UID:
almafu_9959231323302883
Format:
1 online resource (340 p.)
ISBN:
1-280-75753-1
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0-19-151330-X
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1-4294-2126-6
Content:
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
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Description based upon print version of record.
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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
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-820358-6
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=422624
