Product Description

* A major new work on the notorious First World War battle, the first to argue in significant detail for a complete overhaul of our present view of the Somme

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #125717 in Books
• Published on: 2009-07-02
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 1.81" h x 9.29" w x 5.91" l, 2.47 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 736 pages

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Review
** 'Bill Philpott has given us a comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and vividly written reappraisal of the Somme in the longest of historical perspectives . . . His new findings and his provocative conclusions will be of exceptional importance not only for students of the battle itself but also for anyone interested in the First World War as a whole. (David Stevenson, author of 1914-1918: THE HISTORY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR )

Required reading . . . A thoughtful and important book by a first-rate historian . . . It is a proper history of the battle, not simply an agonising account of its first day . . . He is supremely skilful in charting what he terms the battle's "shifting h (Richard Holmes )

A sweeping and authoritative re-examination of the battle . . . Bloody Victory is a magnificent and powerful book, destined to become the standard work on the subject (Christopher Silvester, Daily Express )

Comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and vividly written . . . His new findings and his provocative conclusions will be of exceptional importance (David Stevenson )

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`A sweeping and authoritative re-examination of the battle . . . BLOODY VICTORY is a magnificent and powerful book, destined to become the standard work on the subject' Christopher Silvester, Daily Express

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`Comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and vividly written . . . His new findings and his provocative conclusions will be of exceptional importance' David Stevenson