The Killing Ground: British Army, the Western Front and the Emergence of Modern Warfare, 1900-18 by Tim Travers
"The Killing Ground" explains why the British army fought the way it did in World War I. It integrates social and military history and the impact of ideas to tell the story of how the British army, especially senior officers, adapted to the new technological warfare of the early 20th century and asks: Was the style of warfare on the Western Front inevitable?