This book was presented to the Collection by Mr. Robert Noble. The price quoted is our estimate of its value.
The book is a collection of essays by academics and military historians, all about Haig in some way. The book was clearly intended (it was first published in 1999) to challenge the "Lions Led By Donkeys" nonsense, and to seek to place Haig in what is seen in modern times as his rightful place in history.
The chapter (i.e. essay) headings are as follows:
1. Haig and the Historians by John Bourne
2. Portrait of a Commander-in-Chief by John Hussey
3. Ambition, Duty and Doctrine: Haig's Rise to High Command by Gerard de Groot
4. Haig and French by Ian F.W. Beckett
5. Sir William Robertson and Sir Douglas Haig by David R. Woodward
6. Haig and his Army Commanders by Peter Simkins
7. Haig and the Government 1916-1918 by Keith Grieves
8. Haig and Britain's European Allies by William Philpott
9. Haig and the Tank by J.P. Harris
10. The Impact of Technology on the BEF and its Commanders by Michael Crawshaw
11. Haig and the Press by Stephen Badsey
12. Haig and Military Discipline by John Peaty
13. Douglas Haig the Common Soldier and the British Legion by Niall Bar and Gary Sheffield
14. Haig and Religion by Nigel Cave