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Rewriting the First World War
Andrew Suttie
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Description for Rewriting the First World War
Paperback. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
This book assesses Lloyd George's attempt to shape the history of 1914-18 through his War Memoirs. His account of the British conduct of the war focused on the generals' incompetence, their obsession with the Western Front, and their refusal to consider alternatives to the costly trench warfare in France and Belgium. Yet as War Minister and Prime Minister Lloyd George presided over the bloody offensives of 1916-17, and had earlier taken a leading role in mobilising industrial resources to provide the weapons which made them possible. Rewriting the First World War examines how Lloyd George addressed this paradox.
This book assesses Lloyd George's attempt to shape the history of 1914-18 through his War Memoirs. His account of the British conduct of the war focused on the generals' incompetence, their obsession with the Western Front, and their refusal to consider alternatives to the costly trench warfare in France and Belgium. Yet as War Minister and Prime Minister Lloyd George presided over the bloody offensives of 1916-17, and had earlier taken a leading role in mobilising industrial resources to provide the weapons which made them possible. Rewriting the First World War examines how Lloyd George addressed this paradox.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
Number of Pages
285
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349542628
SKU
V9781349542628
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Ref
99-15
About Andrew Suttie
ANDREW SUTTIE has taught politics and history at universities in Melbourne and Canberra, Australia, and is currently a public servant living in Melbourne.
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