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100	1		_aGilbert, Martin, _d1936-2015.
245	1	4	_aThe Somme : _bheroism and horror in the First World War / _cMartin Gilbert.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bH. Holt, _c2006.
300			_axix, 332 p., [8] p. of plates : _bill., maps ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 307-314) and index.
505	0		_aPrelude: 'Chewing barbed wire' -- The prospect: 'To break through and win victory' -- June 1916: 'There is much in the wind' -- The first day of the battle: 'dead men can advance no further' -- The first full week of battle: 'It looked like victory' -- The last three weeks of July: 'boys of the bull dog breed' -- Fromelles: 'a bloody holocaust' -- Pozières: 'death grinning at you from all around" -- The battle continues: 'a little uneasy in regard to the situation' -- Criticism and commitment: 'under no circumstances must we relax our effort' -- Both sides fight on: 'This fantasy of woe' -- The continuing struggle: 'I am in God's keeping' -- The arrival of the tanks: 'We are feeling top dogs' -- The struggle intensifies: 'death and decomposition strew the ground' -- October 1916: The grand design begins -- The soldiers' sacrifice: 'what else had they been born for? -- The first two weeks of November: 'The mud of the moment' -- The final battle: 'A light from our household is gone' -- Aftermath on the Somme: November 1916 to November 1918 -- Epilogue: 'We feel proud to be able to cry.'
650		0	_aSomme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916.
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0629/2006041169-b.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0629/2006041169-d.html
856	4	1	_3Sample text _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0701/2006041169-s.html
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