers. Fine, no marks of previous ownership. Pictures show this actual book. UK orders are post-free.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Command and Control on the Western Front - the British Army's Experience 1914-18
• Publisher: Spellmount, Stroud
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1862274207
• ISBN 13: 9781862274204
• Binding: Softcover/Paperback
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • History & Biography
  • Military Affairs

About this title

Synopsis

This path-breaking study by leading historians of the First World War considers all aspects of command at all levels on the Western Front. Drawing upon a wealth of original material, a mixture of established historians and younger scholars consider such topics as the adjustment to static warfare; the role of Gchq; Hubert Gough's style of command at Fifth Division; artillery command; and divisional command at Passchendaele. To put it simply: if the British Army really had been led by donkeys and had been as inflexible and incompetnet as it has been made out, then how was the war won and how did the Army reach such a peak of military excellence in 1918? Find out in this book.

About the Author

Dr Gary Sheffield is Senior Lecturer in Defence Studies at King's College London. He has published many books on military history, including The Somme (2003). Dr Dan Todman is Lecturer in Modern British History at Queen Mary, University of London. Also an author of several books, including The Great War: Myth and Memory.Contributors to this book include Andy Simpson, author of Spellmount's greatly admired Directing Operations: British Corps Command on the Western Front 1914-18.