Keith Jeffery is Professor of British History at Queen's University, Belfast, having previously been Professor of Modern History at the University of Ulster. He has been Parnell Fellow in Irish Studies at Magdalene College, Cambridge, and a Visiting Scholar at the Australian National University and the Australian Defence Force Academy.

a scrupulous, well-documented, and often witty contribution to imperial and military history. It is a tribute to thsi long-awaited, many-faceted, yet succinct biography that one is left craving for more.

• 1. The Irish Context ; 2. The Making of a Staff Officer ; 3. South Africa ; 4. Work in the War Office ; 5. The Staff College ; 6. Preparing for War ; 7. Politics, the Irish Question, and War ; 8. With the BEF ; 9. IV Corps ; 10. Coalition Warfare ; 11. Winning the War ; 12. Defending the Empire ; 13. Losing Ireland and Saving Ulster ; 14. Death and Reputation ; Bibliography ; Index

Keith Jeffery is Professor of British History at Queen's University, Belfast, having previously been Professor of Modern History at the University of Ulster. He has been Parnell Fellow in Irish Studies at Magdalene College, Cambridge, and a Visiting Scholar at the Australian National University and the Australian Defence Force Academy.

a scrupulous, well-documented, and often witty contribution to imperial and military history. It is a tribute to thsi long-awaited, many-faceted, yet succinct biography that one is left craving for more.

• 1. The Irish Context ; 2. The Making of a Staff Officer ; 3. South Africa ; 4. Work in the War Office ; 5. The Staff College ; 6. Preparing for War ; 7. Politics, the Irish Question, and War ; 8. With the BEF ; 9. IV Corps ; 10. Coalition Warfare ; 11. Winning the War ; 12. Defending the Empire ; 13. Losing Ireland and Saving Ulster ; 14. Death and Reputation ; Bibliography ; Index

Keith Jeffery is Professor of British History at Queen's University, Belfast, having previously been Professor of Modern History at the University of Ulster. He has been Parnell Fellow in Irish Studies at Magdalene College, Cambridge, and a Visiting Scholar at the Australian National University and the Australian Defence Force Academy.

a scrupulous, well-documented, and often witty contribution to imperial and military history. It is a tribute to thsi long-awaited, many-faceted, yet succinct biography that one is left craving for more.

• 1. The Irish Context ; 2. The Making of a Staff Officer ; 3. South Africa ; 4. Work in the War Office ; 5. The Staff College ; 6. Preparing for War ; 7. Politics, the Irish Question, and War ; 8. With the BEF ; 9. IV Corps ; 10. Coalition Warfare ; 11. Winning the War ; 12. Defending the Empire ; 13. Losing Ireland and Saving Ulster ; 14. Death and Reputation ; Bibliography ; Index