The Somme
Subtitle: The Darkest Hour on the Western Front
Publisher: Pegasus Books LLC
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 589
ISBN-13: 9781605980164
Description: From the inside jacket cover...

The definitive account of one of the bloodiest battles in world history -- a military tragedy that would come to define a generation.

On July 1, 1916, the British Army launched the "Big Push" that was supposed to bring an end to the horrific stalemate on the Western Front between British, French, and German forces. What resulted was one of the greatest single human catastrophes in twentieth century warfare. [...] Expertly weaving together letters, diaries, and other first-person accounts, Peter Hart gives us a fresh approach to The Battle of the Somme.
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: 11; label: 1
title: The Rocky Road
pagenum: 15; label: 2
title: Armies and Weapons
pagenum: 38; label: 3
title: Moving On Up
pagenum: 57; label: 4
title: 1 July 1916
pagenum: 109; label: 5
title: The Morning After
pagenum: 211; label: 6
title: Creeping Forward
pagenum: 222; label: 7
title: Stumbling to Disaster
pagenum: 283; label: 8
title: From Bad to Worse
pagenum: 323; label: 9
title: You are not Alone
pagenum: 346; label: 10
title: When Push Comes to Shove
pagenum: 361; label: 11
title: Hammering On
pagenum: 408; label: 12
title: October Attrition
pagenum: 443; label: 13
title: Last Shake on the Ancre
pagenum: 483; label: 14
title: Assessment
pagenum: 528; title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: 535; label: Appendix A
title: Life in the Trenches
pagenum: 538; label: Appendix B
title: British Orders of Battle
pagenum: 549; label: Appendix C
title: German Orders of Battle
pagenum: 561; title: Notes to Text
pagenum: 564; title: Index
pagenum: 576