Quick Training for War

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 1876-1910 (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 fight and which they prepared for in 1914, and it became a standard survival guide for many British troops. Personable in tone, this is the well-intentioned, no-nonsense advice of a seasoned campaigner - albeit an officer more accustomed to scouting on the South African veldt than struggling through Somme mud.>

About the author

Robert Baden-Powell OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB was a lieutenant-general in the British Army, and, famously, the founder of the Scout Movement. He served in the British Army from 1876-1910 in India and Africa, and these experiences served as the basis for many of his writings on military tactics, training, doctrine and scouting techniques. His book Scouting for Boys has sold more than 100 million copies.Dr Martin Robson is a lecturer in defence studies at the University of Exeter. He is the author of several works of military, aviation and naval history including the popular Pocket Manuals on the Spitfire and Lancaster Bomber for Conway as well as the D-Day Kit Bag.

Product details

• Authors: Baden Powell Robert, Robert Baden-Powell, BADEN-POWELL ROBERT, Martin Robson, Robson Martin
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781472837943
• ISBN: 978-1-4728-3794-3
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 116 mm x 144 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Modern warfare, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), Military life & institutions, War and defence operations, War & defence operations, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), Military institutions, Combat / defence skills and manuals