Myths and Legends of the First World War

by James Hayward

  177 ‘One can’t imagine . . .’ Asquith (1968), pp. 445–8

  POSTSCRIPT

  180 ‘For several weeks . . .’ Hayward (2001), pp. 37–84

  181 ‘Tellingly . . .’ Hayward (2001), p. 106

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