Author: Alec John DawsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
How to Help Lord Kitchener
Author: Alec John DawsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
The Kitchener Enigma
Author: Trevor RoylePublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750968877
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
In this critically acclaimed biography, now fully updated, Royle revises Kitchener's latter-day image as a stern taskmaster, the ultimate war lord, to reveal a caring man capable of displaying great loyalty and love to those close to him. New light is thrown on his Irish childhood, his years in the Middle East as a biblical archaeologist, his attachment to the Arab cause and on the infamous struggle with Lord Curzon over control of the army in India. In particular, Royle reassesses Kitchener's role in the Great War, presenting his phenomenally successful recruitment campaign – 'Your Country Needs You' – as a major contribution to the Allied victory and rehabilitating him as a brilliant strategist who understood the importance of fighting the war on multiple fronts.
Life of Lord Kitchener
Author: Sir George ArthurPublisher: Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN: 160206363X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
In this sweeping 1920 biography of Horatio Herbert Kitchener, better known as Lord Kitchener, Sir George Arthur shines a bright light on the British military leader and statesman who, during World War I, organized armies on an unprecedented scale and became famous as the face on British recruitment posters. Volume I covers Kitchener's birth in Ireland in 1850 through his governorship of the British Red Sea territories, ascension to commander-in-chief of the Egyptian army and, in 1900, to commander-in-chief of the Boer War. Written only four years after his death in 1916, this valuable historical account by a friend and contemporary offers a look behind the handlebar mustache and pointing finger of the man whose "Your country needs YOU" posters later inspired those of the United States during World War II. British writer SIR GEORGE ARTHUR (1860-1946) also wrote A Septuagenarian's Scrapbook and Not Worth Reading.
Life of Lord Kitchener
Author: Sir George ArthurPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Excerpt from Life of Lord Kitchener, Vol. 1 of 3 Sir george arthur has undertaken the difficult task of writing a Life of Lord Kitchener within four years of his death. He has, I believe, in so doing been well advised, and he has produced a work of great value. The interest of Lord Kitchener's career, its extra ordinary culmination, the public enthusiasm which in these last critical years centred upon him, and the dramatic end, demand immediate treatment by a friend whose inside knowledge of recent events from Lord Kitchener's own point of view is second to none. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Mystery of Lord Kitchener's Death
Author: Donald McCormickPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Who Killed Kitchener?
Author: David LawsPublisher: Biteback Publishing
ISBN: 1785904922
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
In June 1916, Field Marshal Lord Kitchener set sail from Orkney on a secret mission to bolster the Russian war effort. Just a mile off land and in the teeth of a force 9 gale, HMS Hampshire suffered a huge explosion, sinking in little more than fifteen minutes. Crew and passengers numbered 749; only twelve survived. Kitchener's body was never found. Remembered today as the face of the famous First World War recruitment drive, at the height of his career Kitchener was fêted as Britain's greatest military hero since Wellington. By 1916, however, his star was in its descent. A controversial figure who did not make friends easily in Cabinet, he was considered by many to be arrogant, secretive and high-handed. From the moment his death was announced, rumours of a conspiracy began to flourish, with the finger pointed variously at the Bolsheviks, Irish nationalist saboteurs and even the British government. Using newly released files kept secret for almost 100 years, former Cabinet minister David Laws unravels the true story behind the demise of this complex figure, debunking the conspiracy theories and revealing the crucial blunders that the government and military sought to cover up. The result is the definitive account of an event that shook the country and which has been shrouded in mystery ever since.
Lord Kitchener
Author: G. K. ChestertonPublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
"Lord Kitchener" by G. K. Chesterton depicts the life of Horatio Herbert Kitchener. Though Irish by birth, he was raised in English culture and was considered to be more of an Englishman himself. As a senior British Army officer and colonial administrator, he traveled the world and documented his adventures. He became a quasi-folk hero in British culture and this book honors his memory and the path life took to get him to greatness.
Churchill, Kithener and Lloyd George
Author: Steve CliffePublisher:
ISBN: 9781781552728
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
Would it have been possible for the First World War to be avoided? Steve Cliffe, author of Churchill, Kitchener and Lloyd George: First World Warlords, believes so, as did David Lloyd George, Britain's wartime prime minister. In a bloody act of annihilation that killed over half a million young British men, Lloyd George was one of three powerful personalities who indelibly stamped their authority and influence on the conduct and final outcome of the war to end all wars'. Of the other two, Winston Churchill became better known for his role in the Second World War, although his role in the earlier conflict was considerable firstly as First Lord of the Admiralty and later outside the government. Lord Kitchener was arguably the greatest instigator of Britain's war effort.
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Author: Leopold James Maxse