Friday, January 02, 2015

Beyond the Reach of Empire, Colonel Mike Snook.

Beyond the Reach of Empire, Colonel Mike Snook.
A very impressive examination of Wolseley's attempt to save Gordon, besieged at Khartoum, one of the most famous British military failures of the Victorian era. Snook pulls no punches in his analysis of the reasons for this failure, but also provides more than enough detail for the reader to make their own mind up about his conclusions.
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