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Loading... The Swordbearers: Studies in Supreme Command in the First World War (original 1963; edition 1966)by Correlli Barnett
Work InformationThe Swordbearers: Studies in Supreme Command in the First World War by Correlli Barnett (1963)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. 836 The Swordbearers: Supreme Command in the First World War, by Correlli Barnett (read 30 Jan 1966) I liked this book very much, but, regretfully, I did no post-reading note on my reading of it so now over 40 years later I cannot be more specific as to why I was so impressed by it. The author is the subject of an extensive article in Wikipedia, though the article does not say much about the book, but does describe it as "A study of Moltke, Jellicoe, Pétain and Ludendorff." ( ) no reviews | add a review
World War I is a conflict that continues to capture the imagination of readers more than 80 years after its end. In this history of the war, Correlli Barnett gives intimate portraits of the men who led the British, French and German Armies through this tragic conflict. He focuses on four men in particular: Colonel General von Moltke who masterminded the German's initial attack on France in 1914; Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, who led the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet in the Battle of Jutland in 1916; General Petain, the French leader who halted the German advances at Verdun in 1916; and General Erich Ludendorff who led the last great German offensives in the summer of 1918. In this account, Correlli Barnett describes how these men struggled with events greater than themselves, and shows their moments of clarity and prophecy, of optimistic self-delusion, of uncertainty and despair. The period of their command together spans the war years, and gives a continuous history of the war on the Western Front. No library descriptions found. |
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