Bull Run to Boer War : how the American Civil War changed the British Army /
The American Civil War is often said to have predicted the way in which later wars such as the Boer War and the First World War would be fought. As a result the British Army has been criticized for not heeding its lessons, a view that can be traced back to the 1930s.This book challenges that long-he...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Warwick, England :
Helion & Company Limited,
[2019]
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| Series: | Wolverhampton military studies ;
no. 32. |
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| Summary: | The American Civil War is often said to have predicted the way in which later wars such as the Boer War and the First World War would be fought. As a result the British Army has been criticized for not heeding its lessons, a view that can be traced back to the 1930s.This book challenges that long-held view, and demonstrates that the responses to the lessons of the war in the British Army were more complex, better informed and of higher quality, than normally depicted. |
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| Physical Description: | 380 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-372) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1912866250 9781912866250 |