Bull Run to Boer War : how the American Civil War changed the British Army

Bull Run to Boer War : how the American Civil War changed the British Army / Michael Somerville.

Author/creator	Somerville, Michael author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Warwick : Helion & Company, 2019.
Copyright Notice	©2019
Description	380 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	Great Britain. Army--History --19th century. Great Britain. Army--History --20th century. South African War, 1899-1902--Influence. Great Britain--History, Military --19th century. Great Britain--History, Military --20th century. United States--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Influence.

Series	Wolverhampton military studies ; no. 32 Wolverhampton military studies ; no. 32. ^A1438658
Abstract	"The American Civil War is often said to have predicted the way in which later wars such as the Boer War and the First World War would be fought. As a result the British Army has been criticized for not heeding its lessons, a view that can be traced back to the 1930s. This book challenges that long-held view, and demonstrates that the responses to the lessons of the war in the British Army were more complex, better informed, and of higher quality, than normally depicted."
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-372) and index.
Genre/form	History.
Genre/form	Military history.
ISBN	1912866250
ISBN	9781912866250

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