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The madman and the butcher the sensational wars of Sam Hughes and General Arthur Currie

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  • Author: Cook, Tim
    Date:
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    2013
    Contents:
    • Soldiers of battle, men of history
    • A fighter : Sam Hughes, 1853-1900
    • War hero and martial madman : Sam Hughes, 1900-1914
    • Civilian-soldier : Arthur Currie, 1875-1914
    • Canada's warlord : Sam Hughes, 1814
    • The Brigadier : Arthur Currie, August 1914-April 1915
    • A one-man army : Sam Hughes, 1915
    • Divisional commander : Arthur Currie, 1915-1916
    • Endgame : Sir Sam Hughes, 1916
    • Corps commander : Sir Arthur Currie, 1917
    • Once so powerful : Sir Sam Hughes, 1917-1918
    • Costly victory : Sir Arthur Currie, 1918
    • Currie accused, 1919
    • The war of reputations : 1919-1921
    • Forging a new legacy : Principal Sir Arthur Currie, 1920-1927
    • The ghost of Sam Hughes, 1927-1928
    • Trial of the decade, April 1928
    • Reputation restored : Sir Arthur Currie, 1928-1933
    • Revered and reviled : the long war of reputations.
    Subject(s): Canada | Currie, Arthur | Hughes, Samuel | World War, 1914-1918
    Original Publisher: Toronto : Allen Lane Canada, c2010
    Language(s): English