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[an] engaging study... provides a considerable amount of detail - Military Illustrated, August 2006 Anthony Clayton's book The British Officer: A History of the Regimental Officers of the British Army is fascinating and an informative history of the Regimental system and the British Officers who made it work...Anybody who wants to understand why the British Army is what it is today should read this book. General the Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank GCB LVO OBE This is a very interesting book that tackles in an informed and cogent fashion one of the key elements in fighting quality, and throws much light on the organisational culture of the British army. Professor Jeremy Black, Exeter. This is precisely the kind of book that I like to see ... accessible, well-written, and relevant to the British Forces of today. Rear Admiral Richard Cobbold, Director, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies anyone with the slightest interest in the British Army especially Sandhurst cadets and up and coming NCO's should not be without a copy, as it makes fascinating reading Michael D Booker Clayton's book is a useful starting point for any student of the British army and its leaders. Keith Surridge, Independent Scholar

[an] engaging study... provides a considerable amount of detail - Military Illustrated, August 2006 Anthony Clayton's book The British Officer: A History of the Regimental Officers of the British Army is fascinating and an informative history of the Regimental system and the British Officers who made it work...Anybody who wants to understand why the British Army is what it is today should read this book. General the Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank GCB LVO OBE This is a very interesting book that tackles in an informed and cogent fashion one of the key elements in fighting quality, and throws much light on the organisational culture of the British army. Professor Jeremy Black, Exeter. This is precisely the kind of book that I like to see ... accessible, well-written, and relevant to the British Forces of today. Rear Admiral Richard Cobbold, Director, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies anyone with the slightest interest in the British Army especially Sandhurst cadets and up and coming NCO's should not be without a copy, as it makes fascinating reading - Michael D Booker

"""[an] engaging study... provides a considerable amount of detail"" - Military Illustrated, August 2006 ""Anthony Clayton's book ""The"" ""British Officer: A History of the Regimental Officers of the British Army"" is fascinating and an informative history of the Regimental system and the British Officers who made it work...Anybody who wants to understand why the British Army is what it is today should read this book."" ""General the Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank GCB LVO OBE"" ""This is a very interesting book that tackles in an informed and cogent fashion one of the key elements in fighting quality, and throws much light on the organisational culture of the British army."" ""Professor Jeremy Black, Exeter."" ""This is precisely the kind of book that I like to see ... accessible, well-written, and relevant to the British Forces of today."" ""Rear Admiral Richard Cobbold, Director, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies"" anyone with the slightest interest in the British Army especially Sandhurst cadets and up and coming NCO's should not be without a copy, as it makes fascinating reading - Michael D Booker"

[an] engaging study... provides a considerable amount of detail - Military Illustrated, August 2006 Anthony Clayton's book The British Officer: A History of the Regimental Officers of the British Army is fascinating and an informative history of the Regimental system and the British Officers who made it work...Anybody who wants to understand why the British Army is what it is today should read this book. General the Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank GCB LVO OBE This is a very interesting book that tackles in an informed and cogent fashion one of the key elements in fighting quality, and throws much light on the organisational culture of the British army. Professor Jeremy Black, Exeter. This is precisely the kind of book that I like to see ... accessible, well-written, and relevant to the British Forces of today. Rear Admiral Richard Cobbold, Director, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies anyone with the slightest interest in the British Army especially Sandhurst cadets and up and coming NCO's should not be without a copy, as it makes fascinating reading Michael D Booker Clayton's book is a useful starting point for any student of the British army and its leaders. Keith Surridge, Independent Scholar

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Anthony Clayton was a senior lecturer at R.M.A Sandhurst. He has had a long standing interest in military history; he has been a Lieutenant Colonel in the territorial Army, he received the Chevalier Dans l'ordre des Palms Academiques (French Decoration). He has also published widely on many aspects of military history and his books include The British Empire as a Superpower 1919-1939 (1986)Paths of Glory: The French Army, 1914-1918 (2005), The wave of French Decolonization, Warfare in Africa since 1950, France, Soldiers and Africa and Three Marshals of France.

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