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Mud, Blood and Poppycock
Gordon Corrigan
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Description for Mud, Blood and Poppycock
Paperback. The true story of how Britain won the First World War. Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 464 pages, 27, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 374.
The true story of how Britain won the First World War. The popular view of the First World War remains that of BLACKADDER: incompetent generals sending brave soldiers to their deaths. Alan Clark quoted a German general's remark that the British soldiers were 'lions led by donkeys'. But he made it up. Indeed, many established 'facts' about 1914-18 turn out to be myths woven in the 1960s by young historians on the make. Gordon Corrigan's brilliant, witty history reveals how out of touch we have become with the soldiers of 1914-18. They simply would ... Read more
The true story of how Britain won the First World War. The popular view of the First World War remains that of BLACKADDER: incompetent generals sending brave soldiers to their deaths. Alan Clark quoted a German general's remark that the British soldiers were 'lions led by donkeys'. But he made it up. Indeed, many established 'facts' about 1914-18 turn out to be myths woven in the 1960s by young historians on the make. Gordon Corrigan's brilliant, witty history reveals how out of touch we have become with the soldiers of 1914-18. They simply would ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
Cassell Military Paperbacks
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780304366590
SKU
V9780304366590
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About Gordon Corrigan
The author was commissioned from the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst in 1962 and retired from the Brigade of Gurkhas in 1998. A member of the British Commission for Military History and a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, he speaks fluent Nepali and is a keen horseman.
Reviews for Mud, Blood and Poppycock
'Corrigan brings a mass of evidence coupled with an ability to write clear, crisp, highly readable narrative...Mud, Blood and Poppycock should be in every school library' - Correlli Barnett, DAILY MAIL 'A fascinating read because he sets it up as a trial by jury. Each chapter takes a specific 'myth' of the Great War and subjects it ... Read more