The British Army on the Western Front 1916

Description

Bruce Gudmundsson guides us expertly through the history of the British Expeditionary Force in 1916 as it struggled to become a modern army and turn the tide of the First World War. Examining the tactical innovatio0ns that accompanied this change and the conflicting strategies and tactics that it was expected to pursue, Gudmundsson explores the difficulties facing the British Army, including the bewildering number of new technologies in use, from novelties such as combat aircraft, tanks and armoured cars to trench mortars and more than a thousand pieces of siege artillery.

Major Bruce Gudmundsson, USMCR (Retired), is an historian who specializes in tactical innovation, the way that military organizations respond to radical change. The author of four major books and several hundred articles, he has taught at the Marine Corps Command and Staff College, the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst and Oxford University.

"Bruce Gudmundsson's The British Army on the Western Front 1916 is an excellent World War II survey which covers the tactical innovations that accompanied the many new strategies developed on the fly by the British Army. Holdings strong in World War II events need this." --The Bookwatch (December 2007) "...enhanced by quality period photographs and superbly drawn maps and charts. Overall, an excellent addition to the series and one that with both enlighten and inform the reader." --Scott Van Aken, modelingmadness.com (December 2007)