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Passchendaele: The Lost Victory of World War I by [Nick Lloyd]

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Passchendaele: The Lost Victory of World War I Kindle Edition

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The definitive account of Passchendaele, the months-long battle that epitomizes the immense tragedy of the First World War

Passchendaele. The name of a small, seemingly insignificant Flemish village echoes across the twentieth century as the ultimate expression of meaningless, industrialized slaughter. In the summer of 1917, upwards of 500,000 men were killed or wounded, maimed, gassed, drowned, or buried in this small corner of Belgium.

On the centennial of the battle, military historian Nick Lloyd brings to vivid life this epic encounter along the Western Front. Drawing on both British and German sources, he is the first historian to reveal the astonishing fact that, for the British, Passchendaele was an eminently winnable battle. Yet the advance of British troops was undermined by their own high command, which, blinded by hubris, clung to failed tactics. The result was a familiar one: stalemate. Lloyd forces us to consider that trench warfare was not necessarily a futile endeavor, and that had the British won at Passchendaele, they might have ended the war early, saving hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of lives. A captivating narrative of heroism and folly, Passchendaele is an essential addition to the literature on the Great War.

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"Red Cross files across western Europe. The German army's terrible suffering is duly explored, as well as that of Canadian and Anzac infantrymen. Published on the eve of Passchendaele's 100th anniversary, the book is harrowing but necessary."―Observer

"Extensively researched... demonstrate[s] the war's sheer and utter waste of life and resources even as the old mainland Europe monarchical order brought about its own demise."―New York Journal of Books

"[Lloyd] confirms his position among the best young scholars of WWI in this comprehensively researched, convincingly presented analysis of the still-controversial 1917 battle of Passchendaele. [His] thesis is controversial, but his scholarship makes it impossible to dismiss."―Publishers Weekly

"Detailed and compelling... There will be other books about Third Ypres this year, but it's unlikely that any of them will be better-researched, more intelligent or fairer than this one. Without in any way minimising the awfulness of the battle, Lloyd makes its inception and course comprehensible. Both as narrative and analysis, this book is masterly."―The Scotsman

"[Lloyd] retells the story of this infamous conflict with fresh knowledge and newly available materials, including letters, diaries, memoirs, and official reports from both British and German perspectives."―Library Journal

."[Lloyd's] narrative of the campaign is superb and written with clarity and dispassion... [he] has done his research thoroughly."―The Times

"Lloyd's research is superb; the book is well-illustrated with photographs and maps; he brings the battle and its political context vividly to life... this is in almost every respect a model of what a work of military history should be, and is now perhaps the definitive account of this phase of the war on the Western Front."―Daily Telegraph

"An eloquent re-telling of one of the First World War's most mismanaged battles. Lloyd movingly recounts the ordeal of German and British infantry in the mud and blood of Passchendaele."―Alexander Watson, author of Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary in World War I --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Nick Lloyd is Reader in Defence Studies at King's College London, based at the Joint Services Command & Staff College in Shrivenham, Wiltshire. He specializes in British military and imperial history in the era of the Great War and is the author of three books, Loos 1915 (2006), The Amritsar Massacre: The Untold Story of One Fateful Day (2011) and Hundred Days: The End of the Great War (2013). --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01LX0R0LB
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Basic Books; 1st edition (May 23, 2017)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 23, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 67212 KB
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Patrick Neimeyer

Mud of Pascchendaele

Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2017

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Amazing historical work and research done by Nick Lloyd. I have always been a World War One enthusiast, memorized by the conflict, aghast by the horror and amazed by the sheer courage of these men. In this book, you will be transported to the front lines with Sir Douglas Haig's BEF or The German 4th Army as they desperate struggle over a pock-marked, sodden wasteland known as Ypres. Gritty, realistic and unrelenting, Passchendaele strikes home for any military enthusiast as a must-have book within this genre.

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John P. Moore

Boring Book

Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2019

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I have been trying to read this book for the past two weeks. I found it exceptionally BORING and finally put it aside after the first 240 pages. I bought the book with the expectation that it would contain many personal accounts and detailed descriptions of small unit actions. Instead, the first 90 pages (4 chapters) were comprised of high-level political and military discussions in an effort to provide background on the battle. The book was difficult to read because of frequent digressions between local actions and intrigues in London. Too much speculation. Pages 306 - 390 are references and end notes. The resolution of the photos is poor. I will probably toss this book in the re-cycling and avoid this author in the future.

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Derek

The War to End all Wars - Didn't.

Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2018

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A battle that must never be forgot, for as long as their is an Earth

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Poppa Joe

Remembering one of the darkest moments in history.

Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2020

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A very good tribute to one of the darkest moments of WWI

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walter g. mcmillan

Brits Take Over Militarily Control after Passchendaele

Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2019

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Great book on chronology of Events at the Passchendaele Theatre of the Great War

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Michael Herndon

Good read

Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2018

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Great book about one of the most famous battles of WWI. Highly detailed. Very well researched.

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General Brett

well balance

Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2019

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Well balance and readable book

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Hammering the wall

Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2018

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Definitely included in my WW1 library

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MR W

Passchendaele a New Standard of Research.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 21, 2017

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This is a clear, concise and exceptionally well told account of the Third Battle of Ypres. What I found really illuminating, was how the perception of Passchendaele has been shaped over the past century. As Nick Lloyd points out, much of this came from Liddell Hart and David Lloyd George. This helped to create, not so much a myth of the disaster of Passchendaele but a distortion of the facts of the battle. It was horrendous and tragic and an appalling loss of life but Nick Lloyd shapes an easy to follow narrative full of information about how and why events took the course they did.

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Khan

Very good

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 26, 2018

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Very clear, well written account of 3rd Battlw of Ypres that also tries to resress the "lions lead by donkies" view of military leadership.

However, the book is marred by two problems:
1) a not insignificant number of double negatives, meaning a number of sentences need to be re-read several times to fully understand the meaning
2) a set of maps that are too small to be of much use and don't contain a significant number of the locations in the accompanying text.

None the less, I'd recommend this book as a good overview of the battle

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Partick Potter

Heart breaking

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 23, 2018

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I knew Passchendaele was bad. No that isn’t strong enough it was appalling. But this book made me realise I didn’t know the half of it. In particular the culpable negligence of Haig sending thousands of soldiers to their death by employing tactics he knew to be utterly futile and this was after he had seen, by winning three significant engagements against the Germans prior to the assault on Passchendaele, how to conduct offensives in the trench warfare of the first world war.

A superb book.

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Voltaire

Quality historical writing from both sides of the front line, but maps a mess.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 4, 2018

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Quality historical writing, using the archival material from both sides of the front line. Would have been improved by better editorial work on the various maps interpreted within the text, using different scales each time but failing to include a inset of a single unchanging map of the whole front to help situate each map, and with each map usually missing many of the location names mentioned in the surrounding text.

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John Bennett

a revealing new WW1 history

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 6, 2018

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The difficulties faced by the German army are very revealing - the book is worth reading for these alone.

There are also telling assessments of the characters of Haig and his generals. The political pressures from Lloyd George - who held serious doubts about the value of these battles and the way they were being conducted by Haig - are well covered. The various maps are clear though I didn't find them useful. Interesting photographs are included.

An essential new history of Passchendaele.

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