{"product_id":"9781781314982","title":"Douglas Haig: From the Somme to Victory","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Well written and persuasive ...objective and well-rounded....this scholarly rehabilitation should be the standard biography' - Andrew Roberts, \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A true judgment of him must lie somewhere between hero and zero, and in this detailed biography Gary Sheffield shows himself well qualified to make it ... a balanced portrait' - \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Solid scholarship and admirable advocacy' - \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDouglas Haig is the single most controversial general in British history. In 1918, after his armies had won the First World War, he was feted as a saviour. But within twenty years his reputation was in ruins, and it has never recovered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on previously unknown private papers and new scholarship unavailable when \u003ci\u003eThe Chief\u003c\/i\u003e was first published, eminent First World War historian Gary Sheffield reassesses Haig's reputation, assessing his critical role in preparing the army for war.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aurum Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47018819453168,"sku":"9781781314982","price":21.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781781314982_p0.jpg?v=1763716510","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781781314982","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}