Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson : a political soldier / Keith Jeffery.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jeffery, Keith.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wilson, Henry, 1864-1922.

Wilson, Henry.

World War, 1914-1918--Great Britain--Biography.

World War, 1914-1918.

Great Britain--History, Military--20th century.

Great Britain.

History, Military.

Marshals--Great Britain--Biography.

Marshals.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 325 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Summary:

Henry Wilson was the only British field marshal ever to die in action, killed on his own doorstep in 1922 by two IRA men (one of whom had a wooden leg). Wilson was a flamboyant, maverick Irishman, at the centre of affairs during the First World War years and after, recording everything in his wildly indiscreet diary. Using a wide range of official and private sources, this is the first modern biography of this controversial and misunderstood figure.

Contents:

1 The Irish context 1

2 The making of a staff officer 11

3 South Africa 26

4 Work in the War Office 42

5 At the Staff College 64

6 Preparing for war 85

7 Politics, the Irish question, and war 107

8 With the BEF 131

9 IV Corps 156

10 Coalition warfare 179

11 Winning the war 203

12 Defending the empire 229

13 Losing Ireland and saving Ulster 256

14 Death and reputation 281.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [299]-310) and index.

ISBN:

0198203586

OCLC:

61731327

Publisher Number:

9780198203582

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