An accidental villain : a soldier's tale of war, deceit and exile / Linden MacIntyre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacIntyre, Linden, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soldiers--Great Britain--Biography.

Soldiers.

Tudor, Hugh, 1871-1965.

Tudor, Hugh.

Royal Irish Constabulary Reserve Force.

Ireland--History--War of Independence, 1919-1921.

Ireland.

Ireland--Politics and government--1910-1921.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : Random House Canada, [2025]

Summary:

"After distinguishing himself on the battlefields of the First World War, Major-General Sir Hugh Tudor could have sought a respectable retirement in England, his duty done. But in 1920, his old friend Winston Churchill, Minister of War in Lloyd George's cabinet, called on Tudor to serve in a very different kind of conflict--one fought in the Irish streets and countryside against an enemy determined to resist British colonial authority to the death. And soon Tudor was directing a police force waging a brutal campaign against rebel "terrorists," one he was determined to win at all costs--including utilizing police death squads and inflicting brutal reprisals against IRA members and supporters and Sinn Féin politicians. Tudor left few traces of his time in Ireland. No diary or letters that might explain his record as commander of the notorious Black and Tans. Nothing to justify his role in Bloody Sunday, November 21, 1920, when his men infamously slaughtered Irish football fans. And why did a man knighted for his efforts in Ireland leave his family and homeland in 1925, moving across the sea to Newfoundland?-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-326) and index.

ISBN:

9780735282025

0735282021

OCLC:

1531704470

Publisher Number:

90102357816