Many Great War histories tell the reader what happened on the Western front but few spell out why. In this book, the author looks at the battles through the eye

The landmark exposé of incompetent leadership on the Western Front - why the British troops were lions led by donkeys On 26 September 1915, twelve British batt

This book is an innovative comparative history of how German and British soldiers endured the horror of the First World War. Unlike existing literature, which e

On the eve of World War II, the British army was more an international police force than a combat ready fighting force. This book examines its transformation in

A comprehensive new history of the shaping and performance of the British army during the First World War.