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100 1 _aCLARK Alan
_eauthor
245 0 _aThe donkeys/
_cAlan Clark
260 _aLondon:
_bPimlico,
_c1991
300 _a216 pages;
_billustrations;
_c21 cm.
520 _aA 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.
598 _aBRITISH TROOPS, LEADERSHIP
650 _aBRITISH TROOPS
650 _aLEADERSHIP
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