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Author:   Harold E. Raugh, Jr.
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138620841

ISBN 10:   113862084
Pages:   596
Publication Date:   18 December 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Contents: Introduction. Part I The British Army of the Pax Britannica: an Historiographical Review: The British Army, 1815-56: recent writing reviewed, Hew Strachan; The British Army, 1856-1914: recent writing reviewed, Edward M. Spiers; Imperial defence and the Victorian army, Peter Burroughs. Part II Soldiers of the Queen: The Officer Corps and Other Ranks: The British Army in 1850, H. Moyse-Bartlett; The late Victorian army, Brian Bond; The human cost of imperial defence in the early Victorian age, Peter Burroughs; The social origins of British army officers, C.B. Otley; The educational background of British army officers, C.B. Otley; Training ground for a future Field Marshal: Wavell in the Boer War and Edwardian India, 1901-08, Harold E. Raugh. Part III Army Reform: Increasing the Efficiency of the Force: Reform and Wellington's post-Waterloo army, 1815-54, Richard L. Blanco; The early Victorian army and the 19th-century revolution in government, Hew Strachan; The early 19th century campaign against flogging in the army, J.R. Dinwiddy; The attempted control of venereal disease in the army of mid-Victorian England, Richard L. Blanco; Army recruiting reform, 1861-67, Richard L. Blanco; Edward Cardwell's army reforms, 1868-74, Brian Bond; Abolition of purchase in the British Army, Arvel B. Erickson; Army and society in England, 1870-1900: a reassessment of the Cardwell reforms, Albert V. Tucker; Reforming the infantry of the line, 1900-14, Edward M. Spiers; Rearming the Edwardian artillery, Edward M. Spiers. Part IV Military Technology: From Muzzle-Loading Musket to Maxim Machine Gun: Technology and imperialism: a case study of the Victorian army in Africa, Howard Bailes; Expeditionary forces: superior technology defeated - The battle of Maiwand, Ali A. Jalali and Lester W. Grau; The use of the Dum Dum bullet in colonial warfare, Edward M. Spiers. Part V British Military Thought: Shedding the Fetters of Orthodoxy: British military thought, 1856-9

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Dr Harold E. Raugh is Command Historian, DLIFLC and POM, Monterey, USA.

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