Mud, blood and poppycock : Britain and the First World War / Gordon Corrigan.
TITLE:
Mud, blood and poppycock : Britain and the First World War / Gordon Corrigan.
Publication Date:
2003
Publication Information:
London : Cassell,
Physical Description:
431 p. : ill., maps.
Geographic Term:
Summary:
What becomes brilliantly (and amusingly) clear is just how many "established facts" have absolutely no basis in reality; instead they're fabrications created in the 1960s by young historians on the make. The soldiers from 1914-18 would simply not recognize their popular depiction on TV and in novels: instead, we see here how much the British embraced technology and developed the weapons and tactics that broke through enemy trenches.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780304359554
