Kitchener - Hero and Anti-Hero

Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (1850-1916) is one of the most important figures in the history of the British Empire. Beginning as Royal Engineer in the 1870s he would end his career over forty years later as Secretary of State for War - the iconic figure of World War I recruitment posters. In between he became both the most famous British soldier in the world during the peak period of European imperialism, and a celebrated and sometimes controversial pro-consul and administrator. At his death in 1916 he had literally become the 'face' of the British war effort. This new biography offers a timely and modern evaluation of a still disputed and complex military man of empire.

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• Authors: C Brad Faught, C. Brad Faught, C. Brad (Tyndale University College) Faught, C. Brad Fraught
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.02.2016
• EAN: 9781784533502
• ISBN: 978-1-78453-350-2
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 220 mm x 34 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, Biography: historical, political & military, First World War, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), Biography: historical, political and military, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I