only British field marshal ever to die in action
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. Table of contents : Contents......Page 12 Illustrations......Page 13 Maps......Page 14 List of abbreviations......Page 15 1. The Irish context......Page 16 2. The making of a staff officer......Page 26 3. South Africa......Page 41 4. Work in the War Office......Page 57 5. At the Staff College......Page 79 6. Preparing for war......Page 100 7. Politics, the Irish question, and war......Page 122 8. With the BEF......Page 146 9. IV Corps......Page 171 10. Coalition warfare......Page 194 11. Winning the war......Page 218 12. Defending the ...