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Osprey is proud to reissue this historically significant publication, which offers a unique insight into perceptions of how to wage war in 1914.

In this fascinating little book, Baden-Powell uses his extensive military experience and memories of service in Africa to distill soldiering down to ''the four C-s'': Courage, Common sense, Cunning and Cheerfulness. With observations gleaned from his campaigns against the Zulus, the Ashanti and the Boers during the period 18761910 (and even from conversations with the German Kaiser), B-P discusses all aspects of military service from digging trenches and earth-works to inculcating cheerfulness in your men. This period document gives a unique insight into the mindset of the British officer in 1914; advocating a training system that encapsulated Edwardian values,conventional military thinking and centuries of army tradition.

Quick Training For War is a perfect example of the type of war the British expected to fig

Quick Training for War

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      Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Published 20 September 2018
      ISBN-13 9781472837943
      978-1472837943
      ISBN-10 1472837940
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      First World War

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Osprey is proud to reissue this historically significant publication, which offers a unique insight into perceptions of how to wage war in 1914.

      In this fascinating little book, Baden-Powell uses his extensive military experience and memories of service in Africa to distill soldiering down to ''the four C-s'': Courage, Common sense, Cunning and Cheerfulness. With observations gleaned from his campaigns against the Zulus, the Ashanti and the Boers during the period 18761910 (and even from conversations with the German Kaiser), B-P discusses all aspects of military service from digging trenches and earth-works to inculcating cheerfulness in your men. This period document gives a unique insight into the mindset of the British officer in 1914; advocating a training system that encapsulated Edwardian values,conventional military thinking and centuries of army tradition.

      Quick Training For War is a perfect example of the type of war the British expected to fig

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