Prospect of War - The British Defence Policy 1847-1942

First Published in 1981. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

List of contents

Chapter 1 ‘The Bolt from the Blue’; Chapter 2 Attitudes to War in Late Victorian and Edwardian England; Chapter 3 Great Britain and the Defence of Canada, 1896–1914; Chapter 4 Sir George Clarke’s Career at the Committee of Imperial Defence, 1904–1907; Chapter 5 Mr Haldane’s Army:Military Organization and Foreign Policy in England, 1906–7; Chapter 6 The War Office and the Curragh Incident; Chapter 7 Soldiers, Strategy and War Aims in Britain, 1914–1918; Chapter 8 The Maurice Case;

About the author

John Gooch Lecturer in History University of Lancaster

Product details

• Authors: John Gooch, Gooch John
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.02.2017
• EAN: 9781138178816
• ISBN: 978-1-138-17881-6
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Military / General, military history, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science, Warfare & defence, Warfare and defence, Military engineering