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Kitchener : architect of victory, artisan of peace / John Pollock.
Van Pelt Library DA68.32.K6 P645 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pollock, John, 1924-2012.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kitchener, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Earl, 1850-1916.
- Kitchener, Horatio Herbert Kitchener.
- Great Britain. Army--Biography.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain. Army.
- Omdurman, Battle of, Omdurman, Sudan, 1898.
- Marshals--Great Britain--Biography.
- Marshals.
- Statesmen--Great Britain--Biography.
- Statesmen.
- Sudan--History--1881-1899.
- Sudan.
- Sudan--History--1821-1881.
- History.
- Egypt--History--British occupation, 1882-1936.
- Egypt.
- India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947.
- India.
- World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Great Britain--Biography.
- Generals--Great Britain--Biography.
- Generals.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 598 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, maps, genealogical table ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Carroll and Graf edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Carroll & Graf, 2001.
- Summary:
- Based on the Kitchener Papers and Royal Archives, contemporary manuscripts, and private letters, this new biography of Sir Herbert Kitchener records the military triumphs and peace of reconciliation he achieved in South Africa: the strategy that, despite Kitchener's death by enemy action in 1916, guided the Allies to victory in the Great War. Photos.
- Contents:
- Vol. 1. The road to Omdurman.
- vol. 2 Saviour of the nation.
- Notes:
- Road to Omdurman first published in UK by Constable in 1998; combined edition first published in UK by Constable 2001.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Contains:
- Pollock, John, 1924-2012. Road to Omdurman.
- Pollock, John, 1924-2012. Saviour of the nation.
- ISBN:
- 0786708298
- OCLC:
- 45880621
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