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_aCLARK Alan _eauthor |
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_aThe donkeys/ _cAlan Clark |
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_aLondon: _bPimlico, _c1991 |
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_a216 pages; _billustrations; _c21 cm. |
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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. | ||
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