Mons by John Terraine
Twice in the 20th century, a British Expeditionary Force has taken the field in Northern France to fight beside the French Army at the outbreak of a European War. Twice, by something approaching a miracle, the Expeditionary Force has survived initial disaster and the threat of complete destruction. But the differences between the Retreat to Dunkirk in 1940 and the first encounter with the enemy at Mons in 1914 are significant. In 1940, the Retreat to Dunkirk led to the fall of France and it took four more years of war before the British Army could avenge its defeat. In 1914, an interval of only two weeks separated the first encounter with the enemy at Mons on Sunday, August 23rd, from the counter-stroke when Joffre struck back across the Marne on Sunday, September 6th. This action proved to be one of the most decisive battles of history leading to the complete collapse of the German War Plan.
Terraine, John: - John Terraine was born in London in 1921 and educated in Stamford School and Keble College, Oxford. He worked for nearly twenty years in the BBC as a record programs assistant, a producer of Radio Newsreel, a programme assistant in the East European Service, and program organiser of the Pacific and South African service. In 1963 he began his work on the BBC Television series 'The Great War', for which he received the Screenwriters' Guild Documentary Award. In 1969 he won the Society of Film and Television Arts Script Award for his 'The Life and Times of Lord Mountbatten', which he wrote for Themes TV. He was scriptwriter and narrator for the BBC series 'The Mighty Continent' in 1974. Mr Terraine is a highly-respected authority on the First World War and has already published nine books on the subject, including: Mons: The Retreat to Victory, Douglas Haig: The Educated Soldier, The Western Front, The Great War: An Illustrated History, The Road to Passchendaele, To Win a War, The Smoke and the Fire: Myths and Anti-Smiths of War, The Right of the Line and Business of Great Waters.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781840222432 |
| ISBN 10 | 1840222433 |
| Title | Mons |
| Author | John Terraine |
| Series | Wordsworth Military Library |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Wordsworth Editions Ltd |
| Year published | 2000-01-17 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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