The Death of Glory: The Western Front 1915.

UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,ex-public library,1st edn.VG/FINE.An ex-public library book,so no owner inscrptn,and no price-clip (£20.00) to dw/dj - but front free endpaper has been removed,a b/w paper library label pasted to verso of title page and a white paper security(?) label pasted to front pastedown - both of which could stand sympathetic replacement - a faded and just perceptible,black ink 'Plymouth Library Services' stamp to top edges - these are the ONLY public library notation/ indications to the entire book.Protected in a clear protective sleeve,bright,crisp, clean,matt,wrap-around monochrome photographic illustrated dw/dj,with white,dark+light blue,and gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Head+foot of spine/backstrip of dw/dj minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/ toned; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Bright,crisp and generally clean,publisher's sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and near immaculate plain white endpapers - afore-mentioned library notations excepted.Book has a slight lean.UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,ex-public library,1st edn,ix-xxiipp+1-298pp [paginated] includes separate contents, illustrations and b/w maps lists/tables,quotation,section entitled 'About this book',15 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp74/5 and pp170/1 respectively,an appendix,notes,a select bibliography and an index. Plus [unpaginated] half-title page,publisher's advert,title page,and dedication.Described honestly and fairly - and even as an ex-public library book,with the listed imperfections - it is still in an acceptable condition and state.
The First World War remains a controversial subject: the bitter reality clouded with damaging and popular myths. Many of these misconceptions relate to the competence of the generals,the events of 1915 and the battles at Neuve Chapelle, Aubers Ridge and Festubert,as well as the larger disasters at Second Ypres - scene of the first gas attack - and,finally,the shambolic Battle of Loos.However, the reality of these battles has been gradually concealed by the allegation that the men were 'lions led by donkeys',with much blame put on the generals.
In this well-researched and highly readable book,Robin Neillands reveals the truth behind this fallacy and the events surrounding the battles,and sets them in a wider context.By the start of 1915,a tough
year for the British in France,the British Army had only been in action for four months and the burden was shifting to the Territorial Forces - enthusiastic amateurs at best at this time.The battles were either disasters or inconclusive,but the real reason for despair was that this war,entered into for the liberation of Belgium,had lost its moral argument and was now just another bloody,senseless slaughter.
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