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The period 1902-1914 was one of great change for the British army. The experience of the South African War (1899-1902) had been a profound shock and it led to a period of intense introspection in order to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the force. As a result of a series of investigations and government-led reorganisation, the army embarked on a series of reforms to improve its recruitment, standards of professionalism, training, and preparation for war. Until now many of the studies covering this period have tended to look at the army in a top-down manner, and have often concluded that the reform process was extremely beneficial to the army leading it to be the most efficient force in Europe by the outbreak of war in 1914. Bowman and Connelly take a different approach. The Edwardian Army takes a bottom-up perspective and examines the many difficulties the army experienced trying to incorporate the reforms demanded by government and the army's high command. It reveals that although many good ideas were devised, the severely overstretched army was never in a position to act on them and that few regimental officers had the opportunity, or even the desire, to change their approach. Unable to shake-off the feeling that the army's primary purpose was to garrison and police the British Empire, it was by no means as well prepared for European continental warfare as many have presumed.
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...a balanced, scholarly and very readable book, which expertly blends broad thematic analysis, well-marshalled evidence, and illuminating anecdote, to offer both an important new perspective on British military preparations in the years before 1914 and a richly detailed portrait of Britains armed forces during a pivotal period in their history. (Matthew Johnson, English Historical Review)
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Timothy Bowman was born and raised in Northern Ireland. His first degree was from Queen's University, Belfast and Ph.D. from the University of Luton. He taught at Queen's University, Belfast, the University of Durham, and Kings College London at the Joint Services Command and Staff College before coming to Kent in 2005. He is currently Senior Lecturer in modern British military history and teaches on the B.A. History and War Studies programmes and M.A. programme in 'War, Propaganda, and Society'.
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- PublisherOUP Oxford
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0199542783
- ISBN 13 9780199542789
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages252
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