An unnecessary war -- The lost generation -- The horrors of the trenches -- The tools of the trade -- Government-sponsored polo clubs -- Frighfulness -- The donkeys -- Kangaroo courts and firing squads -- A needless slaughter -- More needless slaughter
-- The frocks and the brass hats -- Even more needless slaughter -- Too little, too late -- Epilogue.
In this work, the author, a former regular officer of the Royal Gurkha Rifles, explains what war is really about and how an army does its work. He examines the facts of Britain's activities in the First World War, overturning some popular myths. --book cover.
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