Was looking at getting Bloody April by Peter Hart, but Amazon had some foolishness with their rebates, so ended up getting another of his, SOMME SUCCESS: The Royal Flying Corps and the Battle of The Somme 1916. So far it's been okay, with lots of pilot/observer quotes. I'd like more operational detail, but I will need to look elsewhere for that.
I got it cheap as an ebook with some rebates I had (BTW, Amazon riled me up over using the rebates you can earn if you forgo 2-day delivery for Amazon Prime members--they make it purposely difficult to apply or even tell what you can use the rebates for, so I won't be forgoing fast shipping any more even if I don't care about shipping speed).
EDIT: It was okay. Mostly just quoted AARs, memoirs, and letters home all tied up to a very shallow background of the land battle. I would not recommend it, but it wasn't a complete waste of time.
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I got it cheap as an ebook with some rebates I had (BTW, Amazon riled me up over using the rebates you can earn if you forgo 2-day delivery for Amazon Prime members--they make it purposely difficult to apply or even tell what you can use the rebates for, so I won't be forgoing fast shipping any more even if I don't care about shipping speed).
EDIT: It was okay. Mostly just quoted AARs, memoirs, and letters home all tied up to a very shallow background of the land battle. I would not recommend it, but it wasn't a complete waste of time.
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