The British Army and the First World War / Ian Beckett, University of Kent, Canterbury, Timothy Bowm...
The British Army and the First World War / Ian Beckett, University of Kent, Canterbury, Timothy Bowm...
The British Army and the First World War / Ian Beckett, University of Kent, Canterbury, Timothy Bowman, University of Kent, Canterbury, Mark Connelly, University of Kent, Canterbury.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
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G 2017/3312
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English
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Physical content
vii, 476 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction -- The pre-war army -- The Officer Corps -- A nation in arms: regulars, territorials, volunteers and conscripts -- Citizen soldiers: discipline, morale and the experience of war -- British strategy and the British army -- The Western Front, 1914 -- The Western Front, 1915 -- The Western...
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Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
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England
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
"Studies of the British army's role in the Great War started long before the Armistice as instant histories were produced of the great battles, but as might be expected these were driven by largely propagandist aims and so provided little in the way of analytical insight. During the 1920s the role of the BEF was covered in various works, but was mo...
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The British Army and the First World War / Ian Beckett, University of Kent, Canterbury, Timothy Bowman, University of Kent, Canterbury, Mark Connelly, University of Kent, Canterbury.
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Armies of the Great War
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2017
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G 2017/3312
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74VKVLlDGQXM
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ISBN
1107005779 hardcover
9781107005778 hardcover
DDC
940.41241
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991024113018302626
