LEADER 03050nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910465563603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-154253-9 010 $a9786610445271 010 $a1-4416-9369-6 010 $a0-19-820641-0 010 $a1-280-44527-0 035 $a(CKB)2560000000294965 035 $a(EBL)684609 035 $a(OCoLC)714569781 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000307629 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12060517 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000307629 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10252004 035 $a(PQKB)11236526 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000022235 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC684609 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4963658 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL684609 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10464215 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL830003 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4963658 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL44527 035 $a(OCoLC)1027169381 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000294965 100 $a20010113e20012000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRaising Churchill's army$b[electronic resource] $ethe British Army and the war against Germany, 1919-1945 /$fDavid French 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2001 215 $a1 online resource (332 p.) 300 $aOriginally published: 2000. 311 $a0-19-924630-0 311 $a0-19-169756-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 'How Are You to Succeed without Causing Losses?' Doctrine and Organization, 1919-1939; 2 Regimental Officers and the Rank and File; 3 Weapons and Equipment; 4 Discipline and Morale; 5 The Pre-War Army and the British Expeditionary Force, 1940; 6 The Reformation of the Army, Home Forces, 1940-1943; 7 The Desert War, 1940-1942; 8 Monty's Army: Alam Halfa to the Rhine; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; 330 $aThis is the first serious analysis of the combat capability of the British army in the Second World War. It sweeps away the myth that the army suffered from poor morale, and that it only won its battles through the use of 'brute force' and by reverting to the techniques of the First World War. David French analyses the place of the army in British interwar strategy and during the Second World War. He shows that after 1918 the General Staff tried hard to learn the lessons of the First World War, enthusiastically embracing technology as the best way of minimizing future casualties. In the first 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zGreat Britain 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zGreat Britain$xCampaigns 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns. 676 $a940.541241 700 $aFrench$b David$f1954-$01050992 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465563603321 996 $aRaising Churchill's army$92481206 997 $aUNINA