FARRAR-HOCKLEY A H <br/><br/>
The Somme/ 
A,H, Farrar-Hockley 
 - London:  Pan Books,  1983 
 - 269 pages;  maps, illustrations;  19 cm. 
 - Pan Grand Strategy Series .
<br/><br/> It tells of bloody battles interspersed with trench actions of dreadful intensity. In addition to the key confrontations, Farrar-Hockley provides a detailed background to the Somme planning and why it failed with dreadful casualties. In its entirety, the conflict along the Somme scarred the minds of a whole generation, becoming recorded by historians as the graveyard of the 'flower of British manhood'. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0330376438 (pbk.):  6.99 UK 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>BATTLE OF THE SOMME<br/>FIRST WORLD WAR<br/>MILITARY ENGAGEMENTS<br/>TRENCH ACTION<br/>TRENCH WARFARE