Haig`s enemy, Boff, Jonathan (senior Lecturer In History, University Of Birmingham)
Автор: Paul Harris Название: General Sir Herbert Lawrence: Haig`s Chief of Staff ISBN: 1911628879 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781911628873 Издательство: Marston Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 5930.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: As Chief of Staff to Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig in 1918, General Sir Herbert Lawrence played a key role in the defeat of Germany in the First World War. This biography traces his remarkable career and argues that he has a strong claim to be recognised as one of the principal architects of Allied victory. Described as ‘a man of outstanding ability both as a soldier and in business’, it is surprising that this towering individual has received such little attention. He remains one of the forgotten figures of the war. Lawrence had the distinction of being highly successful in two different fields. As a businessman he was an influential financier and chairman of Vickers, one of the world’s foremost armaments companies between the wars. In the military sphere, he was one of the very few men to rise to the top echelon of the British army without being a regular career soldier. He gave up his lucrative job as a City banker to re-join the army at the outbreak of hostilities in 1914. After the war he resumed his successful financial career, eventually becoming known as the ‘Father of the City’. Despite his significant contribution to the war effort and his accomplishments in the commercial world, historians have largely neglected Lawrence. This account uses new material to reveal the achievements of this outstanding soldier and banker. Overcoming the personal tragedy of losing his two sons during the war, he became the most senior staff officer at General Headquarters [GHQ]. He was chief advisor to Haig and acted as his right-hand man throughout the final year of the conflict.
Автор: Beach Название: Haig`s Intelligence ISBN: 1107519276 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107519275 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6019.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This is an important study of Douglas Haig`s controversial command during the First World War. It reveals how the British Army perceived its enemy and how intelligence influenced strategy and operations. This is essential reading for military historians, intelligence scholars and anyone with an interest in the Great War.
Автор: Beach Название: Haig`s Intelligence ISBN: 1107039614 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107039612 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 17266.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This is an important study of Douglas Haig`s controversial command during the First World War. It reveals how the British Army perceived its enemy and how intelligence influenced strategy and operations. This is essential reading for military historians, intelligence scholars and anyone with an interest in the Great War.
Автор: Boff, Jonathan Название: Haig`s Enemy ISBN: 0199670463 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199670468 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4752.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The war on the Western Front as seen through the eyes of one of Germany`s leading First World War generals, Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria. A fascinating and highly revealing view from the `other side of the wire`, which casts the story of the Western Front in an entirely new light.
Автор: Hine Alison Название: Refilling Haig`s Armies ISBN: 1912390701 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781912390700 Издательство: Marston Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 6930.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: From the start of the First World War casualties were far higher than had been anticipated. The losses required rapid replacement in order to maintain operational effectiveness, but the provision of manpower and the drafting processes would require consideration and refinement throughout the war. Using original sources, this work examines the provision and management of Other Rank replacements for British Infantry battalions on the Western Front. It is predominantly pitched at the management level, but the subject requires exploration of the political context and the impact on battalions of political and managerial decisions. The provision of new sources of manpower with the coming of conscription and the introduction of National Service are considered, and the suggestion that the Government actively withheld reinforcements in 1918 is reviewed. The initial influx of volunteers had created a much larger Army than had previously existed. The maintenance of its battalions consequently required the creation of new draft-finding units and successive changes to be made to the drafting and reinforcement processes. It has previously been assumed that these changes and the introduction of conscription destroyed the cohesion of regiments by causing replacements to be drafted with no concern for the traditional recruiting areas of the battalions to which they were sent. Detailed analysis of individual fatalities sustained by battalions belonging to Regiments recruited from the English/Welsh Marches of Western Command shows, however, that the majority of men in these battalions in late 1918 had been drawn from the Regiments’ parent Home Command.
Автор: B. Pearce Название: How Haig Saved Lenin ISBN: 134918845X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349188451 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 4890.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
