Ian Horwood
Biographic Data
| ID | 4466306 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ian Horwood |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ian |
| FAMILY NAME | Horwood |
| SIGNATURE | HORWOOD I |
| AFFILIATIONS | York St John University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Strained Sinews of War
The Commonwealth air contribution to the UN campaign in Korea has received scant attention by comparison with that of the Commonwealth ground forces. Fundamentally unenthusiastic about participation in the Korean War Britain and its closest Commonwealth allies nevertheless saw it as necessary for the achievement of their collective objectives. We argue that their ability to do this was negatively impacted by the limitation of US financial aid aft…
Quantifying Counterfactual Military History
Forces shaping human history are complex, but the course of history is undeniably changed on many occasions by conscious acts. These may be premeditated or responsive, calmly calculated or performed under great pressure. They may also be considered to be successful or catastrophic, but how are historians to make such judgments and appeal to evidence in support of their conclusions? Further, and crucially, how exactly are we to distinguish probabl…
A fundamental weapon’
Harnessing the Airplane
The success of military aviation and the atrophy of horse cavalry to the point of ceremonial irrelevance, suggests Lori Henning, has inclined us to assume that the cavalry’s response to the airplane in the early years of the twentieth century can only be understood as an irrational rejection of technological inevitability. Henning’s own portrait, however, recorded in this volume, of cavalry’s interaction with military aviation in this period is a…
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Harnessing the Airplane
The success of military aviation and the atrophy of horse cavalry to the point of ceremonial irrelevance, suggests Lori Henning, has inclined us to assume that the cavalry’s response to the airplane in the early years of the twentieth century can only be understood as an irrational rejection of technological inevitability. Henning’s own portrait, however, recorded in this volume, of cavalry’s interaction with military aviation in this period is a…
A fundamental weapon’
Quantifying Counterfactual Military History
Forces shaping human history are complex, but the course of history is undeniably changed on many occasions by conscious acts. These may be premeditated or responsive, calmly calculated or performed under great pressure. They may also be considered to be successful or catastrophic, but how are historians to make such judgments and appeal to evidence in support of their conclusions? Further, and crucially, how exactly are we to distinguish probabl…
Strained Sinews of War
The Commonwealth air contribution to the UN campaign in Korea has received scant attention by comparison with that of the Commonwealth ground forces. Fundamentally unenthusiastic about participation in the Korean War Britain and its closest Commonwealth allies nevertheless saw it as necessary for the achievement of their collective objectives. We argue that their ability to do this was negatively impacted by the limitation of US financial aid aft…
Military History and Strategy (3 works) · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Adversary (1 work) · Aeronautics (1 work)