Originally posted by clackers I think Haig's performance was actually worse than his at The Somme.
At The Somme you could say he was attempting a big offensive for the first time.
That wasn't true in 1917.
He kept on going when there were no signs the Germans were going to retreat.
Haig. A controversial figure and with good reason.
Currently I'm reading a book by Margaret MacMillan , entitled .....War: How Conflict Shaped Us.
It looks at some interesting ideas and I quote from the book.
"Does war... organized violence....come with organized society. War has shaped humanity's history, it's social and political institutions, its values and ideas."
I dunno, but so far it makes good writing and more importantly makes me think.
I have read (and keep for reference) other of her works, including Paris 1919 (Treaty of Versailles and it's effect, etc.), also The Uses and Abuses of History.....which in this modern world of ours, is too common an offence, at least in my view.