Edward M Spiers
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 2432297 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Edward M Spiers |
| NOMBRES | Edward M |
| APELLIDO | Spiers |
| FIRMA | SPIERS E M |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Leeds |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 32 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 32 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1975 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Women and the British Army, 1815–1880 , By Lynn MacKay
Spoils of war
This chapter reviews the evolution of British military practices in the acquisition of valuable artefacts, battlefield trophies, and other curios from the wars of empire in Africa. It sets the practices of appropriation and acquisition in Africa, which begin with the Anglo–Abyssinian campaign (1867-8), in a broader context, including past imperial practices in India and China, looting in the Peninsular War, and the formal codes that had developed…
Gordon J. Barclay and Ron Morris, The Fortification of the Firth of Forth 1880–1977
Jock Gordon, Jock's Jocks
The Sudan Military Railway
The length and significance of the Sudan Military Railway enabled its creator, Major-General Sir Horatio Herbert Kitchener, to bring his Anglo-Egyptian army of 23,000 men into the heart of the Sudan. Kitchener obtained the indispensable services of Lieutenant E. Percy C. Girouard, a French Canadian, who would serve as his director of railways at the age of twenty-nine years. Work on the railway between Wadi Halfa and Sarras, at first under Lieute…
Scotland's Waterloo
Engines for empire
Engines for Empire examines the use of the railway by the British army from the 1830s to 1914, a period of domestic political strife and unprecedented imperial expansion. The book uses a wide array of sources and images to demonstrate how the Victorian army embraced this new technology, how it monitored foreign wars, and how it came to use the railway in both support and operational roles. The British army's innovation is also revealed, through i…
La conmemoración británica del centenario de la Primera Guerra Mundial
Este artículo repasa las medidas y evolución de la planificación británica para conmemorar la Primera Guerra Mundial. En él se pone de relieve el hecho de que cualquier comentario sobre esta guerra en Gran Bretaña debe tener en cuenta las normas culturales predominantes. Estas normas han evolucionado a través de gran parte de la poesía, la literatura, el teatro o el cine del siglo pasado, y han pasado a representar la guerra como algo esencialmen…
Nato and Information Warfare
A Military History of Scotland
GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748633357','ISBN:9780748632046']); Winner of the Templer Medal from the Society for Army Historical Research, 2012 Winner of the Saltire Awards History Book of the Year, 2012 The Scottish soldier has been at war for over 2000 years. Until now, no reference work has attempted to examine this vast heritage of warfare. A Military History of Scotland offers readers an unparalleled insight into the evolution of …
Military History of Scotland
Surrender in Britain’s Small Colonial Wars of the Nineteenth Century
Spiers proffers a critique of transcultural theory as applied to British colonial warfare. It argues that all rules of warfare were not abandoned in such wars and that the conditions under which the wars were fought had a greater bearing upon their conduct than racial feelings or the desires for revenge. Surrenders even after or during ferocious conflicts did occur (with massacres as at Isandlwana somewhat exceptional events), and the various bel…
Highland Soldier
Intelligence and Command in Britain's Small Colonial Wars of the 1890s
The small colonial wars of the late nineteenth century were first and foremost ‘campaigns against nature’. They involved surmounting difficulties of terrain and climate, frequently over immense distances that were often more formidable than the challenges posed by enemy forces. Commanding officers usually embarked on campaigns with clear strategic aims (often directed at high-value targets, like an enemy's capital city) and an operational purpose…
Gas disarmament in the 1920s
Following the extensive use of chemical weapons in the First World War, which contravened pre-war agreements, gas disarmament was a prime candidate for interwar consideration. Although the issue remained on the international agenda until the ill-fated World Disarmament Conference, this paper argues that it failed on account of military, economic and political difficulties. These included the continuing interest of the military in the potential of…
The Victorian Soldier in Africa
