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The donkeys/ Alan Clark

By:

CLARK Alan [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London: Pimlico, 1991Description: 216 pages; illustrations; 21 cmISBN:

0712650350 (pbk.)

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Summary: A study of the Western Front in 1915, this book is a stinging indictment of incompetent generalship. The author explores the truth of the observation that British troops were "lions led by donkeys" and shows how appalling losses almost completely destroyed the old professional army.

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Book	Mindef Library & Info Centre On-Shelf	940.401 CLA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		0004525

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A study of the Western Front in 1915, this book is a stinging indictment of incompetent generalship. The author explores the truth of the observation that British troops were "lions led by donkeys" and shows how appalling losses almost completely destroyed the old professional army.

BRITISH TROOPS, LEADERSHIP

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