Confusion of Command. The War Memoirs of Lieutenant General Sir Thomas D'Oyly 'Snowball 'Snow, 1914-1918

Edited and Presented by Dan Snow and Mark Pottle

ISBN 10: 1848325754 / ISBN 13: 9781848325753

Published by Frontline, London, 2011

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Hardcover. First Edition. The Confusion of Command. The War Memoirs of Lieutenant General Sir Thomas D'Oyly Snow, 1914-1915. The never-before-published memoirs of Lieutenant General Snow focus on key battles of the First World War in 1914-1915. Despite being severely injured during the Battle of the Marne - when his horse fell and rolled over him, cracking his pelvis - Snow went on to serve at the Second Battle of Ypres in 1915. His memoirs are particularly illuminating on the difficulties faced by commanders in interpreting and acting efficiently upon what was happening on the battlefield - the 'confusion of command'. This first edition of the general's memoirs includes a foreword by his great-grandson, the broadcaster Dan Snow. Illustrated. 228 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Confusion of Command. The War Memoirs of Lieutenant General Sir Thomas D'Oyly 'Snowball 'Snow, 1914-1918
• Publisher: Frontline, London
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848325754
• ISBN 13: 9781848325753
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

A divisional commander at the beginning of the First World War, Lieutenant General Sir Thomas D'Oyly Snow saw action at Le Cateau, the Marne, Ypres, Arras and Cambrai, before leading the disastrous attack on Gommecourt on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. In this volume of memoirs, he frankly acknowledges the limitations of his own and others' command, while explaining how the totally unprecedented scale of the war made effective communication between officers almost impossible.