Command and cohesion : the citizen soldier and minor tactics in the British Army, 1870-1918 / M.A. Ramsay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramsay, M. A., 1954-

Series:

Praeger studies in diplomacy and strategic thought 1076-1543

Praeger studies in diplomacy and strategic thought, 1076-1543

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Army--Infantry--Drill and tactics--History--19th century.

Great Britain.

Great Britain. Army--Infantry--Drill and tactics--History--20th century.

Great Britain. Army. Infantry.

Great Britain. Army.

World War, 1914-1918--Great Britain.

World War, 1914-1918.

Military doctrine--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Military doctrine.

Military doctrine--Great Britain--History--20th century.

History.

Great Britain--History, Military--19th century.

History, Military.

Great Britain--History, Military--20th century.

Physical Description:

xii, 246 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Contents:

1. Developments in Warfare, 1814-1914 15

2. British Military Culture, 1814-1914 49

3. The Evolution in British Tactics, 1870-1914 75

4. War, Society and the British Army After 1900 113

5. The British Army and the Citizen Soldier, 1914-16 145

6. The British Citizen Soldier at War, 1914-18 175

A. William Darryl Henderson's Outline of Responsibilities for Cohesive Combat Units 209

B. Weekly Diets of a British Soldier in the Winter of 1914-15 and a Laborer's Family of Eight 210

C. Responsibilities of the Various Schools Available to the Fourth Army, I November 1916 to I April 1917 211

D. Platoon Training, Circa 1918 215

E. "Report by Captain A.G. Kenchington 'B' Company [7th Buffs] on Operations of Ist July 1916" 218.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-239) and index.

ISBN:

0275963268

OCLC:

48951515