The Late Victorian Army, 1868-1902
Author: Edward M. Spiers
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9780719026591
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Late Victorian Army 1868-1902
Author: Edward M. Spiers
Publisher:
Published: 1992-06-11
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780719027949
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume, part of a nine-volume series on the British Army which aims to enhance the military aspect of the work with social, economic and political factors, is specifically concerned with the late Victorian period and addresses topics such as the Cardwell reforms, rank and file and training.
Queen Victoria's Wars
Author: Stephen M. Miller
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2021-06-17
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 1108490123
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOffers a revised and updated history of thirteen of the most significant British conflicts during the Victorian period.
The Victorian soldier in Africa
Author: Edward Spiers
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2013-07-19
Total Pages: 339
ISBN-13: 1847795463
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. The Victorian soldier in Africa re-examines the campaign experience of British soldiers in Africa during the period, 1874–1902 – the zenith of the Victorian imperial expansion – and does so from the perspective of the regimental soldier. The book utilises an unprecedented number of letters and diaries, written by regimental officers and other ranks, to allow soldiers to speak for themselves about their experience of colonial warfare. The sources demonstrate the adaptability of the British army in fighting in different climates, over demanding terrain and against a diverse array of enemies. They also uncover soldiers’ responses to army reforms of the era as well as the response to the introduction of new technologies of war. Moreover, the book provides commentary on soldiers’ views of commanding officers and politicians alongside assessment of war correspondents, colonial auxiliaries and African natives in their roles as bearers, allies and enemies. This book reveals new insights on imperial and racial attitudes within the army, on relations between soldiers and the media and the production of information and knowledge from frontline to homefront. It will make fascinating reading for students, academics and enthusiasts in imperial history, Victorian studies, military history and colonial warfare.
The British Army Regular Mounted Infantry 1880–1913
Author: Andrew Winrow
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-11-03
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 1317039939
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe regular Mounted Infantry was one of the most important innovations of the late Victorian and Edwardian British Army. Rather than fight on horseback in the traditional manner of cavalry, they used horses primarily to move swiftly about the battlefield, where they would then dismount and fight on foot, thus anticipating the development of mechanised infantry tactics during the twentieth century. Yet despite this apparent foresight, the mounted infantry concept was abandoned by the British Army in 1913, just at the point when it may have made the transition from a colonial to a continental force as part of the British Expeditionary Force. Exploring the historical background to the Mounted Infantry, this book untangles the debates that raged in the army, Parliament and the press between its advocates and the supporters of the established cavalry. With its origins in the extemporised mounted detachments raised during times of crisis from infantry battalions on overseas imperial garrison duties, Dr Winrow reveals how the Mounted Infantry model, unique among European armies, evolved into a formalised and apparently highly successful organisation of non-cavalry mounted troops. He then analyses why the Mounted Infantry concept fell out of favour just eleven years after its apogee during the South African Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. As such the book will be of interest not only to historians of the nineteenth-century British army, but also those tracing the development of modern military doctrine and tactics, to which the Mounted Infantry provided successful - if short lived - inspiration.
The British Military Revolution of the 19th Century
Author: Daniel R. LeClair
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2019-10-31
Total Pages: 287
ISBN-13: 1476638594
DOWNLOAD EBOOK From the Crimean War through the Second Boer War, the British Empire sought to solve the "Great Gun Question"--to harness improvements to ordnance, small arms, explosives and mechanization made possible by the Industrial Revolution. The British public played a surprising but overlooked role, offering myriad suggestions for improvements to the civilian-led War Office. Meanwhile, politicians and army leaders argued over control of the country's ground forces in a decades-long struggle that did not end until reforms of 1904 put the military under the Secretary of State for War. Following the debate in the press, voters put pressure on both Parliament and the War Office to modernize ordnance and military administration. The "Great Gun Question" was as much about weaponry as about who ultimately controlled military power. Drawing on ordnance committee records and contemporary news reports, this book fills a gap in the history of British military technology and army modernization prior to World War I.
Fighting the Mau Mau
Author: Huw C. Bennett
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 1107029708
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis new study of Britain's counterinsurgency campaign in Kenya examines the difference between official and accepted methods of conquering insurgents.
War Trauma and English Modernism
Author: C. Krockel
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2011-07-26
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 0230307752
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first book to consistently read English Modernist literature as testimony to trauma of the First and Second World Wars. Focusing upon T.S. Eliot and D.H. Lawrence, it examines the impact of war upon their lives and their strategies to resist it through literary innovation.
Last Outpost on the Zulu Frontiers
Author: Graham Dominy
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2016-04-15
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 0252098242
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSmall and isolated in the Colony of Natal, Fort Napier was long treated like a temporary outpost of the expanding British Empire. Yet British troops manned this South African garrison for over seventy years. Tasked with protecting colonists, the fort became even more significant as an influence on, and reference point for, settler society. Graham Dominy's Last Outpost on the Zulu Frontier reveals the unexamined but pivotal role of Fort Napier in the peacetime public dramas of the colony. Its triumphalist colonial-themed pageantry belied colonists's worries about their own vulnerability. As Dominy shows, the cultural, political, and economic methods used by the garrison compensated for this perceived weakness. Settler elites married their daughters to soldiers to create and preserve an English-speaking oligarchy. At the same time, garrison troops formed the backbone of a consumer market that allowed colonists to form banking and property interests that consolidated their control.
The Habit of Excellence
Author: Lt Col Langley Sharp
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2021-10-07
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 0241992192
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe official British Army book on what makes its leadership so successful, and how to become a better leader yourself - whatever your field. ___________________ 'If you want to become a better leader, read this book' Eddie Jones 'An extraordinary read for any leader. Truly brilliant' General Stanley McChrystal, author of Team of Teams 'Excellent. Offers proven tools and strategies' Matthew Syed ___________________ The Habit of Excellence is a unique insight into British Army leadership, explaining what makes it unique, what makes it so effective and what civilians can take from it to become better leaders themselves. Drawing on the latest research in military history, business, sociology, psychology and behavioural science, and with compelling illustration from British Army operations across the centuries, Lt Col Langley Sharp MBE goes beyond the latest leadership fads to distil into one peerlessly authoritative work the essence of leading and leadership from one of the world's most revered institutions. ___________________ 'Excellent. It's hard to see how any leader, whatever their field, wouldn't benefit from reading and rereading it' New Statesman 'Offers lessons for all managers' Financial Times 'Valuable in any walk of life' General Sir Mike Jackson, former Chief of the General Staff 'Very readable. I could not recommend this exceptional book more' General The Lord David Richards, former Chief of the Defence Staff 'Comprehensive and clearly written' Karin von Hippel, Director-General of RUSI 'Terrific. Full of insights and lessons' General David Petraeus, former Director of the CIA
