# The Reason Why

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- Authors: [Cecil Woodham-Smith](https://www.bookquiver.com/cecil-woodham-smith)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 1991-07-01

## Description

This history is a war story of astonishing courage and honor, of stupidity, of blood, death, agony -- and waste. Nothing in British campaign history has ever equaled the tragic farce that was the charge...

## Editions

### The Reason Why

- Publisher: penguin_books
- ISBN: 978-01-4001-278-1
- Pages: 288
- Published: 1991-07-01
- Language: en_US