The Victorian soldier in Africa' re-examines the campaign experience of British soldiers in Africa during the period, 1874-1902 - the zenith of the Victorian imperial expansion - and does so from the perspective of the regimental soldier. Focusing on eight different encounters, the book utilises an unprecedented number of letters and diaries, written by regimental officers and other ranks, to allow soldiers to speak for themselves about their exp…
The Politics of the British Army
Shorter notice. Imperial Warriors
Journal Article Shorter notice. Imperial Warriors: Britain and the Gurkhas. T Gould Get access EM Spiers EM Spiers University of Leeds, Leeds, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 115, Issue 462, June 2000, Pages 753–754, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/115.462.753 Published: 01 June 2000
Shorter notice. Kitchener. The Road to Omdurman. John Pollock
Journal Article Shorter notice. Kitchener. The Road to Omdurman. John Pollock Get access EM Spiers EM Spiers University of Leeds, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 114, Issue 458, September 1999, Pages 1012–1013, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/114.458.1012 Published: 01 September 1999
Sudan
Shorter notice. Managing the South African War, 1899-1902
Journal Article Managing the South African War, 1899-1902: Politicians v. Generals. K Surridge Get access EM Spiers EM Spiers University of Leeds, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 114, Issue 459, November 1999, Pages 1352–1353, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/114.459.1352-a Published: 01 November 1999
Shorter notice. Making Saints
Shorter Notices
SHORTER NOTICES Get access EDWARD M. SPIERS EDWARD M. SPIERS University of Leeds Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CXIII, Issue 451, April 1998, Pages 548–549, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CXIII.451.548 Published: 01 April 1998
Shorter Notices
Shorter Notices
Shorter Notices EDWARD M. SPIERS EDWARD M. SPIERS University of Leeds Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CV, Issue CCCCXVI, July 1990, Pages 758-b–759, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CV.CCCCXVI.758-b Published: 01 July 1990
The use of the Dum Dum bullet in colonial warfare
The Victorian Soldier in Africa
The Victorian soldier in Africa' re-examines the campaign experience of British soldiers in Africa during the period, 1874-1902 - the zenith of the Victorian imperial expansion - and does so from the perspective of the regimental soldier. Focusing on eight different encounters, the book utilises an unprecedented number of letters and diaries, written by regimental officers and other ranks, to allow soldiers to speak for themselves about their exp…
Gas and the North‐West Frontier
Gas disarmament in the 1920s
Following the extensive use of chemical weapons in the First World War, which contravened pre-war agreements, gas disarmament was a prime candidate for interwar consideration. Although the issue remained on the international agenda until the ill-fated World Disarmament Conference, this paper argues that it failed on account of military, economic and political difficulties. These included the continuing interest of the military in the potential of…
Highland Soldier
Intelligence and Command in Britain's Small Colonial Wars of the 1890s
The small colonial wars of the late nineteenth century were first and foremost ‘campaigns against nature’. They involved surmounting difficulties of terrain and climate, frequently over immense distances that were often more formidable than the challenges posed by enemy forces. Commanding officers usually embarked on campaigns with clear strategic aims (often directed at high-value targets, like an enemy's capital city) and an operational purpose…
The Geneva protocol
The use of the Dum Dum bullet in colonial warfare
Gas and the North‐West Frontier
The Geneva protocol
Chemical Warfare
Journal Article Chemical Warfare. By Edward M. Spiers. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1986. ix + 277 pp. $24.95.) Get access Albert E. Cowdrey Albert E. Cowdrey Center of Military History, Department of the Army Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 73, Issue 3, December 1986, Pages 790–791, https://doi.org/10.2307/1903070 Published: 01 December 1986
Chemical Warfare
The Detoxification and Natural Degradation of Chemical Warfare Agents
Shorter Notices
Journal Article Shorter Notices Get access E. M. SPIERS E. M. SPIERS University of Leeds Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CIV, Issue CCCCX, January 1989, Page 242, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CIV.CCCCX.242 Published: 01 January 1989
Shorter Notices
