Douglas Haig: The Preparatory Prologue Diaries & Letters 1861-1914

Buch | Hardcover

300 Seiten

2006
Pen & Sword Military (Verlag)
978-1-84415-404-3 (ISBN)

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Contains letters and diaries of the most controversial military figure of the 20th Century. This work helps the reader to trace his career and developing character.

As a young officer in the prestigious 21st Lancers (motto 'Death or Glory') Douglas Haig played a leading role in Kitchener's bold expedition which ended in the defeat of the Khalifa of Sudan at Omdurman. He described the action, as he did the whole campaign, vividly in words and diagrams which survived virtually untouched at the family home Bemersyde in the Borders. These letters and diaries allow the reader to trace Haig's career and developing character. What they reveal may well surprise his critics. Field Marshal Lord Haig will remain a hugely controversial figure due to his pre-eminent role during The Great War. He was a hugely popular public figure in the post WW1 years and revered by those who served under him. His death in 1928 was a major occasion for mourning. Only later was he heavily criticised for the slaughter of the trenches.

Zusatzinfo	166 B&W Photos
Verlagsort	South Yorkshire
Sprache	englisch
Maße	164 x 239 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-84415-404-1 / 1844154041
ISBN-13	978-1-84415-404-3 / 9781844154043
Zustand	Neuware