Reporting the First World War : Charles Repington, the times and the Great War /
Charles Repington was Britain's most influential military correspondent during the first two decades of the twentieth century. From 1914 to 1918, Repington's commentary in The Times, 'The War Day by Day,' was read and discussed by opinion-shapers and decision-makers worldwide who...
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction; Part I. The Years of Preparation, 1903-1914: 1. A new profession; 2. Kitchener's champion; 3. Esher's War Office reforms; 4. Arnold Forster lays the foundation for the General Staff; 5. Anglo-French military conversations; 6. Finding suitable generals; 7. Invasion; 8. Repington helps Haldane; 9. Conscription; 10. Northcliffe and The Times, Repington and the Army Review; 11. The Curragh incident; 12. Are the army and navy prepared for war?; Part II. The War Years, 1914-1918: 13. The 1915 shells scandal; 14. How do we secure the necessary troops?; 15. Changing the Old Guard; 16. The Somme; 17. Repington leaves The Times; 18. At odds with DORA; 19. Repington discredited; 20. A consummation devoutly to be wished; Part III. After the War, 1918-1925: 21. Peace poses its own problems, 1918-1920; 22. Last post, 1920-1925; 23. A fractured reputation.