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 The Great War 1914-1918, and Associated Conflicts
   The Western Front
     1914
       The Full Year



Fire and Movement: The British Expeditionary Force and the Campaign of 1914

by Peter Hart  

ISBN
9780199989270

Purchase Price
£22.99 (new)

Date Purchased
May 10, 2016

Publisher
Oxford University Press (2015, Oxford)

Notes
In this book, Hart questions the usual approach to the BEF's initial role in the war - the myth of unpreparedness, relying on the professionalism of the soldiers to bolster the conscripts of the French Army. Hart presents a much more complex and ultimately more powerful story than the normal description of this period of the war. An interesting book, with a somewhat more penetrative view of what actually happened. It is, of course, up to the reader to arrive at his/her own views.