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Title: How to write a bad history
Review: Having read the book several times I am shocked that the author was ever taken seriously by a publishing house. John Laffin's book is bad history. Nowhere does he constrast the problems facing the French at Verdun with and the British on the Somme. Laffin does not have a basic understanding of the military situation in 1916. In fact, its important to point out that John Laffin does not have a history degree. He is by trade a tour guide who is making money by jumping on the band wagon about Haig. I'm sure with a title like Butchers and Bunglers it will sell well, but lets fact it, its not history, just historical fiction like Blackadder. If you fancy a laugh and want a book that shows you how not to write history, buy this one - its a scream
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