The private papers of Douglas Haig, 1914-1919
Subtitle: being selections from the private diary and correspondence of Field-Marshal the Earl Haig of Bemersyde.
By: Edited by Robert Blake.
Contributors: Blake, Robert, 1916-
Publisher: Eyre & Spottiswoode
Published: 1952
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
Subjects: Haig, Douglas, Sir, 1861-1928; World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front; Marshals -- Great Britain -- Correspondence; Marshals -- Great Britain -- Diaries
Genres: Correspondence.; Diaries.
Description: "The publication of Field Marshal Lord Haig's Private Papers has been recognised as making available a document of great historical importance. He is the only great Commander in English History to have kept in his own handwriting a day by day record of events and impressions during the course of his campaign. The extracts from his diary and letters which form nine tenths of this book are presented exactly as Haig wrote them."--Book Jacket.