The Politics Of The British Army
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The Politics Of The British Army
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Author : Hew Strachan
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1997
The Politics Of The British Army written by Hew Strachan and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
The British army, unlike some other armies, has never staged a coup d'etat. As a result it has prided itself on its ready subordination to parliamentary government, portraying its nature as essentially apolitical. The reality is very different. Armies are inherently political entities,embedded in the fabric of the state, and intimately involved in the formation and implementation of policy. Hew Strachan examines the history of the British Army since 1660 and shows that it is no exception. The behaviour of many of its most illustrious commanders, including Marlborough, Wellington,Wolseley, and Roberts, as well of more recent figures like Henry Wilson, William Robertson, and Gerald Templer, gives the lie to any strict demarcation between military and political spheres of responsibility. The Politics of the British Army is a work of history with profound contemporaryrelevance. For if the British army were to become genuinely apolitical - to practise what it preaches - it would be a less effective contributor to the management of Britain's defence.
Soldiers As Citizens
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Author : Nick Mansfield
language : en
Publisher: Studies in Labour History Lup
Release Date : 2019
Soldiers As Citizens written by Nick Mansfield and has been published by Studies in Labour History Lup this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with History categories.
This is the first exploration of the British army to combine labour, political and military history. It analyses the political lives of nineteenth century rank and file soldiers in the context of a developing working-class culture. It focuses on the significant radical and socialist movements, alongside influential working-class conservatism.
Militarism And The British Left 1902 1914
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Author : M. Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2013-01-11
Militarism And The British Left 1902 1914 written by M. Johnson and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-11 with Political Science categories.
Militarism has traditionally been regarded as a phenomenon of the political right. As this book demonstrates, however, various groups on the political left in Britain during the years before the Great War were able to accommodate, and even assimilate, militaristic ideas, sentiments, and policies to a remarkable degree.
Sexing The Soldier
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Author : Rachel Woodward
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2007-08-07
Sexing The Soldier written by Rachel Woodward and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-07 with Education categories.
Sexing the Soldier takes a critical look at how gender is understood within the contemporary British Army. Drawing on original research, this book argues that dominant ideas about gender, evident in areas as diverse as policy documents and cultural pract.
Politics And Military Morale
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Author : S. P. Mackenzie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Politics And Military Morale written by S. P. Mackenzie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Education categories.
An examination of education in current affairs and citizenship within the British Army in the 20th century, of its function and effects. The author explores in particular the controversial question of the part played in Labour's 1945 election victory by the rank and file of the British Army.
Big Wars And Small Wars
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Author : Hew Strachan
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2006-09-27
Big Wars And Small Wars written by Hew Strachan and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-27 with History categories.
This is a fascinating new insight into the British army and its evolution through both large and small scale conflicts. To prepare for future wars, armies derive lessons from past wars. However, some armies are defeated because they learnt the wrong lessons, fighting new conflicts in ways appropriate to the last. For the British Army in the twentieth century, the challenge has been particularly great. It has never had the luxury of emerging from one major European war with the time to prepare itself for the next. The leading military historians show how ongoing commitments to a range of ‘small wars’ have always been part of the Army’s experience. After 1902 and after 1918 they included colonial campaigns, but they also developed into what we would now call counter-insurgency operations, and these became the norm between 1945 and 1969. During the height of the Cold War, in 1982, the Army was deployed to the Falklands. Since 1990 the dominant tasks of the Army have been peace support operations. This is an excellent resource for all students and scholars of military history, politics and international relations and British history.
The Changing Of The Guard
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Author : Simon Akam
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-02-11
The Changing Of The Guard written by Simon Akam and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-11 with categories.
A revelatory, explosive new analysis of the military today. Over the first two decades of the twenty-first century, Britain has changed enormously. During this time, the British Army fought two campaigns, in Iraq and Afghanistan, at considerable financial and human cost. Yet neither war achieved its objectives. This book questions why, and provides challenging but necessary answers. Composed of assiduous documentary research, field reportage, and hundreds of interviews with many soldiers and officers who served, as well as the politicians who directed them, the allies who accompanied them, and the family members who loved and -- on occasion -- lost them, it is a strikingly rich, nuanced portrait of one of our pivotal national institutions in a time of great stress. Award-winning journalist Simon Akam, who spent a year in the army when he was 18, returned a decade later to see how the institution had changed. His book examines the relevance of the armed forces today -- their social, economic, political, and cultural role. This is as much a book about Britain, and about the politics of failure, as it is about the military.
War Identity And The Liberal State
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Author : Victoria Basham
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-07-24
War Identity And The Liberal State written by Victoria Basham and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-24 with Political Science categories.
This book critically examines the significance of gender, race and sexuality to wars waged by liberal states. Drawing on original field-research with British soldiers, it offers insights into how their everyday experiences are shaped by, and shape, a politics of gender, race and sexuality that not only underpins power relations in the military, but the geopolitics of wars waged by liberal states. Linking the politics of daily life to the international is an intervention into international relations (IR) and security studies because instead of overlooking the politics of the everyday, this book insists that it is vital to explore how geopolitical events and practices are co-constituted, reinforced and contested by it. By utilising insights from Michel Foucault, the book explores how shared and collectively mediated knowledge on gender, race and sexuality facilitates certain claims about the nature of governing in liberal states and about why and how such states wage war against ‘illiberal’ ones in pursuit of global peace and security. The book also develops post-structural work in international relations by urging scholars interested in the linguistic construction of geopolitics to consider the ways in which bodies, objects and architectures also reinforce particular ideas about war, identity and statehood.
The Home Guard
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Author : S. P. Mackenzie
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1996
The Home Guard written by S. P. Mackenzie and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Great Britain categories.
The extraordinarily popular British television program "Dad's Army" suggests that Britain's Home Guard during the Second World War was home to charming incompetence and lighthearted buffoonery. In 1940, however, the threat of a German invasion of Britain appeared very real. S. P. MacKenzie's detailed and readable history of the Home Guard offers a new perspective on the men who took up the challenge. Despite its popular image of old men and teenagers playing soldiers, the Home Guard, often as large as the wartime army, became an astonishingly strong political force in its own right. Quite literally the people in arms, it proved able to exert a good deal of influence on policy. The Home Guard was never called upon to fulfil its military role, though there was a brief attempt to resurrect it in the 1950s. Since then it has been largely neglected by military historians and there have been few serious examinations of the part it played in the Home Front. This book fills that gap.
The British Army And The Crisis Of Empire 1918 22
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Author : Keith Jeffery
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 1984
The British Army And The Crisis Of Empire 1918 22 written by Keith Jeffery and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Great Britain categories.
The empire at war -- Weakness of the home base -- Imperial problems old and new -- Searching for imperial manpower -- The Irish ulcer -- India -- The defence of Suez -- Persia and Mesopotamia -- Conclusion.