Douglas Haig

by Gary D. Sheffield

Book Overview

The diaries of the most controversial British general of the twentieth century.

There's a commonly held view that Douglas Haig was a bone-headed, callous butcher, who through his incompetence as commander of the British Army in WWI, killed a generation of young men on the Somme and Passchendaele. On the other hand there are those who view Haig as a man who successfully struggled with appalling difficulties to produce an army which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0753820757
• ISBN13: 9780753820759
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Phoenix
• Length: 568 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"