Swords and Covenants: Essays in Honour of the Centennial of the Royal Military College of Canada 1876-1976

ISBN-13: 9780367636739 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 254 str.

Adrian Preston; Peter Dennis

Opis

First published in 1976, the theme running through this book is the problem of civil-military relations and how this has been faced in Canada in the 19th century, in the defence of India in the 19th century and in the First World War and post-war period in Great Britain and Hungary.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements.  Introduction.  1. The American Invasion of Canada 1775-1776 C. F. G. Stanley  2. The Blessings of the Land: Naval Officers in Upper Canada, 1815-1841 W. A. B. Douglas  3. The Militia Lobby in Parliament: The Military Politicians and the Canadian Militia, 1868-1897 Desmond Morton  4. Wolseley, the Khartoum Relief Expedition and the Defence of India, 1885-1900 Adrian Preston  5. British Civil-Military Relations on the North-West Frontier of India W. Murray Hogben  6. Sir Arthur Currie and the Politicians: A Case Study of Civil-Military Relations in the First World War A. M. J. Hyatt  7. The Royal Naval College of Canada, 1911-22 G. William Hines  8. The Reconstitution of the Territorial Force 1918-1920 Peter Dennis  9. Civil-Military Relations in Nazi Germany’s Shadow: The Case of Hungary, 1939-1941 N. F. Dreisziger.  Notes on Contributors.  Index.

O autorze

Adrian Preston, Peter Dennis