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Accessible narrative history of one of the twentieth century's key battles Includes a Foreword by Richard Holmes Controversial - Gary Sheffield claims that although the Somme was a tragic and bloody campaign it was not a defeat and nor was it completely futile By a world-renowned expert on the British Army and the First World War Illustrated with maps and many rare photographs

About the Author

Dr Gary Sheffield is a senior lecturer at the Joint Services Command and Staff College at Bracknell. He is author of several books on the First World War, and is known the world over as the expert on the Somme.