Passchendaele: A New History (Lloyd, N.) reviews?

[Terry Duncan]

Thank you everyone, I will have a look at the book as soon as I can, the concept is interesting.

[monk2002uk]

Do you think he made his point about a lost opportunity?

Do you know where the debates you had in the early 2000s about the planning for the 3rd battle of Ypres are please? I've looked but can't find them.

Yes, he did. The only minor weakness is that Simon did not look in detail at the training that the French infantry received after the declaration of war. He clearly says, however, that the book is starting point for more detailed coverage of various aspects.

The material on Third Ypres is in the Great War Forum. Is that what you are referring to?

Robert

[Attrition]

Yes, no wonder I couldn't find it here; thanks.

[The Ibis]

Do you think he made his point about a lost opportunity?

Do you know where the debates you had in the early 2000s about the planning for the 3rd battle of Ypres are please? I've looked but can't find them.

Yes, he did. The only minor weakness is that Simon did not look in detail at the training that the French infantry received after the declaration of war. He clearly says, however, that the book is starting point for more detailed coverage of various aspects.

The material on Third Ypres is in the Great War Forum. Is that what you are referring to?

Robert

Hi Robert,

House mentioned on Great War Forum (he only posted a few times, sadly), that his research on the opening battles is far more extensive than what was in his thesis. Does the book cover more than the thesis? If so, I might have to move it up the list!

Thanks

[monk2002uk]

Hi The Ibis,

I don't know the thesis, sorry, so cannot provide a comparison.

Robert

[Attrition]

https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did ... hos.628108

[The Ibis]

Hi Robert. I've since read the book. Enough time had passed between reading the dissertation and the book that I couldn't say for sure whether there was much, if any, new material in the latter. But it didn't seem so. Either way, the book is most certainly worth reading.