Author: BARNETT CORRELLI
Title: The Sword Bearers Studies in Supreme Command in the First World War
Description: Hodder & Stoughton London. 1986. (ISBN: 0340399546) Card Cover with dust jacket, 24 Cm. Heavy Book Over 500gms, A fascinating portrait of four national commanders in chief whose careers span 1914-1918. von Moltke, designated to carry out the Schlieffen plan to defeat France within six weeks, Jellicoe who commanded the Grand Fleet at Jutland, Petain who saved the French armies from collapse durint the mutinies of 1917 and Ludendorff who commanded the final ill fated German offensive in the West in 1918. The central theme of Correlli Barnett's book is the decisive effect of individual human character on history. Very Good/Very Good.

Keywords: World War 1, First World War, Correlli Barnett, 0340399546


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