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Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson : a political soldier /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jeffery, Keith
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, England ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Colección:OUP E-Books.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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.