Passchendaele: The Untold Story Tapa blanda - 2016

Paperback. Very Good.

Yale University Press, 2016. Third. Paperback. New. A clean crisp well preserved 2016 Yale University Press softcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. No conflict of the Great War excites stronger emotions than the war in Flanders in the autumn of 1917, and no name better encapsulates the horror and apparent futility of the Western Front than Passchendaele. By its end there had been 275,000 Allied and 200,000 German casualties. Yet the territorial gains made by the Allies in four desperate months were won back by Germany in only three days the following March. The devastation at Passchendaele, the authors argue, was neither inevitable nor inescapable; perhaps it was not necessary at all. Using a substantial archive of official and private records, much of which has never been previously consulted, Trevor Wilson and Robin Prior provide the fullest account of the campaign ever… Leer más

Yale University Press, 2016-07-26. Third. Paperback. Good. Sturdy, crisp pages, slight creasing along the spine. Pencil markings throughout. jr

Yale University Press, 2016. Paperback. New. 3rd edition. 288 pages. 7.75x5.25x1.00 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. No conflict of the Great War excites stronger emotions than the war in Flanders in the autumn of 1917, and no name better encapsulates the horror and apparent futility of the Western Front than Passchendaele. By its end there had been 275,000 Allied and 200,000 German casualties. Yet the territorial gains made by the Allies in four desperate months were won back by Germany in only three days the following March. The devastation at Passchendaele, the authors argue, was neither inevitable nor inescapable; perhaps it was not necessary at all. Using a substantial archive of official and private records, much of which has never been previously consulted, Trevor Wilson and Robin Prior provide the fullest account of the campaign ever published. The book examines the political dimension at a level which has hitherto been absent from accounts of "Third Ypres." It establishes what did occur, the options for alternative action, and the fundamental responsibility… Leer más

Yale University Press, July 2016. Paper Back. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.