This volume includes many leading historians who have produced a comprehensive and fascinating study of the most significant and frequently debated apsects of Haig''s career.'
Acknowledgements viii The Contributors ix Editors Foreword xii Haig and the Historians 1(11) John Bourne Portrait of a Commander-in-Chief 12(25) John Hussey Ambition, Duty and Doctrine: Haigs Rise to High Command 37(14) Gerard J DeGroot Haig and French 51(13) Ian F W Beckett Sir William Robertson and Sir Douglas Haig 64(14) David R Woodward Haig and his Army Commanders 78(29) Peter Simkins Haig and the Government, 1916--1918 107(21) Keith Grieves Haig and Britains European Allies 128(17) William Philpott Haig and the Tank 145(10) J P Harris The Impact of Technology on the BEF and its Commander 155(21) Michael Crawshaw Haig and the Press 176(20) Stephen Badsey Haig and Military Discipline 196(27) John Peaty Douglas Haig, the Common Soldier and the British Legion 223(17) Niall Bar Gary Sheffield Haig and Religion 240(21) Nigel Cave Index 261
