Army, empire, and Cold War : the British Army and military policy, 1945-1971 /

Main Author: French, David, 1954-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Policy-making and policy makers
  • The 'new model army" and the Cold War 1945-1952
  • Service in the National Service Army
  • The British Army of the Rhine, Middle East land forces and conventional deterrence : 1948 to 1956
  • Counter insurgency operations, 1945-1956
  • "Fire brigades" : expeditionary options
  • Duncan Sandys and the creation of the all-regular Army
  • A good employer? The all-regular Army
  • The British Army of the Rhine's doctrine for nuclear war
  • The British Army of the Rhine and the nuclear battlefield
  • "Village cricket" : expeditionary operations, 1958-1966
  • The army and the withdrawal from East of Suez
  • A Potemkin army