Somme : : Into the Breach / / Hugh Sebag-Montefiore.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Sebag-Montefiore, Hugh,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (650 p.) :; 70 halftones, 22 maps
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Illustrations --; List of Maps --; Maps --; Note to the Reader --; 1: Great Expectations --; 2: Paradise Lost --; 3: A Gentleman’s Agreement --; 4: The Build‑Up --; 5: Fatal Flaw --; 6: The First Blows --; 7: False Dawn --; 8: Hunter- Bunter’s Folly --; 9: Rattling the Cage --; 10: Neither Fish Nor Fowl --; 11: Achilles Heel --; 12: An Opportunity Missed --; 13: Of Moles and Men --; 14: Land of Hope and Glory --; 15: Bull’s Eye --; 16: The Attack --; 17: Repercussions --; 18: Can’t See the Wood for the Trees --; 19: Big Bang --; 20: Surrounded --; 21: Repulsed --; 22: A Terrible Mistake --; 23: Sacrifice of the Australians --; 24: The Charge --; 25: An Eye for an Eye --; 26: The Check --; 27: On Parole --; 28: Second Time Lucky --; 29: Counter-Attack --; 30: The Back Door --; 31: Butchers --; 32: The Human Factor --; 33: Shell- Shocked --; 34: Last Throw of the Dice --; 35: Bloodlust --; 36: The Caterpillars --; 37: Hard Times --; 38: Ambushed --; 39: Weather Permitting --; Notes --; Select Bibliography --; Acknowledgements --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674970014; 9783110638585
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674970014
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Hugh Sebag-Montefiore.

Rescuing from history the heroes on the front line whose bravery has been overlooked, and giving voice to their bereaved relatives at home, Hugh Sebag-Montefiore reveals the Battle of the Somme in all its glory and misery, helping us to realize that there are many meaningful ways to define a battle when seen through the eyes of those who lived it.