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- 30mm
- Weight
- 657.7089365g
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- Subject
- Military / General, Europe / Great Britain / General
- Imprint
- University of Oklahoma Press
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- 368
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- 229mm
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- United States
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- ISBN
- 9780806161716
- Subject Area
- History
- Publication Name
- British Profession of Arms : the Politics of Command in the Late Victorian Army
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Series
- Campaigns and Commanders Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.4 in
- Item Weight
- 23.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN-10
080616171X
ISBN-13
9780806161716
eBay Product ID (ePID)
11038451081
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
British Profession of Arms : the Politics of Command in the Late Victorian Army
Subject
Military / General, Europe / Great Britain / General
Publication Year
2018
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
History
Series
Campaigns and Commanders Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
23.1 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2018-010568
Reviews
"The result of many years of painstaking research, Ian Beckett's A British Profession in Arms is an invaluable and original addition to the study of the workings of the British Army in the late Victorian period. In what is a complex topic, he skillfully navigates the disparate archive material to produce a book that provides a fascinating insight into the workings of the British Army in the late-nineteenth century."-- War in History, "Ian Beckett is perhaps the most important, and certainly the most prolific, historian of the British military writing today. [He] is a treasure, and his latest book is essential for any military historian or scholar engaged in the culture of the late-Victorian Empire."--- Victorian Studies
Dewey Edition
23
Series Volume Number
63
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
355.33041094109034
Synopsis
Based on more than thirty years of research into surviving official, semi-official, and private correspondence, Beckett's work offers an intimate and occasionally amusing picture of what might affect an officer's career: wealth, wives, and family status; promotion boards and strategic preferences; performance in the field and diplomatic outcomes., "You offer yourself to be slain," General Sir John Hackett once observed, remarking on the military profession. "This is the essence of being a soldier." For this reason as much as any other, the British army has invariably been seen as standing apart from other professions--and sometimes from society as a whole. A British Profession of Arms effectively counters this view . In this definitive study of the late Victorian army, distinguished scholar Ian F. W. Beckett finds that the British soldier, like any other professional, was motivated by considerations of material reward and career advancement. Within the context of debates about both the evolution of Victorian professions and the nature of military professionalism, Beckett considers the late Victorian officer corps as a case study for weighing distinctions between the British soldier and his civilian counterparts. Beckett examines the role of personality, politics, and patronage in the selection and promotion of officers. He looks, too, at the internal and external influences that extended from the press and public opinion to the rivalry of the so-called rings of adherents of major figures such as Garnet Wolseley and Frederick Roberts. In particular, he considers these processes at play in high command in the Second Afghan War (1878-81), the Anglo-Zulu War (1879), and the South African War (1899-1902). Based on more than thirty years of research into surviving official, semiofficial, and private correspondence, Beckett's work offers an intimate and occasionally amusing picture of what might affect an officer's career: wealth, wives, and family status; promotion boards and strategic preferences; performance in the field and diplomatic outcomes. It is a remarkable depiction of the British profession of arms, unparalleled in breadth, depth, and detail., "You offer yourself to be slain," General Sir John Hackett once observed, remarking on the military profession. "This is the essence of being a soldier." For this reason as much as any other, the British army has invariably been seen as standing apart from other professions-and sometimes from society as a whole. A British Profession of Arms effectively counters this view . In this definitive study of the late Victorian army, distinguished scholar Ian F. W. Beckett finds that the British soldier, like any other professional, was motivated by considerations of material reward and career advancement. Within the context of debates about both the evolution of Victorian professions and the nature of military professionalism, Beckett considers the late Victorian officer corps as a case study for weighing distinctions between the British soldier and his civilian counterparts. Beckett examines the role of personality, politics, and patronage in the selection and promotion of officers. He looks, too, at the internal and external influences that extended from the press and public opinion to the rivalry of the so-called rings of adherents of major figures such as Garnet Wolseley and Frederick Roberts. In particular, he considers these processes at play in high command in the Second Afghan War (1878-81), the Anglo-Zulu War (1879), and the South African War (1899-1902). Based on more than thirty years of research into surviving official, semiofficial, and private correspondence, Beckett's work offers an intimate and occasionally amusing picture of what might affect an officer's career: wealth, wives, and family status; promotion boards and strategic preferences; performance in the field and diplomatic outcomes. It is a remarkable depiction of the British profession of arms, unparalleled in breadth, depth, and detail.
LC Classification Number
UB415.G7B43 2018
Copyright Date
2018
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