Three Armies on the Somme: The First Battle of the Twentieth Century by
William Philpott ISBN: 9780307278371
Published by Vintage Books on November 1st 2011
Genres: History,
Military,
World War I Pages: 631
Len's Summary: Published in 2009 in the UK by Little Brown under the title Bloody Victory. The author sees the Somme as a British victory in the war of attrition. The winner of the 2009 WFA Tomlinson Book Prize; destined to become the standard work on this much-studied campaign.
The War of Attrition: Fighting the First World War by
William Philpott ISBN: 9781468302684
Published by Overlook Press on June 26th 2014
Genres: History,
Military,
World War I,
Modern,
20th Century Pages: 400
Len's Summary: Written by a Tomlinson Prize-winner, this work explores how a European conflict burgeoned into total, industrialized war of attrition bringing on the advent of the US as a major world power.