The imperial army project : Britain and the land forces of the Dominions and India, 1902-1945 / Douglas E. Delaney.

First edition.

9780191773808 (electronic book)

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.

English

1 online resource : illustrations, maps.

DS463

954.035

How did British authorities manage to secure the commitment of large Dominion and Indian armies that could plan, fight, shoot, communicate, and sustain themselves, in concert with the British Army and with each other, during the era of the two world wars? What did the British want from the Dominion and Indian armies and how did they go about trying to get it? Douglas E. Delaney seeks to answer these questions to understand whether the imperial army project was successful. Answering these questions requires a long-term perspective - one that begins with efforts to fix the armies of the British Empire in the aftermath of their desultory performance in South Africa (1899-1903) and follows through to the high point of imperial military cooperation during the Second World War.

How did British authorities manage to secure the commitment of large Dominion and Indian armies that could plan, fight, shoot, communicate, and sustain themselves, in concert with the British Army and with each other, during the era of the two world wars? What did the British want from the Dominion and Indian armies and how did they go about trying to get it? Douglas E. Delaney seeks to answer these questions to understand whether the imperial army project was successful. Answering these questions requires a long-term perspective - one that begins with efforts to fix the armies of the British Empire in the aftermath of their desultory performance in South Africa (1899-1903) and follows through to the high point of imperial military cooperation during the Second World War.

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