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Plumer: The Soldiers' General

Geoffrey S. Powell

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Description:Field-Marshal Viscount Plumer of Messines died in 1932, having previously taken care to destroy such papers as he kept. His widow followed his unhappy example - with the sad result that this highly distinguished soldier left very little record of his illustrious career and his memory has been allowed to fade into oblivion, the only previous account of his life being the hagiographical tribute written by his former Chief-of-Staff, General 'Tim' Harrington, which does not even claim to present an unbiased view.In this book Geoffrey Powell sets out to redress the balance and show Plumer in the round, a not inapposite word, for Plumer was indeed ruddy and plump, and it has often been suggested that he was the prototype of David Low's 'Colonel Blimp'. If this was the case, and Low certainly makes no such assertion in his autobiography, he was wide of the mark, for there was nothing of the Blimp about this most humane and intelligent of generals.That intelligence first gained recognition in Matabeleland (now Zimbabwe) in 1896 where he established his reputation as one of Queen Victoria'a military heroes, the the subjects of popular adulation - before the days of film and pop stars.His crowning glory came at the Battle of Messines in 1917, a masterpiece of planning and organization. Also present was one Major Bernard Montgomery, a junior staff officer in his Army, who, twenty years later, was to adopt many of Plumer's methods, but failed to acknowledge the debt.His post-war career was no less illustrious: as Governor of Malta he quelled the riots that greeted his arrival by the sheer power of his personality. When High Commissioner in Palestine he was trusted alike by Jew and Arab, bringing a brief interlude of peace to that unhappy land.Geoffrey Powell, the distinguished military historian, undismayed by the lack of primary sources, has produced a lucid and meticulously researched biography of an undeservedly neglected hero of the First World War and gives us a fresh slant on the generalship of that sad massacre, the leadership of which has been so badly maligned by many generations of historians. One cannot help feeling that "Old Plum and Apple", for all his modesty, would be grateful to Geoffrey Powell for the task he has undertaken in giving him the recognition that is rightly his due.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Plumer: The Soldiers' General. To get started finding Plumer: The Soldiers' General, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Field-Marshal Viscount Plumer of Messines died in 1932, having previously taken care to destroy such papers as he kept. His widow followed his unhappy example - with the sad result that this highly distinguished soldier left very little record of his illustrious career and his memory has been allowed to fade into oblivion, the only previous account of his life being the hagiographical tribute written by his former Chief-of-Staff, General 'Tim' Harrington, which does not even claim to present an unbiased view.In this book Geoffrey Powell sets out to redress the balance and show Plumer in the round, a not inapposite word, for Plumer was indeed ruddy and plump, and it has often been suggested that he was the prototype of David Low's 'Colonel Blimp'. If this was the case, and Low certainly makes no such assertion in his autobiography, he was wide of the mark, for there was nothing of the Blimp about this most humane and intelligent of generals.That intelligence first gained recognition in Matabeleland (now Zimbabwe) in 1896 where he established his reputation as one of Queen Victoria'a military heroes, the the subjects of popular adulation - before the days of film and pop stars.His crowning glory came at the Battle of Messines in 1917, a masterpiece of planning and organization. Also present was one Major Bernard Montgomery, a junior staff officer in his Army, who, twenty years later, was to adopt many of Plumer's methods, but failed to acknowledge the debt.His post-war career was no less illustrious: as Governor of Malta he quelled the riots that greeted his arrival by the sheer power of his personality. When High Commissioner in Palestine he was trusted alike by Jew and Arab, bringing a brief interlude of peace to that unhappy land.Geoffrey Powell, the distinguished military historian, undismayed by the lack of primary sources, has produced a lucid and meticulously researched biography of an undeservedly neglected hero of the First World War and gives us a fresh slant on the generalship of that sad massacre, the leadership of which has been so badly maligned by many generations of historians. One cannot help feeling that "Old Plum and Apple", for all his modesty, would be grateful to Geoffrey Powell for the task he has undertaken in giving him the recognition that is rightly his due.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Plumer: The Soldiers' General. To get started finding Plumer: The Soldiers' General, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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