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The Armchair General World War One

Can You Win The Great War?

John Buckley author Spencer Jones author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cornerstone

Published:26th Oct '23

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‘The Armchair General team has done it again. An absorbing read for Christmas.’
Peter Caddick-Adams

‘Brilliant and immersive.’
Harry Sidebottom

The second book in the Armchair General series, where YOU choose the fate of the First World War

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HISTORY IS WRITTEN BY THE VICTORS. WILL IT BE YOU?


TAKE THE HOTSEAT
Assume the role of real historic decision-makers: general, leaders, soldiers and intelligence officers of the Allied Forces during World War I.

EXAMINE THE INTELLIGENCE
Explore eight key moments from the First World War, using real contemporaneous intelligence: including the July Crisis, the Battle of the Somme, and the Russian Revolution.

CONSIDER THE SCENARIO & MAKE YOUR DECISION
From battlefields to the Royal Courts, each tactical and strategic decision you make leads to a different outcome.

Will you follow the path of the past - or shape a new history...?
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PRAISE FOR THE ARMCHAIR GENERAL SERIES

'An original and exciting approach...The Armchair General adds enormously to our understanding of the conflicts' JAMES HOLLAND

'A reminder that history is a never ending now, a relentless and endless present that comes without the luxury of hindsight' AL MURRAY

'Wonderfully original...putting readers at the heart of the decision-making process and allowing them, literally, to change the course of history. This is counterfactual history at its very best' SAUL DAVID

ISBN: 9781529901016

Dimensions: 240mm x 162mm x 38mm

Weight: 667g

432 pages