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The British Way in Warfare: Power and the International System, 1856�1956 Essays in Honour of David French
358 Pages
by
Routledge
358 Pages
by
Routledge
358 Pages
by
Routledge
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In his groundbreaking book The British Way in Warfare (Routledge, 1990), David French outlined the skillful combination of maritime, economic and diplomatic power employed by Britain to achieve its international goals. Almost two decades later, this collection offers a reassessment of French's thesis, using it as a lens through which to explore Britain's relationship with various kinds of power... Read more
Introduction, Keith Neilson, Greg Kennedy; Chapter 1 The British Way in Warfare and Russia, Keith Neilson; Chapter 2 Some Principles of Anglo-American Strategic Relations, 1900–1945, Greg Kennedy; Chapter 3 Italy and the British Way in Warfare, G. Bruce Strang; Chapter 4 Managing the British Way in Warfare: France and Britain’s Continental Commitment, 1904–1918, William Philpott; Chapter 5 British Power and French Security, 1919–1939, Peter Jackson; Chapter 6 Germany, Britain and Warmaking, Dennis Showalter; Chapter 7 The Territorial Army and National Defence, Hew Strachan; Chapter 8 The British Army and Anglo-American Military Relations in the Second World War, Niall Barr; Chapter 9 Cooperation in the Anglo-Canadian Armies, 1939–1945, Douglas E. Delaney; Chapter 10 The Naval War Course, Some Principles of Maritime Strategy and the Origins of ‘The British Way in Warfare’, Andrew Lambert; Chapter 11 Financing Kitchener’s (and Everyone Else’s) Armies, Kathleen Burk; Chapter 12 Financing Churchill’s Army, George Peden; Chapter 13 ‘The Method in which we were schooled by Experience’: British Strategy and a Continental Commitment before 1914, T.G. Otte; Chapter 14 The British Empire vs. The Hidden Hand: British Intelligence and Strategy and ‘The CUP-Jew-German-Bolshevik combination’, 1918–1924, John Ferris;
Biography
Keith Neilson, Royal Military College of Canada, Canada and Greg Kennedy, King's College London, UK.
'... of particular value to undergraduate and postgraduate students who are looking to absorb complex arguments quickly and effectively... this is a stimulating collection of essays by distinguished scholars.' English Historical Review 'This is a book well worth pondering over... it contains intellectual nourishment of a high order.' RUSI Journal
