Kitchener: The Man Behind the Legend - Hardcover
Traces the life of the British general, describes his campaigns in the Sudan, South Africa, and the First World War, and examines the reasons for his military victories
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Philip Warner served in the Army in the Second World War, and subsequently became a Senior Lecturer at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. He is an experienced historian with a dozen books to his name, including WORLD WAR TWO, WORLD WAR ONE and AUCHINLECK, also published by Cassell Military Paperbacks.
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A hero of the Victorian era, British general Horatio Herbert Kitchener (18501916) was as famous for his stern, "military" appearance as for his victories on distant battlefields in the Sudan and South Africa. In this well-researched biography, based on family papers, military historian Warner shows that Kitchener, first Earl of Khartoum and Broome, was a complex figure who, while certainly out of touch with the lives of average soldiers, was at heart an adventurer hiding behind a huge, forbidding mustache. Beginning with the future hero's sheltered childhood and his "schoolboy-adventure-story" life as a military surveyor in Palestine and Egypt, the author recounts his rapid career rise, his well-planned battle campaigns and his many conflicts with politicians. This is an informed, balanced account that convincingly disputes many myths, including the notion that Kitchener was homosexual. Warner's books include The Crimean War.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherScribner
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 0689118058
- ISBN 13 9780689118050
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages247
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