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The popular view of the First World War remains that of BLACKADDER: incompetent generals sending brave soldiers to their deaths. Alan Clark quoted a German general's remark that the British soldiers were 'lions led by donkeys'. But he made it up. Indeed, many established 'facts' about 1914-18 turn out to be myths woven in the 1960s by young historians on the make. Gordon Corrigan's brilliant, witty history reveals how out of touch we have become with the soldiers of 1914-18. They simply would no
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- Author
- Corrigan, Gordon
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780304366590
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Fiction, Military History, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
Other editions & translations
- Mud, Blood and Poppycock: Britain and the Great War (Cassell Military Paperbacks) (2012)
- Mud, Blood and Poppycock: This Will Overturn Everything You Thought You Knew about Britain and The First World War (Cassell Military Paperbacks) (2003)
- Mud, blood and poppycock : 12 great myths about Britain and the First World War (2003)
- Mud, Blood and Poppycock: Britain and the Great War (Cassell Military Paperbacks) (2003)
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