Three armies on the Somme : the first battle of the twentieth century /

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Author / Creator:Philpott, William James.
Uniform title:Bloody victory
Edition:1st U.S. ed.
Imprint:New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2010], c2009.
Description:xiii, 631 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7885272
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ISBN:9780307265852
0307265854
Notes:"Originally published in Great Britain in different form as Bloody victory : the sacrifice on the Somme and the making of the twentieth century : the battle, the myth, the legacy by Little, Brown ... in London, in 2009"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:A reinterpretation of a defining World War I battle argues that it provided crucial information to British and French forces to end the war by shaping understandings of such emerging technologies as the tank and machine gun.