Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson Bart., G.C.B., D.S.O. - His Life And Diaries Vol. I

the First World War, who was a passionate “Westerner” and advocate of the Anglo-French alliance. Major-General C. E. Callwell recounts the story of the outspoken, opinionated and well connected Field Marshal using extensive quotes from his diary, often dripping with acerbic wit, in the greatest of detail.

“Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, an Irishman who in June 1922 was assassinated on his doorstep...