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Mud, Blood and Poppycock - Britain and the First World War (Hardcover)
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Mud, Blood and Poppycock - Britain and the First World War (Hardcover)
Series: Cassell military trade books
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The popular view of the First World War remains that of
'Blackadder': incompetent generals sending our soldiers to their
deaths. Alan Clark quoted a German general's remark that the
British soldiers were 'lions led by donkeys'. But he made it up.
Indeed, many established 'facts' about 1914-18 turn out to be myths
woven in the 1960s by young historians on the make. Gordon
Corrigan's brilliant, witty new history reveals how out of touch we
have become with the events of 1914-18. First, he shows how
necessary our commitment was, contrary to Niall Ferguson's THE PITY
OF WAR. He reveals that the British embraced technology more
quickly and more effectively than the Germans, no more so than in
our adoption of the tank. And his depiction of the army at war
rests on his own life-long career as an infantry officer.
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