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020			_a9780330492065 [paperback]
040			_aUniversity of Cebu-Banilad _cUniversity of Cebu-Banilad
100			_aBrown, Malcolm, _eauthor.
245			_aThe Imperial War Museum book of the Somme / _cMalcolm Brown.
260			_aLondon : _bPan Books ; _cc2002.
300			_axxxii, 380 pages : _billustrations (black & white), maps ; _c20 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
490			_aPan grand strategy series.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aList of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Some definitions -- Foreword: A subject of continuing controversy -- Maps -- One A landscape like home -- Two Build-up to 'The Push' -- Three Countdown to zero -- Four The first day: The fourth army front -- Five The first day: The third army front -- Six The second day - and after -- Seven To press the enemy hard -- Eight Somme summer -- Nine The German experience -- Ten Tanks-and the september offensives -- Eleven 'The pitiless Somme' -- Twelve The angre - and closedown -- THirteen Civilians and the Somme -- Fourteen 'Sommewhere in France' -- Fifteen 'Germans gone away' -- Sixteen The Somme 1918: The retreat -- Seventeen The Somme 1918: The advance -- Eighteen A place of long memory -- Notes and references --Bibliography -- Index of contributions -- General index.
520			_a"The shadow of the Somme has lain across the twentieth century. For many it is the ultimate symbol of the folly and futility of war. Others see it as a hallmark of heroic endeavour and achievement. This book offers a remarkably fresh perspective on the bitterly fought 1916 campaign; it also describes the later battles of the Somme in the Great War's final year, 1918. Using hitherto unpublished evidence from the archives of the Imperial War Museum, it tells its powerful and dramatic story through the letters and diaries of those who were there. Distinguished military historian Malcolm Brown has woven the many and varied accounts by well over a hundred participants - mainly British, but with not a few Germans - into a rich tapestry of experience. "Admirable ...If you can buy only one book on the Somme, it should be Malcolm Brown's powerful and scholarly account." - Richard Holmes, "Times Educational Supplement"." -- Provided by the publisher
521			_aAdult
541			_yGeneral Education _zGeneral Education : History
546			_aText in English
650			_aSomme, 1st Battle of the, France _xPersonal narratives.
650			_aSomme, 2nd Battle of the, France _xPersonal narratives.
830			_aPan grand strategy series.
942			_2ddc _cBK
998			_cGian [new] _d12/17/2025
999			_c14718 _d14718