Kitchener: The Man Behind the Legend

Hamish Hamilton, London, 1985. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl of Khartoum and of Broome, was Britain's last great military hero, a legend in his own time, and in ours. His face became known to millions before his death in 1916 because it appeared on the recruiting posters of World War I over the caption 'Your Country Needs You', part of a campaign he'd been called upon to undertake in order to build up the British Army for World War I. ... Kitchener's ambition was all for his country, and his travels as surveyor for the army in many foreign countries had made him believe that British influence was good, and that the strengthening and extension of the British influence was essential for world harmony. It was a crowning moment when he was asked to return to Britain as Secretary of State of War. ... His untimely death in 1916 .. stunned the nation. In this lucid and exceptionally readable book, written with the full consent of Kitchener's family, Philip Warner tells a story ... of a man who had an astonishingly highly developed sense of duty, even for a Victorian; who enjoyed popularity, yet never sought it; and whose self-discipline, instilled in him very early on, never left him, even in the moments before his tragic death 247 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Military; Military & Warfare; ISBN: 0241115876. ISBN/EAN: 9780241115879. Inventory No: 260224. . 9780241115879