The Russell Cawthorn Collection
The Great War 1914-1918, and Associated Conflicts The Western Front 1914 The Full Year
RCC7319
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.
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.