| Biographies of the key players in the Somme battles | ||
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| Command on the Western Front: The Military ...
by Robin Prior £6.99 Excellent insight into the development of the man who oversaw the catastrophe of the first day on the Somme. | Douglas Haig: The Educated Soldier (Cassell)
by John Terraine £9.06 John Terraine's masterly biography of the controversial Field Marshal. You do not have to agree with him to be impressed by i... | Architect of Victory: Douglas Haig
by Walter Reid £18.99 Modern well-received biography from the 'revisionist' school. |
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| War Diaries and Letters 1914-1918
by Gary Sheffield £8.98 Does exactly what it says on the tin. Edited with a sympathetic commentary. | My War Memories 1914-1918: v. 1-2
by General Erich Ludendorff £21.49 The war from the perspective of the man who took over the Somme battle in the summer of 1916. | Haig's Command
by Denis Winter £8.99 A counter-blast from an arch anti-Haig writer. Winter courts controversy and is not always on solid ground. |
Biographies
