Death Of A Generation: From Neuve Chapelle To Verdun And The Somme
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
In the mud and blood of the Western Front, the flower of a generation was systematically consumed by the grinding machinery of industrialised warfare — Death of a Generation chronicles the catastrophic arc of World War One from the ill-fated assault at Neuve Chapelle in 1915 through to the twin catastrophes of Verdun and the Somme in 1916. Alistair Horne places the commanding decisions and fatal miscalculations of generals on both sides under rigorous scrutiny, reconstructing the human cost of battles that reshaped the political and cultural map of Europe forever. Horne, one of Britain's most distinguished military historians, brings his characteristic precision and narrative authority to bear on a conflict that consumed nearly an entire generation of young men. His measured, unsentimental prose cuts through the myths of heroism to reveal the tragic institutional failures that prolonged the slaughter far beyond any rational justification. For anyone seeking to understand not just how the Great War was fought, but why it unfolded as it did, this work remains an indispensable and deeply sobering account.
Author: Alistair Horne
Format: Hardback
Genre: WW1
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
In the mud and blood of the Western Front, the flower of a generation was systematically consumed by the grinding machinery of industrialised warfare — Death of a Generation chronicles the catastrophic arc of World War One from the ill-fated assault at Neuve Chapelle in 1915 through to the twin catastrophes of Verdun and the Somme in 1916. Alistair Horne places the commanding decisions and fatal miscalculations of generals on both sides under rigorous scrutiny, reconstructing the human cost of battles that reshaped the political and cultural map of Europe forever. Horne, one of Britain's most distinguished military historians, brings his characteristic precision and narrative authority to bear on a conflict that consumed nearly an entire generation of young men. His measured, unsentimental prose cuts through the myths of heroism to reveal the tragic institutional failures that prolonged the slaughter far beyond any rational justification. For anyone seeking to understand not just how the Great War was fought, but why it unfolded as it did, this work remains an indispensable and deeply sobering account.