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The Somme (CD)
'On the first day of the Somme the British suffered 57,470 casualties, 19,240 fatal. No two words sum up the futility of war as succinctly . Hart's advice is that instead of blaming General Haig as usual, we should take other factors - recent European history, the state of the British empire, sweeping changes in weaponry - into account and above all keep an open mind. This is fact fleshed out with eyewitness accounts, and Tim Pigott-Smith's firm but fair reading perfectly captures the mood.'
Sue Arnold
The Guardian
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