LEADER 02864nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910784797003321 005 20230829001252.0 010 $a1-280-75753-1 010 $a0-19-151330-X 010 $a1-4294-2126-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000398965 035 $a(EBL)422624 035 $a(OCoLC)252634485 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000154512 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11179392 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000154512 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10418209 035 $a(PQKB)10321814 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC422624 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL422624 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10177934 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL75753 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7035584 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7035584 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000398965 100 $a20050922d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aField Marshal Sir Henry Wilson$b[electronic resource] $ea political soldier /$fKeith Jeffery 210 $aOxford, England ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (340 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-820358-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [299]-310) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aHenry 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 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$zGreat Britain$vBiography 606 $aMarshals$zGreat Britain$vBiography 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory, Military$y20th century 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918 615 0$aMarshals 676 $a355.0092 676 $aB 700 $aJeffery$b Keith$01131368 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784797003321 996 $aField Marshal Sir Henry Wilson$93725196 997 $aUNINA