Three Armies on the Somme: The First Battle of the Twentieth Century
by Philpott, William
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About This Item
London: Alfred Knopf, 2010. 1st edition. Nice Copy. octavo. dust jacket xiv + 877pp., b/w pls., maps, notes, bibliog., index, ÔFor decades, the Battle of the Somme has exemplified the horrors and futility of trench warfare. Here author argues that the battle ultimately gave the British and French forces on the Western Front the knowledge and experience to bring WWI to a victorious end. Philpott shows that twentieth-century war as we know it simply didnÕt exist before the battleÕ
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William Philpott lectures in military history in the Department of War Studies at King’s College, London. He is a specialist in the operations on the Western Front and has published extensively on the subject. He lives in London.
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- Title
- Three Armies on the Somme: The First Battle of the Twentieth Century
- Author
- Philpott, William
- Book Condition
- Used - Nice Copy
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- Alfred Knopf
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2010
- Size
- octavo
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