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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
David French |
ISBN: | 0191739227 9780191739224 9780199548231 0199548234 |
OCLC Number: | 874723351 |
Description: | 1 online resource |
Contents: | Introduction ; 1. Policy-making and Police-makers ; 2. The New Model Army and the Cold War, 1945-1952 ; 3. Service in the National Service Army ; 4. BAOR, MELF and Conventional Deterrence: 1948 to 1956 ; 5. Counter-insurgency Operations, 1945 to 1956 ; 6. 'Fire brigades'. Expeditionary Operations, 1945-1956 ; 7. Duncan Sandys and the Creation of the All-Regular Army ; 8. 'A Good Employer'? The All-Regular Army ; 9. BAOR's Doctrine for Nuclear War ; 10. BAOR and the Nuclear Battlefield ; 11. 'Village Cricket': Expeditionary Operations, 1958-1966 ; 12. The Army and the withdrawal from East of Suez ; Conclusion: a Potemkin Army ; Bibliography ; Index |
Responsibility: | David French. |
Abstract:
David French takes a new look at Britain's post-war defence policy by placing the army centre-stage. He sheds new light on this critical period by drawing from a range of primary sources never before consulted by historians, and explains why we should remember the forgotten post-war British army.
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Until now, one of the critical missing parts of post-1945 history has been an up-to-date and substantial account of the British Army, based on how the Army viewed itself, as well as how critics assessed it. David French comprehensively fills this gap with command of detail and a balanced treatment of what he describes as a 'military dinosaur'. * Wm. Roger Louis, English Historical Review * This book takes a fresh approach to an overlooked period of our military history. No-one with an interest in the history of the British Army can afford to ignore it. * Jonathan Eaton, Military History Monthly * Read more...
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