Key Information
Reference code
LIDDELL HART 6/1957/3
Title
Article published in the _Spectator, 'How myths grow: Passchendaele', with related correspondence, 1957-1958
Date(s)
- 1957 Nov - 1958 Jan 17 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Scope and content
How myths grow-"Passchendaele"', article by Liddell Hart in The Spectator on the third battle of Ypres sparked by previous article 'The campaign in the mud' by John Terraine (4 Oct 1957) with resulting correspondence including two subsequent letters to the editor by Liddell Hart published on 2 Dec 1957 and 3 Jan 1958; also with correspondence between Ian Gilmour of The Spectator and Liddell Hart concerning the article and letter by Liddell Hart to Brig Gen Cecil Faber Aspinall-Oglander on World War One command