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Covers all WWI, from Haig in BEF in Aug 1914, becoming C-in-C in Dec 1915 and ending on Armistice Day, 11 Nov 1918 Paperback to include a new Preface No unbowdlerised edition of these diaries previously published Contains enthralling commentary on politicians with who he had to deal, notably Prime Ministers Asquith and Lloyd George Newspaper serialisation on hardback publication 'A re-examination and new selection of the wartime diary is overdue, and now comes in a handsome and uncommonly well-edited edition' Max Hastings, Sunday Telegraph 'This is a major and much-needed addition to the historiography of one of the most contentious periods in British history' Trevor Royle, Sunday Herald 'Edited by two distinguished military historians, they reveal a man very different from the stereotypical warmonger of Left-wing mythology' Tom Kyle, Daily Mail

About the Author

Gary Sheffield is Professor of Modern History at King's College, London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and author of Forgotten Victory: The First World War - Myths and Realities and The Somme. He broadcasts regularly on television and radio, and writes for the national press. He lives in Oxfordshire. Dr John Bourne is Director of the Centre for First World War Studies at the University of Birmingham. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and Vice-President of the Western Front Association. He has written widely on the First World War, including Britain and the Great War 1914-1918 and Who's Who in the First World War. He lives in Birmingham.

Reviews

A re-examination and new selection of the wartime diary is overdue, and now comes in a handsome and uncommonly well-edited edition--Sunday Telegraph

Edited by two distinguished military historians, they reveal a man very different from the stereotypical warmonger of Left-wing mythology--Daily Mail

This is a major and much-needed addition to the historiography of one of the most contentious periods in British history--Sunday Herald