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The British General Staff : reform and innovation c. 1890-1939 / edited by David French and Brian Holden Reid.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Cass series--military history and policy ; no. 10.
- Cass series--military history and policy, 1465-8488 ; 10
- Standardized Title:
- British General Staff (Online)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain. Army. General Staff--History--19th century.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain. Army. General Staff--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (245 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Portland, OR : F. Cass, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Annotation The essays that comprise this collection examine the development and influence of the British General Staff from the late Victorian period until the eve of World War II. They trace the changes in the staff that influenced British military strategy and subsequent operations on the battlefield.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Half-Title; Series-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: Brian Bond, Military Historian; 1 Planning for War in the Final Years of Pax Britannica, 1889-1903; 2 Towards a Ministry of Defence: First Faltering Steps, 1890-1923; 3 'Selection by Disparagement': Lord Esher, the General Staff and the Politics of Command,1904-14; 4 Lord Kitchener, the General Staff and the Army in India, 1902-14; 5 The British Army, its General Staff and the Continental Commitment 1904-14; 6 The General Staff and the Paradoxes of Continental War
- 7 The Australians at Pozières: Command and Control on the Somme, 19168 The British General Staff and Japan, 1918-41; 9 J.F.C.Fuller: Staff Officer Extraordinary; 10 'An Extensive Use of Weedkiller': Patterns of Promotion in the Senior Ranks of the British Army, 1919-39; 11 The British General Staff and the Coming of War, 1933-39; 12 'A Particularly Anglo-Saxon Institution': The British General Staff in the Era of Two World Wars; Notes; Notes on Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-77393-9
- 1-135-77394-7
- 1-280-17773-X
- 9786610177738
- 6610177732
- 0-203-01808-7
- 9780203018088
- OCLC:
- 475922882
- Publisher Number:
- 9780203018088
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