Douglas Haig

The Preparatory Prologue Diaries & Letters 1861-1914

By: DOUGLAS SCOTT

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Hardcover | 8 February 2006

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As a young officer in the prestigious 21st Lancers (motto Death or Glory) Douglas Haig played a leading role in Kitcheners bold expedition which ended in the defeat of the Khalifa of Sudan at Omdurman. He described the action, as he did the whole campaign, vividly in words and diagrams which survived virtually untouched at the family home Bemersyde in the Borders.

These letters and diaries allow the reader to trace Haig's career and developing character. What they reveal may well surprise his critics.

Field Marshal Lord Haig will remain a hugely controversial figure due to his preeminent role during The Great War. He was a hugely popular public figure in the post WW1 years and revered by those who served under him. His death in 1928 was a major occasion for mourning. Only later was he heavily criticized for the slaughter of the trenches.

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Non-Fiction History General & World History Warfare & Defence Biographies & True Stories Biographies Historical, Political and Military Biographies Military History First World War History Regional & National History European History British & Irish History

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Glossary	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Childhood, School, Oxford, Sandhurst 1861-1885	p. 9
7 Hussars to nomination for the Staff College 1885-1894	p. 22
German Visit and Staff College 1895-1897	p. 45
'Bimbashi Haig Bey', The Sudan 1898	p. 66
7 Hussars again, Aldershot and South Africa 1899	p. 110
South Africa 2900	p. 156
South Africa 1901-1902	p. 181
17 Lancers and Return to India 1902-1905	p. 218
Marriage, India and the War Office 1905-1908	p. 240
War Office and Chief of the General Staff in India 1909-1911	p. 281
Commander in Chief, Aldershot 1912-1914	p. 309
Index	p. 331
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