The Road Past Monchy: Fighting the First World War at Arras, 1914–1918
Terence Loveridge
Aug 2024 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Frank Block
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Terence Loveridge offers a unique look at the land and air operations around the strategic village of Monchy-le-Preux at the center of the western front during World War I. The story of the Great War is usually one of condemnation or rehabilitation of strategists and consecration of the common soldier, while the story of those who planned, directed, and led operations on the ground has generally been overlooked. Loveridge uses experiences of junior leaders fighting around the key terrain of Monchy-le-Preux to challenge the currently accepted views and reveal that the Great War, despite subsequent impression, was a surprisingly dynamic effort conducted in an arena of constantly evolving practices, techniques, and technology. Less well known than its contemporary campaigns at the Somme, Verdun, or Passchendaele, Monchy also carries less preconceived baggage and thus offers a prime opportunity to reevaluate the accepted wisdom of the events, personalities, and understandings of the Great War. The Road Past Monchy offers listeners a unique chance to uncover the "lost" perspective of junior war leaders in a theater of war that saw almost continuous operations from 1914 through to 1918.
About the author
Terry Loveridge is a retired soldier. His service included time as an infantry officer; Chief Instructor of the Canadian Army Tactics School; Strategic Concepts Officer at NATO; Assistant Professor of History at the Royal Military College of Canada; and Visiting Defense Fellow at Queen's University, Kingston.
Frank Block, an author turned full-time narrator, has recorded 470-plus audiobooks from his home studio. Frank grew up in a small prairie town surrounded by colorful storytellers, which helped him develop his own unique craft of storytelling. He lives with his wife of more than thirty years in beautiful British Columbia.
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