In Flanders Fields

The 1917 Campaign

Leon Wolff, Freddy Declerck, MNZM

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UNICORN
19 February 2018

History; European history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; First World War; Battles & campaigns

A First World War classic, detailed in its history, evocative of the period and the context, Wolff 's study of the 1917 campaign contains expert narrative in the strategy and tactics of the Battle of Third Ypres. In Flanders Fields begins on New Year's Day 1917 and the violence which ensued; it looks at the ways in which men died and looks at the politics, putting a spotlight on the leaders, and how the campaign was conceived, sponsored and opposed. Reasons for this seemingly endless onslaught are still debated today by military historians, yet in this novelisation of the infamous battle, Wolff goes some way to explain the unexplainable: how was it possible to have such slaughter on an industrial scale only one year after the Somme.

By: Leon Wolff
Introduction and notes by: Freddy Declerck MNZM
Imprint: UNICORN
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 170mm,
ISBN: 9781910500897
ISBN 10: 1910500895
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 19 February 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Leon Wolff was born as the First World War broke out in 1914, growing up in Chicago, the son of a travelling salesman. He served as a second lieutenant in the US Air Force during the Second World War. Wolff wrote four books in total, Low Level Mission which dealt with the raids on the Ploesti Oilfields in 1943, In Flanders Fields, Little Brown Brother which won the Francis Parkman Prize from the Society of American Historians and Lockout the story of the Homestead Strike of 1892 and the Carnegie steel empire.