TY - BOOK AU - GRAHAM Dominick TI - Against odds: reflections on the experiences of the British Army, 1914-45 SN - 0333668588 (hbk.): PY - 1999/// CY - Basingstoke, UK PB - Macmillan Press KW - ARMY KW - BRITAIN KW - COMMAND KW - FIRST WORLD WAR KW - SECOND WORLD WAR N2 - An historian's critical reflections on the two World Wars that his father and he fought. Concludes that in both wars relatively poorly equipped British armies won the day with huge quantities of high explosive. Also compares the leadership styles of Douglas Haig and Bernard Montgomery ER -