Timothy Bowman

The Edwardian Army

Manning, Training, and Deploying the British Army, 1902-1914

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Questions the general assumption that the British army which set sail for France in August 1914 was the best prepared force ever despatched from the British isles. Reveals instead that the army was by no means as well prepared for European continental warfare as many have presumed.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 531g
• ISBN-13: 9780199542789
• ISBN-10: 0199542783
• Artikelnr.: 35275474

Autorenporträt

Timothy Bowman was born and raised in Northern Ireland. His first degree was from Queen's University, Belfast and Ph.D. from the University of Luton. He taught at Queen's University, Belfast, the University of Durham, and Kings College London at the Joint Services Command and Staff College before coming to Kent in 2005. He is currently Senior Lecturer in modern British military history and teaches on the B.A. History and War Studies programmes and M.A. programme in 'War, Propaganda, and Society'.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: The Officer Corps
2: The Other Ranks
3: Training and Doctrine
4: The Auxiliary Forces
5: The Public Face
6: The Edwardian Army and the British Empire
Conclusion
Bibliography