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.

Marshals--Great Britain--Biography.

Marshals.

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

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (340 p.)

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

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. - ;Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, an Irishman who in June 1922 was assassinated on his doorstep in London by Irish republicans, was one of the mo

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; Maps; List of abbreviations; 1. The Irish context; 2. The making of a staff officer; 3. South Africa; 4. Work in the War Office; 5. At the Staff College; 6. Preparing for war; 7. Politics, the Irish question, and war; 8. With the BEF; 9. IV Corps; 10. Coalition warfare; 11. Winning the war; 12. Defending the empire; 13. Losing Ireland and saving Ulster; 14. Death and reputation; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

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ISBN:

1-280-75753-1

0-19-151330-X

1-4294-2126-6

OCLC:

252634485