Through an in-depth biographical study of Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Hutton, this book investigates imperial land defence prior to 1914.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Craig Stockings is an Associate Professor of History at the University of New South Wales, Canberra. His areas of academic interest concern general and Australian military history and operational analysis. He has published a history of the army cadet movement in Australia entitled: The Torch and the Sword (2007), a study of the First Libyan Campaign in North Africa 1940¿41: Bardia: Myth, Reality and the Heirs of Anzac (2009), and a re-interpretation of the German invasion of Greece in 1941 entitled: Swastika over the Acropolis (2013; with Dr Eleanor Hancock). He has also edited Zombie Myths of Australian Military History (2010), Anzac's Dirty Dozen: 12 Myths of Australian Military History (2012) and Before the Anzac Dawn (2013; with Dr John Connor).
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: imperial defence: one man within an empire; 1. 'The common duties of the Empire': developments in the imperial defence idea, 1848 92; 2. 'An intelligent and most active officer': Hutton's formative years, 1848 92; 3. 'I suppose he sent me a blister': a colonial commandant, 1893 96; 4. A 'Trojan Horse' in the colony?: federal and imperial defence in Australia, 1893 96; 5. 'One general policy elastic as it may be': back in Britain, 1896 98; 6. 'Making soldiers of them rapidly': reforming the Canadian militia, 1898 99; 7. 'I am here as one of yourselves': political difficulties and imperial imperatives, 1898 99; 8. 'Pregnant of great results': Canada and an Imperial War, 1899 1900; 9. 'Quite as much political and Imperial, as it is military': Hutton's war in South Africa and raising an Australian army, 1900 03; 10. 'Unfortunately not in touch or sympathy': difficulties and disappointments, 1903 04; 11. 'Hopelessly ignorant of our self-governing colonies': the New Australian Army and imperial defence, 1902 04; Epilogue: 'how far his vision ranged': the twilight years, 1905 23.
Introduction: imperial defence: one man within an empire; 1. 'The common duties of the Empire': developments in the imperial defence idea, 1848 92; 2. 'An intelligent and most active officer': Hutton's formative years, 1848 92; 3. 'I suppose he sent me a blister': a colonial commandant, 1893 96; 4. A 'Trojan Horse' in the colony?: federal and imperial defence in Australia, 1893 96; 5. 'One general policy elastic as it may be': back in Britain, 1896 98; 6. 'Making soldiers of them rapidly': reforming the Canadian militia, 1898 99; 7. 'I am here as one of yourselves': political difficulties and imperial imperatives, 1898 99; 8. 'Pregnant of great results': Canada and an Imperial War, 1899 1900; 9. 'Quite as much political and Imperial, as it is military': Hutton's war in South Africa and raising an Australian army, 1900 03; 10. 'Unfortunately not in touch or sympathy': difficulties and disappointments, 1903 04; 11. 'Hopelessly ignorant of our self-governing colonies': the New Australian Army and imperial defence, 1902 04; Epilogue: 'how far his vision ranged': the twilight years, 1905 23.
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