
Writing the Great War: Sir James Edmonds and the Official Histories, 1915-1948
by Green, AndrewPub. Date: 2003-06-10
Publisher(s): Taylor & Francis
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Summary
In this volume, Andrew Green examines the progress by which the Official Histories of World War I was written, the motives and influences of its paymasters, and the literary integrity of its historians.
Author Biography
Andrew Green completed a PhD in military history at Leeds University in 1999. He is managing director of a division of a public limited company
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations | p. viii |
Series Editors' Preface | p. ix |
Preface | p. xi |
Acknowledgements | p. xiv |
Abbreviations | p. xv |
Introduction | p. 1 |
The Origins, Purpose and Workings of the Historical Section | p. 5 |
Sir James Edmonds | p. 21 |
Edmonds' Method and Writing | p. 44 |
Military Operations: France and Belgium 1916, Volume I: 1 July: Battle of the Somme | p. 61 |
Military Operations: Gallipolit I | p. 86 |
Military Operations: Gallipoli, Part II | p. 120 |
Military Operations: France and Belgium 1918, Volume I: The German March Offensive | p. 145 |
Military Operations: France and Belgium 1917, Volume II: Messines and Third Ypres (Passchendaele) | p. 167 |
Conclusion | p. 195 |
Notes | p. 209 |
Bibliography | p. 225 |
Index | p. 233 |
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