In Flanders Fields

Description

This work graphically descibes the First World War battle at Passchendaele which cost about a million Allied lives. The author details Haig's initial plan, his determination to carry it out despite constant opposition from the Cabinet, through to the scene of battle itself.

Reviews

"An outstanding book...much more than a military history, rather an invocation which summons from out of the depths of the past the catastrophe of Passchendaele 1917...Here is brought to light again all its many facets, its antagonisms, its blunders, its horror, and its heroism."

Author description

Leon Wolff is American and served in the US Air Force during the Second World War, and his first book, LOW LEVEL MISSION, describes his wartime experiences. Leon Wolff was awarded the Francis Parkman Prize from the Society of American Historians for his third book, LITTLE BROWN BROTHER.

Table of contents

The deadlock; the home front; the overture; l'affaire Nivele; the interlude; triumph at Messines; the signed contract; on the brink; the opening phase; the intermission; the Menin Road; Haig's decision; the slough of despond; journey's end; war and peace.