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Field Marshal Sir William Robertson : Chief of the Imperial General Staff in the Great War / David R. Woodward.
LIBRA D546 .W59 1998
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Woodward, David R., 1939-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Robertson, William Robert, Sir, 1860-1933.
- World War, 1914-1918--Great Britain.
- Marshals--Great Britain--Biography.
- Marshals.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 230 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1998.
- Summary:
- An account of Robertson as Chief of the Imperial General Staff in World War I.
- Contents:
- 1. "The Cleverest Man in the Army" 1
- 2. Chief of the General Staff, BEF 9
- 3. Prelude to the Somme 29
- 4. The Somme 49
- 5. The "Firework Strategy" 77
- 6. The Nivelle Affair 97
- 7. The Imperial Front 111
- 8. "One Great Bog of Slime" 127
- 9. Robertson and Allenby 155
- 10. The Strategical Nadir 173
- 11. Robertson's Downfall 187.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-221) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0275954226
- OCLC:
- 37187474
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