595. The First World War: The Battle of the Frontiers (Part 2)

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Dominic mentions it was the first book he read about the First World War as a child and still holds a candle for it, though he acknowledges that historians of the First World War despise it and Tom describes it as 'basically a brilliant work of fiction.' Tuchman's pen portraits of figures like Sir John French are quoted.

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Referenced multiple times for accounts of battles and characterizations, including the Battle of the Frontiers at Vieton and descriptions of Asquith's wartime management. Hastings calls Sir John French 'a poltroon' and Joffre 'slovenly.'

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Mentioned in the context of the terrible suffering of horses during the First World War, noting that the book (and its drama adaptation) is based on the horrendous cruelty to horses in the conflict.