Charles E. Callwell and the British Way in Warfare

ISBN-13: 9781108703185 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 286 str.

Daniel (University of Birmingham) Whittingham

Opis

Presents the first full-length study of one of Britain's most important military thinkers, Major-General Sir Charles E. Callwell.

Recenzje

'Whittingham has produced a book that does full justice to Callwell as a military theorist and, in the process, has made a major contribution to the historiography of the British army.' Ian F. W. Beckett, IJMH review of Whittingham

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Charles E. Callwell and British strategy; 2. Callwell's early career; 3. 'An art by itself': Charles E. Callwell and small wars; 4. 'Another page in the history of tactics': Charles E. Callwell and the South African war; 5. Khaki-clad maritime theorist: Charles E. Callwell and amphibious warfare; 6. 'I did my best to throw cold water on the scheme as a whole': Charles E. Callwell and the Dardanelles; 7. Not 'one of that band of dug-outs who became dug-ins': Charles E. Callwell, the war and retirement, 1914–28; 8. Conclusion.