{"product_id":"the-western-front-9780241347188","title":"The Western Front","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e** The latest volume in the World War One trilogy, \u003ci\u003eThe Eastern Front, \u003c\/i\u003eis out now **\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTELEGRAPH \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003etour de force of scholarship, analysis and narration . . . Lloyd is well on the way to writing a \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003edefinitive history of the First World War''\u003c\/b\u003e Lawrence James, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''This well-researched, well-written and cogently argued new analysis . . . will undoubtedly now take its rightful place as the standard account of this vital theatre of the conflict'' \u003c\/b\u003eAndrew Roberts, author of \u003ci\u003eChurchill: Walking with Destiny\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the annals of military history, the Western Front stands as an enduring symbol of the folly and futility of war.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHowever, as bestselling military historian Nick Lloyd reveals in this highly-praised history - the first of an epic trilogy -- the story is not one of pointlessness and stupidity, but rather a heroic triumph against the odds. With a cast of hundreds and a huge canvas of places and events, Lloyd tells the whole tale, revealing what happened in France and Belgium between August 1914 and November 1918 from the perspective of all the main combatants - including French, British, Belgian, US and, most importantly, German forces.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLloyd examines the most decisive campaigns of the Great War and explains the unprecedented innovation, adaptation and tactical development that have been too long obscured by legends of mud, blood and futility, drawing upon the latest scholarship on the war, wrongly overlooked first-person accounts, and archival material from every angle. Conveying the visceral assault of the battlefield with vivid detail, Lloyd ultimately redefines our understanding of a crucial theatre in this monumental tragedy.\u003cbr\u003e_________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Excellent on detail . . . Lloyd''s book will be cherished by military history buffs'' \u003c\/b\u003eMax Hastings, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''It is the best modern single-volume history of war on the Western Front and is likely to remain the standard account for some time''\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Boff, \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a bold book.\u003c\/b\u003e Nick Lloyd has written a \u003cb\u003etour de force of scholarship, analysis and narration\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Lloyd is well on the way to writing a \u003cb\u003edefinitive history of the First World War\u003c\/b\u003e -- Lawrence James * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExcellent on detail\u003c\/b\u003e...Lloyd's book will be \u003cb\u003echerished by military history buffs\u003c\/b\u003e -- Max Hastings * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthoritative and fast-paced\u003c\/b\u003e...By the end of the book, one has a \u003cb\u003epanoramic view of this crucial theatre of war\u003c\/b\u003e -- Simon Heffer * Sunday Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA work of serious scholarship\u003c\/b\u003e that reflects the author's understanding not merely of the military campaigns, but of the men who fought them. Lloyd has written \u003cb\u003ea remarkably authoritative overview of an expansive subject\u003c\/b\u003e, and a \u003cb\u003eperfect introduction\u003c\/b\u003e to a more granular study of the conflict * The Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eThis \u003cb\u003ewell-researched, well-written and cogently argued\u003c\/b\u003e new analysis overturns all our assumptions and received wisdom about the fighting on the most important front of the Great War. Nick Lloyd deserves congratulation for having written what \u003cb\u003ewill undoubtedly now take its rightful place as the standard account of this vital theatre of the conflict\u003c\/b\u003e -- Andrew Roberts, author of ‘Churchill: Walking with Destiny’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn enthralling read. \u003c\/b\u003eLloyd deftly guides us through a labyrinth of military detail while never allowing the pace of his narrative to slacken. His account of France's role on the Western Front, often less well documented in Anglo-Saxon accounts, is particularly revealing. Most of us are familiar with the names of the generals involved, but \u003cb\u003eLloyd brings them sharply to life with his sensitive portrayal of their personalities, idiosyncrasies and relationships with one another\u003c\/b\u003e. This is an endlessly complex subject to which \u003cb\u003eLloyd has brought welcome lucidity\u003c\/b\u003e while never for one moment allowing us to forget the enormity of its tragedy -- Julia Boyd, author of Travellers in the Third Reich\u003cbr\u003eThere were many fronts in World War I, but the Western Front, where the industrialized great powers massed their men and resources, was the crucial one. \u003cb\u003eNick Lloyd has given us the most up-to-date account of the fighting there.\u003c\/b\u003e He brings the key statesmen and generals to life, as well as the brutal combat from the first battles to the last. Lloyd \u003cb\u003ecrisply details\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ethe tactical and technological innovation that brought victory\u003c\/b\u003e, as well as the coalition strategy, economic warfare, and home front management that boosted the Allies and disintegrated the Central Powers -- Geoffrey Wawro, author of The Franco-Prussian War, A Mad Catastrophe, and Sons of Freedom, and director of the University of North Texas Military History Center\u003cbr\u003eAlthough a non-specialist in the history of World War I, I have sought to learn as much as possible about that epochal calamity that cast a dark shadow over the subsequent century.  At the core of a generation's agony was the Western Front, which I never fully understood until I read \u003cb\u003eNick Lloyd's comprehensive, lucid, and evocative narrative that made starkly clear what had previously been a confusing jumble\u003c\/b\u003e -- James M. McPherson, author of BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM; THE CIVIL WAR ERA\u003cbr\u003eThis is harder to do than it looks, but [Nick Lloyd] has produced a \u003cb\u003ewell written, clear and snappy\u003c\/b\u003e account of a familiar but \u003cb\u003ealways dramatic\u003c\/b\u003e story... \u003ci\u003eThe Western Front \u003c\/i\u003esets a fine example of operational military history. It is the \u003cb\u003ebest modern single-volume history of war on the Western Front\u003c\/b\u003e and is likely to remain the standard account for some time * The Spectator *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Western Front\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ean impressive achievement\u003c\/b\u003e. It will, I am sure, become the \u003cb\u003estandard narrative account\u003c\/b\u003e, and deserves a wide readership * TLS *\u003cbr\u003eHe writes with a \u003cb\u003elucidity and panache\u003c\/b\u003e that makes the book a \u003cb\u003epage-turner\u003c\/b\u003e . . . [and] synthesises the latest thinking with such \u003cb\u003eexceptional skill and subtlety\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003cb\u003eWithout question, this book is an outstanding achievement, a brilliant one-volume military history \u003c\/b\u003eof the war on the Western Front that combines\u003cb\u003e narrative drive, acute pen-portraits, and penetrating analysis \u003c\/b\u003eof military developments and command decisions -- Neil Faulkner * Military History Matters *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733039493463,"sku":"9780241347188","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241347188.jpg?v=1719999268","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-western-front-9780241347188","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}