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Autore |
Jeffery Keith |
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Titolo |
Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson [[electronic resource] ] : a political soldier / / Keith Jeffery |
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Oxford, England ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-75753-1 |
0-19-151330-X |
1-4294-2126-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (340 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1914-1918 - Great Britain |
Marshals - Great Britain |
Great Britain History, Military 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-310) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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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