Military Power : Land Warfare in Theory and Practice

ISBN-13: 9780714647685 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 272 str.

Brian H. Reid

Opis

The contributors here consider the multifarious aspects of the Anglo-American approach to war. The essays range from a study of volunteer soldiering in the Mexican War of 1846-48, and analyses of operations in the two World Wars, to a reconsideration of the nature of future warfare. All the contributors are concerned to base their work on the overall historical context. They explore the relationship between theory and practice in military operations. A primary interest is reviewing the problems of transition from the small-scale duties of an imperial or frontier constabulary to coping with the demand of continental warfare. This recurring problem is a central feature of the Anglo-American military tradition. Throughout, a major theme is the importance of peacetime in the mental preparation and training for war.

Spis treści

Zealous for Annexation - volunteer soldiering, military government, and the service of Colonel Alexander Doniphan in the Mexican-American War, Joseph G. Dawson III; the Spanish-American War - land battles in Cuba, 1895-1898, Joseph Smith; General Allenby and the Palestine Campaign, 1917-1918, Matthew Hughes; the British Expeditionary Force and the difficult transition to peace, 1918-1919, Ian M. Brown; Small Wars and Imperial Policing - the British Army and the theory and practice of colonial warfare in the British Empire, 1919-1939, T.R. Moreman; Montgomery, morale, casualty conservation and Colossal Cracks - 21st Army Group's operational technique in North West Europe, 1944-1945, Stephen Hart; Tommy is No Soldier - the morale of the Second British Army in Normandy, June-August 1944, David French; the British Army and approaches to warfare sinde 1945, John Kiszely; manoeuvre theory in operations other than war, J.J.A. Wallace; the buffalo thorn - the nature of the future battlefield, Alistair Irwin.

O autorze

Edited by Reid, Brian Holden