Imperial Army Project - Britain and the Land Forces of the Dominions and India, 1902-1945

This book reveals the method by which the British army organized their land forces throughout the empire to make an army of standardized pieces that could be multiplied, expanded, and joined together in time of war; a military coalition that worked throughout the early twentieth century, even as the dominions and India became more autonomous.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Frameworks: Elgin, Esher, Haldane and the Idea of an Imperial Army, 1902-1909


• 2: The Imperial General Staff, Military Education, Army Apostles, and the Land Forces of the Dominions and India, 1904-1914


• 3: Growing, Controlling, and Fighting Imperial Armies, 1914-1918


• 4: The Strands of Cooperation, 1919-1933


• 5: Imperial Armies in the Period of Rearmament and Appeasement, 1933-1939


• 6: The Last Great Imperial War Effort, 1939-1945


• Conclusion


• Appendices


• Bibliography

About the author

Douglas E. Delaney holds the Canada Research Chair in War Studies at the Royal Military College of Canada. He is the author of The Soldiers' General: Bert Hoffmeister at War (2005), which won the 2007 C.P. Stacey Prize for Canadian Military History, and Corps Commanders: Five British and Canadian Generals at War, 1939-1945 (2011). He is also co-editor of Capturing Hill 70: Canada's Forgotten Battle of the First World War (2016) and Turning Point 1917: The British Empire at War (2017). Professor Delaney is a retired lieutenant-colonel who served with the First and Third Battalions, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and the Canadian Airborne Regiment.

Summary

This book reveals the method by which the British army organized their land forces throughout the empire to make an army of standardized pieces that could be multiplied, expanded, and joined together in time of war; a military coalition that worked throughout the early twentieth century, even as the dominions and India became more autonomous.

Product details

• Authors: Douglas E. Delaney, Douglas E. (Professor of History Delaney, Delaney Douglas E.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.03.2020
• EAN: 9780198845805
• ISBN: 978-0-19-884580-5
• No. of pages: 376
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, 20th Century, military history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, Colonialism & imperialism, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Colonialism and imperialism, Modern warfare, Land forces & warfare, Land forces and warfare, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, HISTORY / Asia / South / General