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Book SynopsisThe contributors here consider the multifarious aspects of the Anglo-American approach to war. All the contributors are concerned to base their work on the overall historical context. They explore the relationship between theory and practice in military operations.
Table of ContentsZealous for Annexation - volunteer soldiering, military government, and the service of Colonel Alexander Doniphan in the Mexican-American War, Joseph G. Dawson III; the Spanish-American War - land battles in Cuba, 1895-1898, Joseph Smith; General Allenby and the Palestine Campaign, 1917-1918, Matthew Hughes; the British Expeditionary Force and the difficult transition to peace, 1918-1919, Ian M. Brown; Small Wars and Imperial Policing - the British Army and the theory and practice of colonial warfare in the British Empire, 1919-1939, T.R. Moreman; Montgomery, morale, casualty conservation and Colossal Cracks - 21st Army Group's operational technique in North West Europe, 1944-1945, Stephen Hart; Tommy is No Soldier - the morale of the Second British Army in Normandy, June-August 1944, David French; the British Army and approaches to warfare sinde 1945, John Kiszely; manoeuvre theory in operations other than war, J.J.A. Wallace; the buffalo thorn - the nature of the future battlefield, Alistair Irwin.
