Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson An Irish

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.

Keith Jeffery is Professor of British History at Queen's University, Belfast.

Illustrations	p. xii
Maps	p. xiii
List of abbreviations	p. xiv
The Irish context	p. 1
The making of a staff officer	p. 11
South Africa	p. 26
Work in the War Office	p. 42
At the Staff College	p. 64
Preparing for war	p. 85
Politics, the Irish question, and war	p. 107
With the BEF	p. 131
IV Corps	p. 156
Coalition warfare	p. 179
Winning the war	p. 203
Defending the empire	p. 229
Losing Ireland and saving Ulster	p. 256
Death and reputation	p. 281
Bibliography	p. 299
Index	p. 311
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