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1. British and Japanese Military Leadership in the Far Eastern War, 1941-45

   Edited by Brian Bond, Kyoichi Tachikawa

   Series: Military History and Policy

   Some sixty years after the Far Eastern War ended, this innovative new collection brings together five distinguished UK-based scholars and five from Japan to reappraise their respective country's leadership in the Malaya and Burma campaigns. This leadership is analyzed on various levels, ranging...

   Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. Malta and British Strategic Policy, 1925-43

   By Douglas Austin

   Series: Military History and Policy

   A major reassessment of a key aspect of British strategy and defence policy in the first half of the twentieth century. The main contribution of this new study is an investigation of the role of Malta in British military strategy, as planned and as it actually developed, in the...

   Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. The British Working Class and Enthusiasm for War, 1914-1916

   By David Silbey

   Series: Military History and Policy

   Millions of men volunteered to leave home, hearth and family to go to a foreign land to fight in 1914, the start of the biggest war in British history. It was a war fought by soldier-citizens, millions strong, most of whom had volunteered willingly to go. They made up the army that first held, and...

   Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge
4. Railways and International Politics

   Paths of Empire, 1848-1945

   Edited by T.G. Otte, Keith Neilson

   Series: Military History and Policy

   This new study brings together leading experts to show how the modern world began with the coming of the railway. They clearly explain why it had a greater impact than any other technical or industrial innovation before and completely redefined the limits of the civilized world. While the effect...

   Published September 12th 2012 by Routledge
5. Gallipoli

   Making History

   Edited by Jenny Macleod

   Series: Military History and Policy

   This new book traces the disparities in the memory of Gallipoli that are evident in the countries that participated in the campaign. It explores the way in which history is written at the personal, local, professional, and national levels. This study tackles key questions about just how the history...

   Published June 28th 2012 by Routledge
6. Big Wars and Small Wars

   The British Army and the Lessons of War in the 20th Century

   Edited by Hew Strachan

   Series: Military History and Policy

   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...

   Published January 29th 2009 by Routledge
7. Britain in Vietnam

   Prelude to Disaster, 1945–46

   By Peter Neville

   Series: Military History and Policy

   This book is a study of the circumstances leading to British intervention in Vietnam in 1945, and the course and consequences of this intervention. The first part of the work links French colonialism with the native communist insurgency, while examining British and Foreign Office attitudes towards...

   Published September 14th 2008 by Routledge
8. The Normandy Campaign 1944

   Sixty Years On

   Edited by John Buckley

   Series: Military History and Policy

   With essays from leading names in military history, this new book re-examines the crucial issues and debates of the D-Day campaign. It tackles a range of core topics, placing them in their current historiographical context, to present new and sometimes revisionist interpretations of key issues...

   Published June 18th 2007 by Routledge
9. Caporetto 1917

   Victory or Defeat?

   By Mario Morselli

   Series: Military History and Policy

   This work concerns the Battle of Caporetto in October 1917, where the Austro-German Army broke through the Italian lines forcing them to retreat after losing half their force. The book examines why, having routed the Italian Army, the Central Alliance forces were not capable of forcing the...

   Published June 4th 2007 by Routledge
10. Training, Tactics and Leadership in the Confederate Army of Tennessee

    Seeds of Failure

    By Andrew R.B. Haughton

    Series: Military History and Policy

    This assessment of the performance of the southern soldiers in the American Civil War of 1861 deals with every aspect of an army from its senior officer to the lowliest private, following every process as the soldier tried to adapt to military life, train, and overcome the enemy....

    Published June 4th 2007 by Routledge