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
• שנת הוצאה לאור: 2016
• שפה: English
• תיאור פיזי: 1 online resource (650 p.) :; 70 halftones, 22 maps

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.

Table of Contents

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