Raising Churchill's army : the British army and the war against Germany, 1919-1945 / David French.

Collection type	Library
Author	French, David, 1954-;
Call Number	940.541241 F873r
Document type	Monograph
Year	2000.
Pagination	xii, 319 p. ; 24 cm.
Publisher	Oxford University Press,
Note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-306) and index. "This 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 strategy in the interwar period 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. Professor French assesses Montgomery's contributions to the war effort and concludes that most important were his willingness to impose a uniform understanding of doctrine on his subordinates, and to use mechanized firepower in ways quite different from Haig in the First World War."--BOOK JACKET.
Place made	Oxford ; New York

Abstract

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, 194 0 -- 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.