Douglas Haig: From the Somme to Victory - Hardcover

Sheffield, Gary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1781314985 ISBN 13: 9781781314982

Publisher: Aurum Press, 2016

Synopsis

‘Well written and persuasive ...objective and well-rounded....this scholarly rehabilitation should be the standard biography’, Andrew Roberts, Mail on Sunday

‘A true judgment of him must lie somewhere between hero and zero, and in this detailed biography Gary Sheffield shows himself well qualified to make it ... a balanced portrait’ The Sunday Times

‘Solid scholarship and admirable advocacy’ Sunday Telegraph

Douglas Haig is the single most controversial general in British history. In 1918, after his armies had played a major role in the First World War, he was feted as a saviour. But within twenty years his reputation was in ruins, and it has never recovered.
Drawing on previously unknown private letters and new scholarship unavailable when The Chief was first published, eminent First World War historian Gary Sheffield reassesses Haig’s reputation, assessing his critical role in preparing the army for war.

About this title

About the Author:

One of Britain's leading military historians, GARY SHEFFIELD is Professor of War Studies at the University of Wolverhampton. He has written a number of critically acclaimed and commercially successful books on the First World War including Forgotten Victory: The First World War – Myths and Realities. He is the co-editor of Douglas Haig: War Diaries and Letters 1914-18.

 

Review:

‘shedding new light on the man, the Somme and the First World War’ - Press Association

‘Gary Sheffield provides the most even-handed and insightful assessment [of Haig] yet in Douglas Haig, a revised edition of his excellent 2011 biography’ - Saul David, Daily Telegraph

About this edition

• Publisher: Aurum Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1781314985
• ISBN 13: 9781781314982
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 480