Генералы Великой войны. Западный фронт 1914-1918

М.: Астрель, 2005. — 896 с. — ISBN 5-17-027663-X, 5-271-11616-6. В книге рассматриваются действия генералов, командовавших войсками союзников на Западном фронте Первой мировой войны, причем анализ даётся с позиций подчиненных им офицеров. Книга дает ответ на извечный вопрос: были ли виноваты генералы в поражениях своих армий и огромных потерях своих подчиненных. И являются ли их победы следствием их стратегических талантов или же произошли просто по воле случая. "The damning public opinion that the British generals -- most notably Haig, French, Plumer, Gough and Byng -- sent hundreds of thousands of young men to their deaths in the trenches of the Western front, is one that hasn?t changes in over sixty years? Robin Neillands challenges the popular myth about the incompetence and callousness of the Great War generals and examines the events that took place on the Western front through the eyes of these same officers to explain the circumstances that led them to plan and fight as they did"--Jacket Many Great War histories tell the reader what happened on the Western front but few spell out why. In this book, the author looks at the battles through the eyes of the generals who were charged with winning them and examines the accusations that have surrounded them for over 70 years.