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EPISODE · May 20, 2020 · 54 MIN

#86 History Hack: Douglas Haig Was Not a Butcher

from The 15 Minute Book Club

Despite years of scholarship to the contrary, the popular perception pervades that all of the Generals of the First World War were incompetent bunglers. As ever it is more complex than that. Gary Sheffield, Field Marshal Haig's biographer, joins us to address some of your questions on the British Army's supreme commander and to bring some balance to often ingrained but largely outdated opinions.Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhackTips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhackBuy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhackMerch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClubWatch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/@15MinuteBook_ClubBuy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!UK Link: US Link: Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below:(UK) https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub(US) https://bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Despite years of scholarship to the contrary, the popular perception pervades that all of the Generals of the First World War were incompetent bunglers. As ever it is more complex than that. Gary Sheffield, Field Marshal Haig's biographer, joins us to address some of your questions on the British Army's supreme commander and to bring some balance to often ingrained but largely outdated opinions.Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhackTips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhackBuy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhackMerch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClubWatch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/@15MinuteBook_ClubBuy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!UK Link: US Link: Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below:(UK) https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub(US) https://bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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