Doctrine and reform in the British cavalry 1880-1918 / Stephen Badsey.
Doctrine and reform in the British cavalry 1880-1918 / Stephen Badsey.
Doctrine and reform in the British cavalry 1880-1918 / Stephen Badsey.
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Aldershot : Ashgate, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N357.18409/ 1
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English
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xviii, 360 p., plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Doctrine and the Calvary 1880-1918 -- 2. The Wolseley Era 1880-1899 -- 3. The Boer War 1899-1902 -- 4. The Roberts Era 1902-1905 -- 5. The Haldane Era 1905-1914 -- 6. The First World War 1914-1918 -- Appendix. British and Imperial Cavalry Regiments 1914-1918.
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Aldershot : Ashgate, 2008.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2008.
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"A prevalent view among historians is that both horsed calvary and the calvary charge became obviously obsolete in the second half of the nineteenth century in the face of increased infantry and artillery firepower, and that officers of the cavalry clung to both for reasons of prestige and stupidity. It is this view, commonly held but rarely suppor...
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Doctrine and reform in the British cavalry 1880-1918 / Stephen Badsey.
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Birmingham Studies in First World War history.
Birmingham studies in First World War history.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N357.18409/ 1
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74VMj2P8LjvO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMj2P8LjvO
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9780754664673 (hbk.) :
0754664678 (hbk.) :
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357.184094109034
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991000966639702626
