Army, empire, and Cold War the British Army and military policy, 1945-1971 French, David 1954- creator text bibliography Electronic books. History Military history enk Oxford Oxford University Press 2012 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (x, 335 pages) The veterans of the Fourteenth Army who fought in Burma between 1942 and 1945 called themselves 'the forgotten army'. But that appellation could equally well be applied to the whole of the British army after 1945. Histories of Britain's post-war defence policy have usually focused on how and why Britain acquired a nuclear deterrent. David French takes a new look at these policies by placing the army centre-stage. Drawing on archival sources that have hardly been used by historians, he shows how British governments tried to create an army that would enable them to maintain their position as a ma. Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Policy-Making and Policy-Makers; 2. The 'New Model Army' and the Cold War, 1945-1952; 3. Service in the National Service Army; 4. The British Army of the Rhine, Middle East Land Forces, and Conventional Deterrence: 1948 to 1956; 5. Counter-Insurgency Operations, 1945 to 1956; 6. 'Fire Brigades': Expeditionary Operations, 1945-1956; 7. Duncan Sandys and the Creation of the All-Regular Army; 8. 'A Good Employer'? The All-Regular Army; 9. The British Army of the Rhine's Doctrine for Nuclear War. David French. Includes bibliographical references and index. e-uk--- Great Britain. Army History 20th century Grande-Bretagne. Army Histoire 20e siècle Great Britain. Army Cold War Great Britain History, Military 20th century Guerre froide Grande-Bretagne Histoire militaire 20e siècle HISTORY Military Pictorial Great Britain Cold War (1945-1989) fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBbvhYhcM6fy9r83JBX 1900-1999 fast D843 .F74 2012eb 355.0094109045 Army, empire, and Cold War French, David, 1954- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012 (OCoLC)757930810 9780191623622 0191623628 1280594845 9781280594847 9780199548231 0199548234 9780191739224 0191739227 362467 MIL http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/3159 N$T 120209 20260318185718.4 in00005707280 eng