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Edwardian Army : Manning, Training, and Deploying the British Army, 1902-1914 by Timothy Bowman (2012, Hardcover)
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The period 1902-1914 was one of great change for the British army. Bowman and Connelly take a different approach. The Edwardian Army by Timothy Bowman, Mark Connelly. Title The Edwardian Army. Publisher Oxford University Press.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100199542783
ISBN-139780199542789
eBay Product ID (ePID)113308249
Product Key Features
Number of Pages248 Pages
Publication NameEdwardian Army : Manning, Training, and Deploying the British Army, 1902-1914
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2012
SubjectMilitary / General, Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Europe / Great Britain / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaHistory
AuthorTimothy Bowman
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight17.6 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Reviews"Bowman has made a major contribution to understanding a rather remote institution only dimly understood by the contemporary British public or the political establishment. Those interested in learning how the British Army was organized and functioned as it prepared to enter the Great War will find this book valuable."--Dan David, author of The 1914 Campaign: August - October, 1914, "Bowman has made a major contribution to understanding a rather remote institution only dimly understood by the contemporary British public or the political establishment. Those interested in learning how the British Army was organized and functioned as it prepared to enter the Great War will find this book valuable." --Dan David, author of The 1914 Campaign: August - October, 1914
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal355.3094109041
Table Of ContentIntroduction1. The Officer Corps2. The Other Ranks3. Training and Doctrine4. The Auxiliary Forces5. The Public Face6. The Edwardian Army and the British EmpireConclusionBibliography
SynopsisQuestions the general assumption that the British army which set sail for France in August 1914 was the best prepared force ever despatched from the British isles. Reveals instead that the army was by no means as well prepared for European continental warfare as many have presumed., The period 1902-1914 was one of great change for the British army. The experience of the South African War (1899-1902) had been a profound shock and it led to a period of intense introspection in order to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the force. As a result of a series of investigations and government-led reorganisation, the army embarked on a series of reforms to improve its recruitment, standards of professionalism, training, and preparation for war. Until now many of the studies covering this period have tended to look at the army in a top-down manner, and have often concluded that the reform process was extremely beneficial to the army leading it to be the most efficient force in Europe by the outbreak of war in 1914. Bowman and Connelly take a different approach. The Edwardian Army takes a bottom-up perspective and examines the many difficulties the army experienced trying to incorporate the reforms demanded by government and the army's high command. It reveals that although many good ideas were devised, the severely overstretched army was never in a position to act on them and that few regimental officers had the opportunity, or even the desire, to change their approach. Unable to shake-off the feeling that the army's primary purpose was to garrison and police the British Empire, it was by no means as well prepared for European continental warfare as many have presumed.
LC Classification NumberDA69
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