Military Power: Land Warfare in Theory and PracticeBrian Holden Reid Psychology Press, 1997 - 265 pages In Military Power: Land Warfare in Theory and Practice the contributors consider the multifarious aspects of the Anglo-American approach to war. The essays range from study of volunteer soldiering in the Mexican War of 1846-48, analyses of operations in the two World Wars, to a reconsideration of the nature of future warfare. All the contributors are concerned to base their work on a thorough consideration of the overall historical context. They explore the relationship between theory and practice in military operations. A primary interest is reviewing the problems of transition from the small-scale duties of an imperial or frontier constabulary to coping with the demand of continental warfare. This recurring problem is a central feature of the Anglo-American military tradition. Throughout a major theme is the importance of peacetime in the mental preparation and training for war. |
Contents
List of Maps | 3 |
Volunteer Soldiering | 10 |
Land Battles | 37 |
General Allenby and the Palestine Campaign | 59 |
The British Expeditionary Force and the Difficult | 89 |
Joseph Smith | 104 |
Montgomery Morale Casualty Conservation | 132 |
J J A Wallace | 207 |
Alistair Irwin | 227 |
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Common terms and phrases
21st Army Group 2nd Army achieve Allenby Allenby's American Amman Armoured Division Army in India Army's artillery attack attritional approach B.H. Liddell Hart battalions battle Battle of Gaza battlefield Beersheba Brigadier British Army Burma Burma Military Police capture casualties cavalry Chihuahua Colonel colonial warfare command conflict counter-insurgency Daiquirí defeat defence doctrine Doniphan Edwards note El Caney enemy enemy's fighting firepower forces frontier warfare future Gaza German ibid Infantry Division insurgent J.F.C. Fuller July June Kearny land LHCMA Liddell Hart London Manoeuvre Theory manoeuvre warfare March Medical War Diary Mexican Mexico military operations Missouri mobile Montgomery morale mountain warfare Normandy North-West Frontier offensive officers Official History OOTW Palestine Palestine campaign political problem psychiatrist raids regiment Report Rifles San Juan Heights Santa Fe Santiago de Cuba Shafter small wars soldiers Spanish Staff College strategy success tactical tempo territory troops Turkish Turks units victory volunteer
References to this book
British Generalship on the Western Front 1914-1918: Defeat into Victory Simon Robbins No preview available - 2004 |