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Field Marshal Sir William Robertson: Chief of the Imperial General Staff in the Great War Hardcover - 1998

by David R. Woodward


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Sir William Robertson served as the professional head of the British army and as the constitutional military adviser to both Asquith and Lloyd George from December 1915 to February 1918. This account, based on many new sources, critically examines his leadership of the general staff as the burden of fighting the main body of the German army shifted to the British. This study sheds light on the origins and conduct of the Somme and Passchendaele offensives, and the efforts to coordinate the Allied war effort, especially the controversial effort to subordinate Haig to General Nivelle and the creation of the Supreme War Council with its inter-allied staff. The civil-military conflict over the conduct of the war, especially the growing divide between Robertson and Lloyd George, receives special attention. The previously unexplored tension between Robertson and Haig who formed the most important military partnership in British history is also examined. This account represents the untold story of the higher direction of the war in Britain.

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  • Title Field Marshal Sir William Robertson: Chief of the Imperial General Staff in the Great War
  • Author David R. Woodward
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 248
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London
  • Date 1998-03-19
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780275954222 / 0275954226
  • Weight 1.36 lbs (0.62 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.55 x 6.44 x 1.06 in (24.26 x 16.36 x 2.69 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects World War, 1914-1918 - Great Britain, Marshals - Great Britain
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97024549
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

DAVID R. WOODWARD is Professor of History at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. A student of the First World War for over 30 years, his previous publications include a volume of the military correspondence of Sir William Robertson and Lloyd George and the Generals (1983).
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