The Imperial Army Project
Britain and the Land Forces of the Dominions and India, 1902-1945
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9328904 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Douglas E Delaney (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Pages | 368 |
| Publication date | 2018-02-15 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Imperial Army Project (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oso/9780198704461.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W2789413080 |
| ISBN | 9780198704461 |
| Open Library | OL30584579M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
How did British authorities manage to secure the commitment of large dominion and Indian armies that could plan, fight, shoot, communicate, and sustain themselves, in concert with the British Army and with each other, during the era of the two world wars? This is the primary line of inquiry for this study, which begs a couple of supporting questions. What did the British want from the dominion and Indian armies and how did they go about trying to get it? How successful were they in the end? Answering these questions requires a long-term perspective—one that begins with efforts to fix the armies of the British Empire in the aftermath of their desultory performance in South Africa (1899–1903) and follows through to the high point of imperial military cooperation during the Second World War. Based on multi-archival research conducted in six different countries on four continents, Douglas E. Delaney argues that the military compatibility of the British Empire armies was the product of a deliberate and enduring imperial army project, one that aimed at ‘Lego-piecing’ the armies of the empire, while, at the same time, accommodating the burgeoning autonomy of the dominions and even India. At its core, this book is really about how a military coalition worked
Ancient history · Autonomy · British Empire · Diplomacy · Dominion · Empire · Imperial unit system · Political science · Politics · African history and culture studies · History · Law · Military History and Strategy · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact · 1765-1947 · Armed Forces · Army · British · british occupation · Great britain · Great Britain. Army · Great Britain. Army. British Indian Army · India · Military history · military policy · military relations
| Citations per year | 0.57 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |