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Douglas Haig, 1861–1928 (Paperback)
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Douglas Haig, 1861–1928 (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Historical Security
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For seventy years Douglas Haig had been portrayed on the one hand
as the ‘Butcher of the Somme’ – inept, insensitive and
archaic; and on the other as the ‘Saviour of Britain’ –
noble, unselfish and heroic. This polarised, strident and
ultimately inconclusive argument had resulted in Haig becoming
detached from his own persona; he had become a shallow symbol of a
past age to be pilloried or praised. The middle ground in the Haig
debate had been as barren as No Man’s Land. There should be no
mystery about Haig. Certain from a very early age of his own
greatness, he preserved every record of his achievements: diaries,
letters, official reports etc. The opinions of his contemporaries
are likewise readily available. But until this book the material
had not been used to construct a complete and accurate picture.
Critics and supporters have raided the historical records for
evidence of the demi-god or demon and have ignored that which
conflicts with their preconceptions. They have likewise raced
through his early life in order to get to the war, in the process
ignoring the complex process of his development as a soldier.
Analyses of Haig’s command have consequently been as shallow as
the prevailing images of the man. After eight years of painstaking
and detailed research into previously neglected sources, Gerard De
Groot gave us a more complete and balanced picture. This book,
originally published in 1988, which will appeal both to the general
and the specialised reader, is not simply a critique of Haig’s
command in the war, but an exploration into his personality. Close
attention to his early life and career reveals him as a creature of
his society, a man who mirrored both the virtues and the faults of
Edwardian Britain. What emerges is an intense, dedicated, but
ultimately flawed servant of his country whose ironic fate it was
to grow up in one age and to command in another.
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