Author: WARNER, PHILIP
Title: Kitchener the Man Behind the Legend
Description: New York, NY: Antheneum, 1986. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0689118058. B&W Photographs; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Kitchener was credited in 1898 for having won the Battle of Omdurman and securing control of the Sudan for which he was made Baron Kitchener of Khartoum. As Chief of Staff (1900–1902) in the Second Boer War he played a key role in Lord Roberts' conquest of the Boer Republics, then succeeded Roberts as commander-in-chief – by which time Boer forces had taken to guerrilla fighting and British forces imprisoned Boer civilians in concentration camps. His term as Commander-in-Chief (1902–1909) of the Army in India saw him quarrel with another eminent proconsul, the Viceroy Lord Curzon, who eventually resigned. Kitchener then returned to Egypt as British Agent and Consul-General (de facto administrator). " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .
Keywords: 0689118058 War Philip Warner Lord Kitchener World War I
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Title: Kitchener the Man Behind the Legend
Description: New York, NY: Antheneum, 1986. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0689118058. B&W Photographs; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Kitchener was credited in 1898 for having won the Battle of Omdurman and securing control of the Sudan for which he was made Baron Kitchener of Khartoum. As Chief of Staff (1900–1902) in the Second Boer War he played a key role in Lord Roberts' conquest of the Boer Republics, then succeeded Roberts as commander-in-chief – by which time Boer forces had taken to guerrilla fighting and British forces imprisoned Boer civilians in concentration camps. His term as Commander-in-Chief (1902–1909) of the Army in India saw him quarrel with another eminent proconsul, the Viceroy Lord Curzon, who eventually resigned. Kitchener then returned to Egypt as British Agent and Consul-General (de facto administrator). " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .
Keywords: 0689118058 War Philip Warner Lord Kitchener World War I
Price: US$ 20.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 44286
- Book number: 44286
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