1st Edition
Big Wars and Small Wars The British Army and the Lessons of War in the 20th Century
Edited By Hew Strachan
Copyright 2006
200 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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This is a fascinating new insight into the British army and its evolution through both large and small scale conflicts.
To prepare for future wars, armies derive lessons from past wars. However, some armies are defeated because they learnt the wrong lessons, fighting new conflicts in ways appropriate to the last. For the British Army in the twentieth century, the challenge has been... Read more
Acknowledgements
Introduction - Hew Strachan
Between the South African War and the First World War, 1902-14 – Edward M. Spiers
Big Wars and Small Wars between the Wars, 1919-39 – David French
Learning new lessons: the British Army and the Strategic Debate, 1945-50 – Paul Cornish
Lost and Found in the Jungle: the Indian and British Army Jungle Warfare Doctrines for Burma, 1943-45, and the Malayan Emergency, 1948-60 – Daniel Marston
Aden to Northern Ireland, 1966-76 – David Benest
The Unchanging Lessons of Battle: the British Army and the Falklands War, 1982 – Simon Ball
The Gulf War 1990-91 – Colin McInnes
Biography
Strachan, Hew
