03664nam 2200673 450 991079102860332120230617020657.01-4738-1423-51-78383-491-9(CKB)2550000001314462(EBL)1718467(OCoLC)881887681(SSID)ssj0001226838(PQKBManifestationID)11686416(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001226838(PQKBWorkID)11273700(PQKB)10784303(MiAaPQ)EBC1718467(Au-PeEL)EBL1718467(CaPaEBR)ebr10884653(CaONFJC)MIL617612(EXLCZ)99255000000131446220140703h20042004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFire-power British army weapons and theories of war, 1904-1945 /Shelford Bidwell and Dominick GrahamSouth Yorkshire, England :Pen & Sword Military Classics,2004.©20041 online resource (343 p.)Pen & Sword Military Classics ;Number 44Description based upon print version of record.1-84415-216-2 1-306-86361-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover ""; ""Series""; ""Half Title ""; ""Title ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contents ""; ""List of Illustrations ""; ""Acknowledgements ""; ""List of Abbreviations ""; ""Prologue""; ""Book I The Fire-Tactics of the Old Army: 1904â€?1914""; ""1 The Artillery as an Accessory""; ""2 The Tactics of Separate Tables""; ""3 The Still and Mental Parts""; ""Book II One Great and Continuous Engagement: 1914â€?1918""; ""4 Prologue and Retrospect""; ""5 Many a Doubtful Battle""; ""6 Ubique""; ""7 Queen of the Battlefield?""; ""8 A Technical Knock Out""; ""Book III The Years Between the Wars: 1919â€?1939""""9 The Swingletree Factor """"10 Policies, Theories and Weapons""; ""11 A Fairly New Model Army""; ""Book IV The Second Round: 1939â€?1945""; ""12 Blitzkrieg ""; ""13 The Sand Model""; ""14 A Cybernetic Solution â€? I: The Artillery on the Ground""; ""15 A Cybernetic Solution â€? II: The Artillery of the Air""; ""Interlude. Fire-plan statistics: 1940â€?45""; ""16 Ends and Means""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""This is, without doubt, the finest book about the crucial role that artillery played in the two World Wars of the Twentieth century. The authors, both former artillery officers who saw action in Word War Two, describe the development of their neglected, inadequate and class-ridden arm through the battles of the First World War and the eventual war-winning role that artillery played, to the culmination of professional military deployment in the Second World War.Pen & Sword military classics (Series) ;Number 44.World War, 1914-1918Artillery operations, BritishWorld War, 1939-1945Artillery operations, BritishStrategyHistory20th centuryTacticsHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1914-1918Artillery operations, British.World War, 1939-1945Artillery operations, British.StrategyHistoryTacticsHistory358.10941Bidwell Shelford548667Graham DominickMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791028603321Fire-power3826359UNINA