Studies in British military thought
Subtitle: debates with Fuller and Liddell Hart
By: Brian Holden Reid.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
Subjects: Fuller, J. F. C. 1878-1966; Liddell Hart, Basil Henry, Sir, 1895-1970; Military art and science; Military art and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Description: "John Frederick Charles Fuller (1878-1966), British soldier, military analyst, and war historian, is considered the father of modern armored (tank) warfare - first as planner of the attack at Cambrai in November 1917, and then as author of a number of works that challenged traditional British military thought. His ideas were resisted in his own country but had a major impact on German and Soviet military doctrine.

Sir Basil Liddell Hart (1895-1970) was also a British military historian and analyst of note and authored influential military histories covering figures from Scipio Africanus to Field Marshal Rommel.".

"In the twelve analytical essays in Studies in British Military Thought, Brian Holden Reid examines these two figures whose ideas have influenced the interpretation of events in military history from antiquity to the Cold War. He compares and contrasts their views on tactics, operational art and strategy, and war as a social phenomenon."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-273) and index.