Somme : Into the Breach / Hugh Sebag-Montefiore.
Sebag-Montefiore, Hugh, author.
2016
D545.S7 S37 2016eb
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Title Somme : Into the Breach / Hugh Sebag-Montefiore.
Author Sebag-Montefiore, Hugh, author.
ISBN 9780674970014
DOI https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674970014
Published Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]
Copyright ©2016
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (650 p.) : 70 halftones, 22 maps
Other Standard Identifiers 10.4159/9780674970014 doi
Call Number D545.S7 S37 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 940.4/272
Summary 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.
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Source of Description Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Aug 2021)
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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

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