One of Britain”s leading military historians, Gary Sheffield is Professor of War Studies at the University of Birmingham. He has written a number of critically acclaimed books on the First World War, including Forgotten Victory: The First World War – Myths and Realities. He is the co-editor of Douglas Haig: War Diaries and Letters 1914-1918. A fellow of the Royal Historical Society, he is also Vice-President of the Western Front Association.
24 Ebooks by Gary Sheffield
Patrick Crowley: Kut 1916: Courage and Failure in Iraq
The siege of Kut is a story of blunders, sacrifice, imprisonment and escape. The allied campaign in Mesopotamia began in 1914 as a relatively simple operation to secure the oilfields in the …
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€18.49
Gary Sheffield: Wellington: pocket GIANTS
Wellington is a giant because he was one of the greatest military commanders in British history, an important figure in the emergence of Britain as a great imperial power, a man who dominated British …
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€4.99
Gary Sheffield: Short History of the First World War
The First World War was a watershed in world history. Tragic but far from futile, its origins, events and legacy have roused impassioned debate, creating multiple interpretations and confusion for …
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€9.38
Gary Sheffield: Command and Morale
Gary Sheffield is one of the most versatile and stimulating of military historians at work today, and this selection of his outstanding essays on the First World War is essential reading for anyone …
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€6.22
Gary Sheffield: Somme
On 1 July 1916, after a stupendous seven-day artillery preparation, the British Army finally launched its attack on the German line around the River Somme. Over the next four and half months they …
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€1.99
Dr John Bourne & Dr Gary, MA FRHistS Sheffield: Douglas Haig : Diaries and Letters 1914-1918
There’s a commonly held view that Douglas Haig was a bone-headed, callous butcher, who through his incompetence as commander of the British Army in WWI, killed a generation of young men on the Somme …
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€3.99
Gary Sheffield: The Chief
‘Well written and persuasive …objective and well-rounded….this scholarly rehabilitation should be the standard biography’ **** Andrew Roberts, Mail on Sunday ‘A true judgment of him must lie somewh …
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€42.99
Gary Sheffield: Douglas Haig
‘Well written and persuasive …objective and well-rounded….this scholarly rehabilitation should be the standard biography’ – Andrew Roberts, Mail on Sunday
‘A true judgment of him must lie som …
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€37.99
Eugene Ryan: Haig’s Medical Officer
Despite countless conflicting assessments, Field Marshal Douglas Haig remains one of the most controversial and fascinating characters in British military history. To some he was a mindless butcher, …
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€6.28
Eugene Ryan: Haig’s Medical Officer
Despite countless conflicting assessments, Field Marshal Douglas Haig remains one of the most controversial and fascinating characters in British military history. To some he was a mindless butcher, …
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€6.20
Peter Simkins: From the Somme to Victory
Peter Simkins has established a reputation over the last forty years as one of the most original and stimulating historians of the First World War. He has made a major contribution to the debate …
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€4.96
Peter Simkins: From the Somme to Victory
Peter Simkins has established a reputation over the last forty years as one of the most original and stimulating historians of the First World War. He has made a major contribution to the debate …
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€5.02
Matthew Richardson: Eyewitness on the Somme 1916
What was the soldiers experience of the Battle of the Somme? How did the men who were there record their part in the fighting or remember it afterwards? How can we, 100 years later, gain an insight …
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€5.00
Celia Lee & Paul Edward Strong: Women in War
The changing role of women in warfare, a neglected aspect of military history, is the subject of this collection of perceptive, thought-provoking essays. By looking at the wide range of ways in which …
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€4.99
Malcolm Brown: Tommy Goes to War
The image of the innocent British soldier (or Tommy) setting off with a spring in his step in 1914 to fight the Great War would not last long.Indeed that initial euphoria would soon give way to a …
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€3.72
Jack Sheldon: German Army on Vimy Ridge, 1914-1917
The book starts with on the capture of Vimy Ridge and the nearly spur of Notre Dame de Lorette in October 1914. The major battles of spring and autumn 1915 is described as is the twelve month period …
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€6.27
Jack Sheldon: German Army on Vimy Ridge, 1914-1917
The book starts with on the capture of Vimy Ridge and the nearly spur of Notre Dame de Lorette in October 1914. The major battles of spring and autumn 1915 is described as is the twelve month period …
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€6.28
Gary Sheffield: In Haig’s Shadow
This collection of correspondence and newly discovered family papers is “a good read for anyone interested in WWI, or the British Army” (The NYMAS Review). Hugo De Pree was the …
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€6.23
Patrick Crowley: Loyal to Empire
Winston Churchill did not describe General Sir Charles Monro in the most glowing terms. Referring to Monro’s brave decision to recommend a withdrawal from the Gallipoli disaster, Churchill said: ‘He …
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€20.99
Dale Blair: Battle of the Bellicourt Tunnel
In the summer and autumn of 1918, the British Expeditionary Force, under Field Marshal Haig, fought a series of victorious battles on the Western Front that contributed mightily to the German Army’s …
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€18.82
Gary Sheffield: In Haig’s Shadow
This collection of correspondence and newly discovered family papers is ‘;a good read for anyone interested in WWI, or the British Army’ (The NYMAS Review). Hugo De Pree was the nephew of the …
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€6.28
Matthias Strohn: World War I Companion
A wide-ranging and incisive collection of articles covering all aspects of World War I, written by some of the leading academics in the field.
World War I changed the face of the 20th century. Fo …
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€17.44
Matthias Strohn: World War I Companion
A wide-ranging and incisive collection of articles covering all aspects of World War I, written by some of the leading academics in the field.
World War I changed the face of the 20th century. Fo …
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€17.59
