Somme : : Into the Breach / / 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...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2016] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (650 p.) :; 70 halftones, 22 maps |
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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