LEADER 03664nam 2200673 450 001 9910791028603321 005 20230617020657.0 010 $a1-4738-1423-5 010 $a1-78383-491-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000001314462 035 $a(EBL)1718467 035 $a(OCoLC)881887681 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001226838 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11686416 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001226838 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11273700 035 $a(PQKB)10784303 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1718467 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1718467 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10884653 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL617612 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001314462 100 $a20140703h20042004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFire-power $eBritish army weapons and theories of war, 1904-1945 /$fShelford Bidwell and Dominick Graham 210 1$aSouth Yorkshire, England :$cPen & Sword Military Classics,$d2004. 210 4$dİ2004 215 $a1 online resource (343 p.) 225 1 $aPen & Sword Military Classics ;$vNumber 44 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84415-216-2 311 $a1-306-86361-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Cover ""; ""Series""; ""Half Title ""; ""Title ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contents ""; ""List of Illustrations ""; ""Acknowledgements ""; ""List of Abbreviations ""; ""Prologue""; ""Book I The Fire-Tactics of the Old Army: 1904a???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: 1914a???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: 1919a???1939"" 327 $a""9 The Swingletree Factor """"10 Policies, Theories and Weapons""; ""11 A Fairly New Model Army""; ""Book IV The Second Round: 1939a???1945""; ""12 Blitzkrieg ""; ""13 The Sand Model""; ""14 A Cybernetic Solution a??? I: The Artillery on the Ground""; ""15 A Cybernetic Solution a??? II: The Artillery of the Air""; ""Interlude. Fire-plan statistics: 1940a???45""; ""16 Ends and Means""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" 330 $aThis is, without doubt, the finest book about the crucial role that artillery played in the two World Wars of the Twentieth century. The authors, both former artillery officers who saw action in Word War Two, describe the development of their neglected, inadequate and class-ridden arm through the battles of the First World War and the eventual war-winning role that artillery played, to the culmination of professional military deployment in the Second World War. 410 0$aPen & Sword military classics (Series) ;$vNumber 44. 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xArtillery operations, British 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xArtillery operations, British 606 $aStrategy$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aTactics$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xArtillery operations, British. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xArtillery operations, British. 615 0$aStrategy$xHistory 615 0$aTactics$xHistory 676 $a358.10941 700 $aBidwell$b Shelford$0548667 702 $aGraham$b Dominick 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791028603321 996 $aFire-power$93826359 997 $aUNINA