The Confusion of Command; The War Memories of Lieutenant General Sir Thomas D'Oyly Snow, 1914 - 1915

Edited by Dan Snow & Mark Pottle

ISBN 10: 1848325754 / ISBN 13: 9781848325753

Published by Frontline Books, UK, 2011

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The boards and binding are square and tight, the text block is clean and bright and illustrated with a few B/W photographs, the dust wrapper has very light creasing to the foot of the spine but is otherwise V/G. Book price includes 2nd class post in UK only.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Confusion of Command; The War Memories of Lieutenant General Sir Thomas D'Oyly Snow, 1914 - 1915
• Publisher: Frontline Books, UK
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848325754
• ISBN 13: 9781848325753
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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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.