Shorter Notices EDWARD M. SPIERS EDWARD M. SPIERS University of Leeds Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CV, Issue CCCCXVI, July 1990, Pages 758-b–759, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CV.CCCCXVI.758-b Published: 01 July 1990
Shorter Notices
Shorter Notices
SHORTER NOTICES Get access EDWARD M. SPIERS EDWARD M. SPIERS University of Leeds Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CXIII, Issue 451, April 1998, Pages 548–549, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CXIII.451.548 Published: 01 April 1998
Shorter notice. Kitchener. The Road to Omdurman. John Pollock
Journal Article Shorter notice. Kitchener. The Road to Omdurman. John Pollock Get access EM Spiers EM Spiers University of Leeds, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 114, Issue 458, September 1999, Pages 1012–1013, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/114.458.1012 Published: 01 September 1999
Sudan
Shorter notice. Managing the South African War, 1899-1902
Journal Article Managing the South African War, 1899-1902: Politicians v. Generals. K Surridge Get access EM Spiers EM Spiers University of Leeds, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 114, Issue 459, November 1999, Pages 1352–1353, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/114.459.1352-a Published: 01 November 1999
Shorter notice. Making Saints
The Politics of the British Army
Shorter notice. Imperial Warriors
Journal Article Shorter notice. Imperial Warriors: Britain and the Gurkhas. T Gould Get access EM Spiers EM Spiers University of Leeds, Leeds, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 115, Issue 462, June 2000, Pages 753–754, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/115.462.753 Published: 01 June 2000
The Victorian Soldier in Africa
The Victorian soldier in Africa' re-examines the campaign experience of British soldiers in Africa during the period, 1874-1902 - the zenith of the Victorian imperial expansion - and does so from the perspective of the regimental soldier. Focusing on eight different encounters, the book utilises an unprecedented number of letters and diaries, written by regimental officers and other ranks, to allow soldiers to speak for themselves about their exp…
Gas disarmament in the 1920s
Following the extensive use of chemical weapons in the First World War, which contravened pre-war agreements, gas disarmament was a prime candidate for interwar consideration. Although the issue remained on the international agenda until the ill-fated World Disarmament Conference, this paper argues that it failed on account of military, economic and political difficulties. These included the continuing interest of the military in the potential of…
Intelligence and Command in Britain's Small Colonial Wars of the 1890s
The small colonial wars of the late nineteenth century were first and foremost ‘campaigns against nature’. They involved surmounting difficulties of terrain and climate, frequently over immense distances that were often more formidable than the challenges posed by enemy forces. Commanding officers usually embarked on campaigns with clear strategic aims (often directed at high-value targets, like an enemy's capital city) and an operational purpose…
Highland Soldier
A Military History of Scotland
GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748633357','ISBN:9780748632046']); Winner of the Templer Medal from the Society for Army Historical Research, 2012 Winner of the Saltire Awards History Book of the Year, 2012 The Scottish soldier has been at war for over 2000 years. Until now, no reference work has attempted to examine this vast heritage of warfare. A Military History of Scotland offers readers an unparalleled insight into the evolution of …
Military History of Scotland
Surrender in Britain’s Small Colonial Wars of the Nineteenth Century
Spiers proffers a critique of transcultural theory as applied to British colonial warfare. It argues that all rules of warfare were not abandoned in such wars and that the conditions under which the wars were fought had a greater bearing upon their conduct than racial feelings or the desires for revenge. Surrenders even after or during ferocious conflicts did occur (with massacres as at Isandlwana somewhat exceptional events), and the various bel…
Nato and Information Warfare
Engines for empire
Engines for Empire examines the use of the railway by the British army from the 1830s to 1914, a period of domestic political strife and unprecedented imperial expansion. The book uses a wide array of sources and images to demonstrate how the Victorian army embraced this new technology, how it monitored foreign wars, and how it came to use the railway in both support and operational roles. The British army's innovation is also revealed, through i…
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