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For years, Douglas Haig has been considered perhaps the most controversial military leader in British history. Today his career is at the center of a swirling historiographical debate concerning the nature of the First World War. The traditional school contends that Haig, like the majority of generals from both sides, were overmatched, hidebound relics of a bygone military age who could not come to grips with modern war. They allegedly sent their soldiers "over the top" in waves, with a criminal disregard for the mounting cost in lives. A new revisionist school contends that many Great War lea

Generals -- Great Britain -- Biography. --- Haig, Douglas, Sir, 1861-1928. --- World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns. --- Generals --- World War, 1914-1918 --- Regions & Countries - Europe --- History & Archaeology --- Great Britain --- Campaigns --- European War, 1914-1918 --- First World War, 1914-1918 --- Great War, 1914-1918 --- World War 1, 1914-1918 --- World War I, 1914-1918 --- World War One, 1914-1918 --- WW I (World War, 1914-1918) --- WWI (World War, 1914-1918) --- Campaigns. --- Battles, sieges, etc. --- Military operations --- Haig, Douglas Haig,