Steady The Buffs!: A Regiment, a Region, and the Great War
Author:   Mark Connelly (Reader in Modern British History & Head of School of History, Univerity of Kent)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199278602


Pages:   296
Publication Date:   30 November 2006
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Mark Connelly (Reader in Modern British History & Head of School of History, Univerity of Kent)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.578kg
ISBN:  

9780199278602


ISBN 10:   0199278601
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   30 November 2006
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Introduction 1: Officers and Men 2: Shock, 1914 3: Adjusting to the Western Front: January 1915 - Spring 1916 4: Raiding, 1915-1918: learning on the job or unnecessary attrition? 5: Learning: the Buffs on the Somme 6: Applying: 1917 7: Defending: January - April 1918 8: Winning: July - November 1918 9: Remembering Conclusion Appendices

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[An] impressive and important study, based on a wide range of primary sources. Journal of the Historical Association An important work Bob Wyatt, Stand To! - The Journal of the Western Front Association ...worth space on any specialist's or enthusiast's bookshelf Mike Booker, Journal of Kent History This book fully revises standard regimental history by establishing the framework and background to the regiment's role in the First World War... Using previously uncovered material, this book adds a significant new chapter to the understanding of the British army on the Western Front, and the way its home community in East Kent reacted to the experience. It reveals the way in which the regiment adjusted to the shock of modern warfare, and the bloody learning curve the Buffs ascended. Kent Messenger


[An] impressive and important study, based on a wide range of primary sources. Journal of the Historical Association An important work Bob Wyatt, Stand To! - The Journal of the Western Front Association ...worth space on any specialist's or enthusiast's bookshelf Mike Booker, Journal of Kent History This book fully revises standard regimental history by establishing the framework and background to the regiment's role in the First World War... Using previously uncovered material, this book adds a significant new chapter to the understanding of the British army on the Western Front, and the way its home community in East Kent reacted to the experience. It reveals the way in which the regiment adjusted to the shock of modern warfare, and the bloody learning curve the Buffs ascended. Kent Messenger


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