Call-to-Arms The British Army 1914-18

by Messenger, Charles

• ISBN13: 9780304367221
• ISBN10: 0304367222
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-04-01
• Publisher: Cassell

Summary

This is a comprehensive account of how the British Army coped with and adapted to the enormous challenges and pressures of the First World War -- the first major continental war that the army had had to fight for almost a hundred years. Following the course of the War, both on the Western Front and in other theatres, Charles Messenger tells how the British Army managed the challenges of command, training, technology and new weapons of war. He examines officer selection, medicine, discipline, the manpower crisis of 1918, the integration of women into the forces and many other topics.Based on years of original research, this will become the standard work of reference on the organization and administration of the biggest army Britain has ever put into the field.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	7	(2)
Introduction	9	(6)
The British Army in 1914	15	(23)
The Regular Army Goes to War	38	(30)
The Territorials	68	(26)
The New Armies	94	(36)
Conscription	130	(40)
New Weapons, New Arms	170	(44)
Labour	214	(29)
Women in Khaki	243	(22)
Manpower at the Front and the Crisis of 1918	265	(23)
Officer Selection and Training	288	(47)
The Staff	335	(32)
Discipline	367	(38)
Medicine	405	(31)
Welfare and Morale	436	(38)
Honours and Awards	474	(22)
The Verdict	496	(11)
Appendix One British Army Acronyms	507	(14)
Appendix Two Medical Categories	521	(2)
Appendix Three Infantry Units	523	(4)
Sources	527	(12)
Bibliography	539	(18)
Index	557