{"product_id":"passchendaele-9780241970102","title":"Passchendaele","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eTOP 10 BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A timely re-appraisal . . . \u003cb\u003ea masterpiece'' General Lord Richard Dannatt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Third Battle of Ypres was a ''lost victory'' for the British Army in 1917. Between July and November 1917, in a small corner of Belgium, more than 500,000 men were killed or maimed, gassed or drowned - and many of the bodies were never found. The Ypres offensive represents the modern impression of the First World War: splintered trees, water-filled craters, muddy shell-holes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe climax was one of the worst battles of both world wars: Passchendaele\u003c\/b\u003e. The village fell eventually, only for the whole offensive to be called off. But, as Nick Lloyd shows, notably through previously overlooked German archive material, it is striking how close the British came to forcing the German Army to make a major retreat in Belgium in October 1917. Far from being a pointless and futile waste of men, the battle was a startling illustration of\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA timely re-appraisal . . . \u003cb\u003ea masterpiece\u003c\/b\u003e -- General Lord Richard Dannatt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSweeps aside mythology\u003c\/b\u003e and provides a rational explanation and cool description of what took place -- Max Hastings * The Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eNick Lloyd has unearthed a mass of new material for this harrowing account of one of the most infamous engagements of the Great War -- Ian Thomson * The Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeticulously researched\u003c\/b\u003e . . . A harrowing and important history -- PD Smith * The Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eWith clean, clear and often eviscerating writing, Nick Lloyd \u003cb\u003ecompels us to re-evaluate Passchendaele\u003c\/b\u003e and all that word conjures -- Paul Gross, director and star of the film 'Passchendaele'\u003cbr\u003eRigorously researched . . . one of the great features of this excellent book, absent from too many less rigorous histories of events in the First World War, is a clear account of how things were on the German side, and how the British attack not only gained ground, but devastated German morale . . . Lloyd's research is superb; the book is well-illustrated with photographs and maps; he brings the battle and its political context vividly to life . . . \u003cb\u003ethis is in almost every respect a model of what a work of military history should be, and is now perhaps the definitive account of this phase of the war on the Western Front\u003c\/b\u003e -- Simon Heffer * The Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eI thought it both \u003cb\u003eprecise and compassionate - a properly definitive history\u003c\/b\u003e, with clear sightlines from the strategic planning, to the horror of the battle itself from both sides, through to its consequences for the war as it entered its complex final phase -- Dr Emily Mayhew\u003cbr\u003eA fresh and thorough examination of the events of July to November 1917 is definitely needed.  Dr Nick Lloyd has achieved this in his book \u003ci\u003ePasschendaele: A New History\u003c\/i\u003e, an account that is \u003cb\u003eboth scholarly and gripping.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Glyn Harper, Professor of War Studies, Massey University\u003cbr\u003eConfirms his position among the best young scholars of WWI in this \u003cb\u003ecomprehensively researched, convincingly presented\u003c\/b\u003e analysis of the still-controversial 1917 battle of Passchendaele . . .Lloyd's thesis is controversial, but his scholarship makes it impossible to dismiss * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003eHis narrative of the campaign is \u003cb\u003esuperb and written with clarity and dispassion\u003c\/b\u003e. He teaches military history at King's College London and has done his research thoroughly in German and Allied archives. It is fascinating to know the preoccupations, hopes and plans of the Kaiser (\"The English must be made to grovel\") and his generals, and to hear the voices of German frontline soldiers -- Lawrence James * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e'An eloquent retelling of one of the First World War's most mismanaged battles. Lloyd movingly recounts the ordeal of German and British infantry in the mud and blood of Passchendaele -- Professor Alexander Watson\u003cbr\u003eDid Passchendaele mark the moment when German morale collapsed on the Western Front? Nick Lloyd makes a compelling case . . .  both as narrative and analysis, this book is masterly -- Allan Massie * Scotsman *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMasterly\u003c\/b\u003e . . . He argues convincingly -- Allan Mallinson * The Times Literary Supplement *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733404660055,"sku":"9780241970102","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241970102.jpg?v=1720000009","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/passchendaele-9780241970102","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}