Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson : a political soldier / / Keith Jeffery

• Autore: Jeffery Keith
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, England ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (340 p.)
• Disciplina: 355.0092; B
• Soggetto topico: World War, 1914-1918 - Great Britain; Marshals - Great Britain
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain History, Military 20th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-310) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson
• ISBN: 1-280-75753-1; 0-19-151330-X; 1-4294-2126-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825037303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II