Stephen Manning - Sir Garnet Wolseley : Soldier of Empire - Hardback

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The Author Name is Stephen Manning
The Title is Sir Garnet Wolseley : Soldier of Empire

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Field Marshal Lord Wolseley was anA eminent Victorian, one of a handful of lateA nineteenth-century military men whoseA reputation transcends his age. He servedA the British empire in Burma, India, China,A the Crimea, Canada, Asante, Egypt, SouthA Africa and the Sudan. He excelled as aA regimental soldier, staff officer, armyA commander and reformer and eventuallyA commander-in-chief. Yet there has beenA no substantial work on Wolseley for aA generation and a reassessment based upon aA fresh look at the man and his achievementsA is long overdue. That is why StephenA Manninga€s perceptive military biography,A which sets Wolseley firmly in the context ofA his period and seeks to strip away the legendA that developed during his lifetime, is soA timely and important. Each of Wolseleya€s campaigns is examinedA in vivid detail and there are graphicA descriptions of the major battles in which heA took part, either as an officer or a general.A His performance as a commander, from hisA great success during the expedition againstA the Asante to his failure to rescue GordonA from Khartoum, is critically assessed to seeA if he deserves his brilliant reputation. HisA efforts as an army reformer are examinedA too, in particular whether he could haveA done more to prepare Britain for warA against the Boers.A Stephen Manninga€s incisive account ofA Wolseleya€s career will be fascinating readingA for anyone who is interested in the BritishA army in the nineteenth century, in colonialA warfare and in the exploits of one of QueenA Victoriaa€s most admired generals.

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