LORD KITCHENER
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LORD KITCHENER (ebook)

G. K. CHESTERTON

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Writing shortly after Kitchener's death, G. K. Chesterton attempted to evaluate the military leader's career more as a succession of triumphs, from the defeat of the Mahdi at Omdurman to the defusing of a potential war with France at Fashoda to victories in South Africa's Boer War, to diplomatic and military leadership in India. (Goodreads)

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