Description
| Product ID: | 9781529901016 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | The Armchair General |
| Title: | The Armchair General World War One |
| Subtitle: | Can You Win The Great War? |
| Authors: | Author: John Buckley, Spencer Jones |
| Page Count: | 432 |
| Subjects: | Military history, Military history, First World War, Theory of warfare and military science, Role-playing, war games and fantasy sports, First World War, Theory of warfare & military science, Role-playing, war games & fantasy sports |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating ‘The Armchair General team has done it again. An absorbing read for Christmas.’Peter Caddick-Adams‘Brilliant and immersive.’Harry SidebottomThe second book in the Armchair General series, where YOU choose the fate of the First World War________________________________HISTORY IS WRITTEN BY THE VICTORS. WILL IT BE YOU?TAKE THE HOTSEATAssume the role of real historic decision-makers: general, leaders, soldiers and intelligence officers of the Allied Forces during World War I. EXAMINE THE INTELLIGENCEExplore eight key moments from the First World War, using real contemporaneous intelligence: including the July Crisis, the Battle of the Somme, and the Russian Revolution. CONSIDER THE SCENARIO & MAKE YOUR DECISIONFrom battlefields to the Royal Courts, each tactical and strategic decision you make leads to a different outcome. Will you follow the path of the past - or shape a new history...?________________________________PRAISE FOR THE ARMCHAIR GENERAL SERIES'An original and exciting approach...The Armchair General adds enormously to our understanding of the conflicts' JAMES HOLLAND'A reminder that history is a never ending now, a relentless and endless present that comes without the luxury of hindsight' AL MURRAY'Wonderfully original...putting readers at the heart of the decision-making process and allowing them, literally, to change the course of history. This is counterfactual history at its very best' SAUL DAVID ‘The Armchair General team has done it again. An absorbing read for Christmas.’ |
| Imprint Name: | Century |
| Publisher Name: | Cornerstone |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-10-26 |
