War, Strategy, and International Politics Essays in Honour of Sir Michael Howard

by Freedman, Lawrence; Hayes, Paul; O'Neill, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780198222927
• ISBN10: 0198222920
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-09-24
• Publisher: Clarendon Press

Summary

This wide-ranging collection covers many topics of interest in the related fields of military history and strategic studies. The contributors are all distinguished scholars, whose depth of research and variety of approach combine to produce a rewarding book and a substantive contribution to knowledge. Their common theme is the exploration of the relationships between strategic planning, the conduct of war, and high politics. The volume is dedicated to Sir Michael Howard, formerly Regius Professor of History in the University of Oxford. The broad scope of the work reflects the nature of Sir Michael's scholarship over a long and distinguished career.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors
War and the English in the Reign of Henry VIII	p. 1
An English Country House at War: Littlecote and the Pophams	p. 19
The Continental Commitment in the Eighteenth Century	p. 39
'Cornwallis Triumphant': War in India and the British Public in the Late Eighteenth Century	p. 57
Parliamentary Debate, Economic Vulnerability, and British Naval Expansion, 1860-1905	p. 75
Britain, Germany, and the Admiralty's Plans for Attacking German Territory, 1906-1915	p. 95
Lord Kitchener and the Battle of Loos: French Politics and British Strategy in the Summer of 1915	p. 117
Who Knew What and When? The French Army Mutinies and the British Decision to Launch the Third Battle of Ypres	p. 133
'Hidden in the Rock': American Military Perceptions of Great Britain, 1919-1940	p. 155
Alanbrooke and Britain's Mediterranean Strategy, 1942-1944	p. 175
Being Friends: The Combined Chiefs of Staff and the Making of Allied Strategy in the Second World War	p. 195
Britain and the Alliance	p. 211
Grand Strategies and Less-than-Grand Strategies: A Twentieth-Century Critique	p. 227
Continuity and Change in Soviet Strategic Thought	p. 243
Problems of Command in Limited Warfare: Thoughts from Korea and Vietnam	p. 263
Strategic Studies and the Problem of Power	p. 279
Michael Howard's Contribution to Historical Studies	p. 295
In Appreciation of Michael Howard	p. 299
A Bibliography of the Works of Michael Howard	p. 303
Index	p. 305
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