Forgotten victory: the First World War : myths and realities / Gary Sheffield

London: Headline, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xxvi, 354 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, maps, portraits; 20 cm. Contents: Oh What a Futile War?: The First World War in British and American memory -- A War Fought about Nothing?: The Origins of the First World War -- Total War -- The Western Front: Right or Wrong?: British strategy in the First World War -- The Emergence of Trench Warfare, 1914-15 -- The Man and his Army: Douglas Haig and the British Expeditionary Force -- The Year of the Somme -- 1917: The Triumph of the Set-piece -- 1918: Victory on the Western Front -- The Aftermath and the Consequences. Summary: Based on 20 years of research, this text draws on the work of leading scholars in the field. Without underestimating the scale of the human tragedy or playing down the disasters, it explodes many myths about the War, placing it in its historical context. Subjects: World War, 1914-1918. Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916. Army Great Britain History. Mythos. Great War 1914-1918, and Associated Conflicts Histories of the Whole War. Genre: Illustrated.