000308150 000__ 02620cam\a2200325\a\45\0 000308150 001__ 308150 000308150 005__ 20210513112954.0 000308150 008__ 041202s2005\\\\ctuab\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000308150 010__ $$a 2004028497 000308150 019__ $$a57381733 000308150 020__ $$a0300106947 (alk. paper) 000308150 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm57193267 000308150 035__ $$a308150 000308150 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dYDX$$dVP@$$dYBM$$dBAKER$$dNPL$$dNLGGC$$dUKM 000308150 043__ $$ae-fr--- 000308150 049__ $$aISEA 000308150 05000 $$aD545.S7$$bP75 2005 000308150 08200 $$a940.4/272$$222 000308150 1001_ $$aPrior, Robin. 000308150 24514 $$aThe Somme /$$cRobin Prior and Trevor Wilson. 000308150 260__ $$aNew Haven :$$bYale University Press,$$cc2005. 000308150 300__ $$avi, 358 p., [16 p. of plates] :$$bill., maps ;$$c25 cm. 000308150 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [343]-351) and index. 000308150 5050_ $$aThe context -- 'Absolutely astonishing': the war committee and the military -- Decision-making, January-February -- Decision-making, March-June -- 'Grasping at the shadow': planning for the Somme, February-June -- 'Favourable results are not anticipated': preparations for battle, June -- 'A short life': VII and VIII corps on 1 July -- 'The enemy's fire was so intense': X corps on 1 July -- 'Wave after wave were mown down': III corps on 1 July -- 'Cowering men in field grey': VX and XIII corps on 1 July -- Reflections on 1 July -- 'Ill-considered attacks on a small front', 2-13 July -- 'Cavalry sharpening their swords', 14 July -- 'We are a bit stuck', 15-31 July -- 'Something wanting in the methods employed', 1 August-12 September -- 'A hell of a time': Posières and Mouquet farm, July-August -- Summary, 15 July-12 September -- The politicians and the Somme campaign, July-August -- One division's Somme: the first division, July-September -- 'An operation planned on bolder lines': tanks and the 15 September plan -- Lumbering tanks: the battle of 15 September -- 25 September -- 'The tragic hill of Thiepval', 26-30 September -- 'A severe trail of body and spirit': the Somme, October -- 'We must keep going!': the politicians and the Somme campaign, September-October -- The political battle: Beaumont Hamel, 13-19 November -- Reflections on the British at the Somme -- The end of it all, November 1916. 000308150 650_0 $$aSomme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916. 000308150 7001_ $$aWilson, Trevor,$$d1928- 000308150 85200 $$bgen$$hD545.S7$$iP75$$i2005 000308150 85641 $$3Table of contents only$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip054/2004028497.html 000308150 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0617/2004028497-b.html 000308150 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0617/2004028497-d.html 000308150 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:308150$$pGLOBAL_SET 000308150 980__ $$aBIB 000308150 980__ $$aBOOK 000308150 994__ $$aC0$$bISE