Free (Kindle) Goughie: The Life of General Sir Hubert Gough [WWI Military Biography]

[ATDrake]

Goughie: The Life of General Sir Hubert Gough by the late British author Anthony Farrar-Hockley (Wikipedia, obituary at The Guardian), a distinguished British Army general turned military historian, is his historical military figure biography, about the titular British Army general (Wikipedia) who played a prominent role in a number of important battles during World War I but later fell prey to controversy, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press.

This was originally published in 1975 by Hart-Davies, MacGibbon Ltd.

Currently free @ Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK and pretty much everywhere else Amazon sells worldwide, since this is being done via their KDP Select exclusive-or-else program)

Description
The Generals of the First World War have generated much debate and controversy.

General Sir Hubert Gough is no exception.

Some thought him callous, a butcher among generals, while many believed him unusually considerate, thoughtful of his soldiers within the demands of war.

First gazetted in 1889, Gough’s military career spans the bridge between the Imperial conflicts of late-Victorian rule and the modern warfare ushered in by the twentieth century.

From India to South Africa his early career marked him for greatness, yet in Ireland the so-called “officers’ mutiny” of March 1914 almost brought it to an end.

Within months of the incident war was declared, and on the Western Front Gough’s talents saw his rapid rise to the head of Fifth Army, the youngest general in the British Army.

However, in spring 1918 he became one of the war’s political casualties, a scapegoat for a government who wished to avoid admitting the Army had been deprived of resources.

Despite some less successful forays into business and politics in the following years, Gough was a soldier’s soldier, working for the welfare of the soldiers he had commanded.

Written by an acclaimed military historian, ‘Goughie’ is the remarkable story of General Sir Hubert Gough’s long and adventurous life, filled with adversity, loss and triumph, and is as impressive as it is moving.

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Looks like three great finds. Thanks for ferreting them out, and posting them.