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Of all the grim, gallant, and inglorious battles of the Western Front, Passchendaele is the name uniquely evocative of the "mud and blood" that pervaded the First World War. The total gain--a few thousand yards of indefensible slough--cost many tens of thousands of Allied lives. In this now-classic account of the Flanders campaign, first published in 1959, Leon Wolff graphically describes the whole terrible business: from Haig's initial plan; his determination to carry it out despite constant opposition from the Cabinet and the muddle of doubts and disagreement among the military staff; through the early stages of the "great offensive"; and to the scene of the battle itself--the Flanders fields that will "forever haunt Western civilization."

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Mass Market Paperback: 251 pages

Publisher: Ballantine Books; 1st Printing edition (1958)

Language: English

ASIN: B0054WLWOM

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8.4 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches

Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces

Average Customer Review:

4.6 out of 5 stars

25 customer reviews

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“As the British walked forward the classic drama of the Western Front was again enacted, in this instance even more graphically…for as they did so the rain perversely stopped and in perfect visibility German machine-gunners began to play upon the advancing waves of men, their bullets lashing and spurting from the pillboxes and from behind parapets…As the British walked, some seemed to pause and bow their heads; they sank carefully to their knees; they rolled over without haste, and then lay quietly in the soft almost caressing mud. Others yelled when they were hit, and grabbed frantically at limbs or torso, and rolled and tumbled. In their fear of drowning beneath the slime they tried to grip the legs of their comrades, who struggled to break free.”For about 99% of the participants, on the British side, in the third battle of Ypres (the very repetitiveness of that nomenclature for the battle was instructive of the folly involved, so why don’t we call it something different, and name it after a now obliterated small crossroads village a couple of hours walk away… that is, in peace time, on a sunny day: Passchendaele). The author, Leon Wolff, does a brilliant job of explaining the unexplainable: How was it possible to do this AGAIN, only one year after the slaughter of the Somme, in which 20,000 British soldiers were killed on the first day of that battle, on July 01, 1916.He commences his account on New Year’s Day, 1917. The thrown hats in the air, and the wonderful joy of taking your thoughts off your domestic problems with a quick and manly foreign adventure were long gone, as occurred in August, 1914. Yet, STILL, those who sought peace were cowardly. Virtually everyone, the politicians AND the generals strongly opposed another “bloodbath.” Assurance were given all around that it would not happen, AGAIN, yet it did. Wolff is in par excellence form in explaining the “logic of war,” and the interlocking political and military relationships. Much of the folly was the result of the outlook of one man: Sir Douglas Haig, the Commander of the British troops. A telling insight is that he was the only man, up to that time, to be married in the chapel that had been exclusively reserved for royal weddings. And the pictures, ah, those pictures, of him standing in full uniform, rigid, stiff upper lip, and those boots, shined to a mirror finish (by his orderly, of course) while his men are in mud up to their hips.Time and time again, with wry insight, Wolff provides an incisive observation. He quotes the Prime Minister before Lloyd George, H.H. Asquith: (the War Office) “…kept three sets of figures: one to fool the public, one to fool the Cabinet, and one to fool itself.” Lloyd George himself opposed the offensive (most of the time) but felt he did not have the political strength to either fire Haig or tell him NO. And the press was such a handmaiden to the folly, reporting “victory” after “victory” with such uncritical acclaim, though with any look at the map, a six year old would go: at 100 yards a day, how long will it take to get to Berlin? But Haig KNEW the Germans were “on the ropes,” and with only a few hundred thousand more troops… Sorry, didn’t Westmoreland also know that the enemy was “on the ropes”, and with only 206,000 more troops. Plus ca change…Wolff provides brilliant book ends to his account. He commences with: “In the beginning Neolithic intertribal rivalries had gradually blended into coherent European history. Thousands of years came and went. The people, the kingdoms, the quarrels, the modes of conflict changed; but the causes of the wars remained as irrational as ever.” And he ends with an incisive quote from Thomas Carlyle’s Sartor Resartus concerning 30 British villagers and 30 French villagers, in the south of Spain, during the Napoleonic Wars, none of whom had a personal quarrel with the other, killing each other, all because their leaders (of the polished boots) had had a quarrel.Does Passchendaele “haunt” Western Civilization? “Sorta,” might be the most operative answer. First published in 1959, this book currently has only 20 reviews at Amazon in the USA, and only EIGHT in the UK. Best not let the obscenity of this battle interrupt your dinner party. On the other hand, fear of home front reaction to war casualties is the motive force behind drone warfare, and the 200,000 to 500,000 deaths occur in some other country, where the reporters are not. Wolff was brilliant, yet again, in his epilogue, noting that British society simply shunned Haig, without formally indicting him for "murder,” which is the Wolff’s appropriate description for the loss of 13,000 New Zealanders in a few hours. Overall, Wolff’s best estimate is that half a million were killed on the Allied side, with a kill ratio of 1.6 to one AGAINST the allies. In yet again, the “Plus ca change…” category, immediately after the Second World War, the War Office attempted to reverse these numbers, claiming “only” a quarter million were killed, with a 2 to 1 kill ratio in FAVOR of the Allies. Please note that the Pentagon is currently revising its official version of the Vietnam War. The “spin doctors” at work. 6-stars for Wolff’s excellent account, with the centennial of the battle less than a year away.

Not only this is an excellent book, but the whole Time Reading program is excellent.It is a very sad book, but human life is not all roses and sunshine either. When we get into wars, this is the result (and I am not a pacifist, sometimes it is the only way to stop bullies is to punch them in the nose.

For those who accept the premise that conscription is slavery, the murder of millions of young British men by Sir Douglas Haig and other detached, deluded, or debauched souls in England's high command will always occupy a special place in the Museum of Mass Murderers, and Leon Wolff's account of the Flander's conflict, aka the Third Battle of Ypres, aka Passchendaele will stand as a vivid account of the unrelenting creation of a Hell to rival the best that Dante had to offer.

Leon Wolff's book shows an erudite mind at work. His description of the hideous battles that made up the shapeless and shambolic mess that was 3rd Ypres are searingly good, but for me it is his excellent portrayal of Haig vs Lloyd George that makes the book outstanding. Reading it and realizing that Haig had to show the politician who was really in charge, by persisting with a meaningless slog through bottomless mud, at the cost of heartbreaking casualties, brought home more than anything else I have read, the crass stupidity of war. Wolff refers to Haig's chief confederate, Lt Gen Kiggell, breaking down into sobs at being shown a part of the battlefield. "Did we really send men out to fight in that?" This much used quotation has been debunked by many people as untrue, and yet this vignette continues to fascinate me. I suspect that it is true, but because it didn't appear in an official memoir, it has been attacked as untrue. I wonder. It all reminds one of the attempt made by the Victorians to rewrite history and have Admiral Nelson's last words as "Kismet, Hardy..." Enough. For anybody who knows nothing about World War 1, read this book.

great as describes

I first read this when I was overseas during the Korean War. The year was 1952. It was one of my most favorite "readings" foryears. I would recommend this highly. Thank you.

Great but sad read

Not a bad book. Style is a bit outdated but good history of the battle.

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