Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction and Historical Background Archival Sources, Official Histories, and Surveys Generalship and Strategy Tactics Technology Conclusion: Who Won? Annotated Bibliography Index

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Describes the historiographical controversies about this Anglo-French offensive and provides the most up-to-date, comprehensive bibliography on the subject.

About the Author

FRED R. VAN HARTESVELDT is Professor of History at Fort Valley State College in Georgia. He is editor of the anthology, The 1918-1919 Pandemic of Influenza (1992) and the author of a number of reviews and articles.

Reviews

?No military library should be without this book or, if it is indeed representative of the series, of the entire series. It is fabulously useful for any student of The Somme, beginning as it does with a concise overview of the entire war leading up to this point, followed by a condensed account of the battle. In 17 short pages thereafter, the essential issues are presented under the headings of "Generalship and Strategy," "Tactics," "Technology," and "Conclusion: Who Won?" All this is a brilliantly prepared synthesis; then follows the real meat--the annotated bibliography accommodating some 704 entries.?-Parameters

?The Annotated Bibliography is well presented and easy to use, with an impressive 704 entries....?-French Review

?The Battle of the Somme, July to November 1916, remains one of the bloodiest and most controversial events of WW I. This combined historiography and annotated bibliography seeks ot provide an overview of the historical literature about this campaign....Thsi source should be particularly valuable for scholars of WW I, and is recommended for academic libraries supporting military studies.?-Choice

"The Annotated Bibliography is well presented and easy to use, with an impressive 704 entries...."-French Review

"The Battle of the Somme, July to November 1916, remains one of the bloodiest and most controversial events of WW I. This combined historiography and annotated bibliography seeks ot provide an overview of the historical literature about this campaign....Thsi source should be particularly valuable for scholars of WW I, and is recommended for academic libraries supporting military studies."-Choice

"No military library should be without this book or, if it is indeed representative of the series, of the entire series. It is fabulously useful for any student of The Somme, beginning as it does with a concise overview of the entire war leading up to this point, followed by a condensed account of the battle. In 17 short pages thereafter, the essential issues are presented under the headings of "Generalship and Strategy," "Tactics," "Technology," and "Conclusion: Who Won?" All this is a brilliantly prepared synthesis; then follows the real meat--the annotated bibliography accommodating some 704 entries."-Parameters