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The Scapegoat: The Life and Tragedy of a Fighting Admiral and Churchill's Role in His Death

Steve R. Dunn

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Description:In the early days of the First World War, on 1 November 1914 in the seas off the coast of Chile, the Battle of Coronel claimed 1660 lives, the worst British naval disaster for 100 years. Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock, who died that day, had been badly advised and equipped, and sailed to engage with Vice Admiral Graf von Spee knowing that he and his men were almost certainly doomed. Why he took such a course of action, and who was really to blame for the disaster, form the core of The Scapegoat, Steve Dunn’s definitive biography of one of the British navy’s forgotten heroes. Kit Cradock’s story touches on the personal and the political, given Winston Churchill’s role in the events at Coronel, and The Scapegoat reveals the full truth for the first time.‘However weighty Mr Churchill’s pen, he cannot explain away the awful fact that a mistake was made by the authorities at home and not Admiral Cradock,’ wrote a survivor of the carnage of the Battle of Coronel, in just one of the many previously unseen documents uncovered by Dunn.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 The Scapegoat: The Life and Tragedy of a Fighting Admiral and Churchill's Role in His Death. To get started finding The Scapegoat: The Life and Tragedy of a Fighting Admiral and Churchill's Role in His Death, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 252

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Book Guild Publishing

Release: 2014

ISBN: 1846249716

Description: In the early days of the First World War, on 1 November 1914 in the seas off the coast of Chile, the Battle of Coronel claimed 1660 lives, the worst British naval disaster for 100 years. Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock, who died that day, had been badly advised and equipped, and sailed to engage with Vice Admiral Graf von Spee knowing that he and his men were almost certainly doomed. Why he took such a course of action, and who was really to blame for the disaster, form the core of The Scapegoat, Steve Dunn’s definitive biography of one of the British navy’s forgotten heroes. Kit Cradock’s story touches on the personal and the political, given Winston Churchill’s role in the events at Coronel, and The Scapegoat reveals the full truth for the first time.‘However weighty Mr Churchill’s pen, he cannot explain away the awful fact that a mistake was made by the authorities at home and not Admiral Cradock,’ wrote a survivor of the carnage of the Battle of Coronel, in just one of the many previously unseen documents uncovered by Dunn.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 The Scapegoat: The Life and Tragedy of a Fighting Admiral and Churchill's Role in His Death. To get started finding The Scapegoat: The Life and Tragedy of a Fighting Admiral and Churchill's Role in His Death, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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