The Life of Field Marshal Lord Roberts
Author:   Dr Rodney Atwood (Independent Scholar, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781780936765


Pages:   368
Publication Date:   20 November 2014
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Dr Rodney Atwood (Independent Scholar, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.694kg
ISBN:  

9781780936765


ISBN 10:   1780936761
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   20 November 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. A Visit to Lord Roberts 2. Irish and Indian Beginnings 3. 1857 4. On the Staff: Roberts's career in the 1860s and 1870s 5. War in Afghanistan 6. Command in Madras 7. Command of the Indian Army I 8. Command of the Indian Army II 9. Home and Ireland 10. Turning the Tide of War in South Africa 11. Commander-in-chief at Whitehall 12. Campaign for National Service and the Irish Crisis 13. Death, Apotheosis and Oblivion Bibliography Index

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Frederick Roberts, one of the commanding military figures of the Victorian and Edwardian era, has been ill served by two previous modern biographies in 1954 and 1972 that failed both to reveal the complexity of the real character behind the popular image of 'Bobs', and also to analyse the proper military, political and social context in which Roberts climbed to the top of his profession. Rodney Atwood has now provided a balanced re-assessment of the often controversial role of Roberts, from campaigns in Afghanistan and South Africa to that for conscription before the First World War. It is an indispensable contribution to the historiography of the Victorian and Edwardian army. Ian Beckett, Professor of Military History, University of Kent, UK


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Rodney Atwood received his PhD from the University of Cambridge, UK and has served in the Royal Tank Regiment.

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