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Sir John Harold Clapham
Sir John Harold Clapham , 1873-1946, English economic historian. He was lecturer, professor and administrator at Cambridge from 1908 to 1943. Outstanding among his many works on British economic history are An Economic History of Modern Britain (2d ed., 3 vol., 1931-38) and The Bank of England (... Read more
Mandell Creighton
Mandell Creighton , 1843-1901, British historian and churchman. He was professor of ecclesiastical history at Cambridge from 1884 until his appointment (1891) as bishop of Peterborough. In 1896 he was made bishop of London. He was a founder of the English Historical Review and wrote biographies of... Read more
Michael Ivanovich Rostovtzeff
Michael Ivanovich Rostovtzeff , 1870-1952, American historian, b. Kiev, Ukraine. He studied at the Univ. of St. Petersburg where he was professor of Latin and of Roman history from 1898 to 1918. He emigrated to the United States during the Russian Revolution, taught ancient history at the Univ. of W... Read more
Sir Henry James Sumner Maine
Sir Henry James Sumner Maine 1822-88, English jurist and historian, educated at Cambridge. A pioneer in the historical and comparative study of institutions, he viewed the history of laws as the most certain way of studying the history of civilization. He drew analogies between 19th-century institu... Read more
André Maurois
André Maurois , 1885-1967, French biographer, novelist, and essayist. His name was originally Émile Herzog. His first work, The Silence of Colonel Bramble (1918, tr. 1920), describing British military life, was highly successful. Ariel (1923, tr. 1924), a life of Shelley, was follo... Read more
Sir William Francis Patrick Napier
Sir William Francis Patrick Napier 1785-1860, British general and historian; brother of Sir Charles James Napier . He served in the Peninsular War and wrote a famous and still authoritative History of the War in the Peninsula (6 vol., 1828-40). ... Read more
Ammianus Marcellinus
Ammianus Marcellinus , c.330-c.400, Roman historian, b. Antioch. After retiring from a successful military career, he wrote a history of the Roman Empire as a sequel to that of Tacitus, his model. The history, in 31 books, covered the years from AD 96 to 378; only Books XIV-XXXI, covering the years ... Read more
knight
knight in ancient and medieval history, a noble who did military service as a mounted warrior. The Knight in Ancient History In ancient history, as in Athens and Rome, the knight was a noble of the second class who in military service had to furnish his own mount and equipment. In Roman s... Read more
John Frederick Charles Fuller
John Frederick Charles Fuller 1878-1966, British soldier. In World War I, he recognized the importance of mechanized warfare and, as general staff officer of the tank corps, planned the stunning tank attack at Cambrai in 1917 (see tank, military ). His ideas, expressed in Tanks in the Great War ... Read more
Nennius
Nennius , fl. 796, Welsh writer, to whom is ascribed the Historia Britonum. He lived on the borders of Mercia and probably was a pupil of Elbod, bishop of Bangor. The Historia is a compilation containing much on the early history of Britain and the Anglo-Saxon invasions. Although some scholars t... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "British military history"

military history
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...theme running throughout British military history and one that continues...such an integral part of British army history. Moreover, the growing seriousness with which military history is being viewed in the British academic world provides...
Museums, Military History
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History Museums, Military History. The essential mission of military museums in the United...documenting both military material and the...beginning with ranks of British field guns, surrendered...Museum of American History (1961). The Centennial...
Medical Practice in the Military
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History ...of American history, New World military medical practices...following British practice...American military medical practice...of U.S. history. University...rarely found in British or British colonial military organizations...
Ideals, Military
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History ...itself; and ideals of military leadership. Ethical...provenance of American military ideals lies in the history of war itself, predating...centuries the emergence of military professionalism among...nineteenth century. The British code of military honor...
Doctrine, Military
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History ...much as any other artifact of military history. Any armed force operates...the greater part of American military history the doctrines under which...regarded as loose collections of military folkways. The history of U.S. military doctrine...
Military‐Industrial Complex
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History ...explain some of the new military realities of the time: the persistent high military spending in peacetime...unprecedented in American history; the persistent and...seemingly pointless U.S. military involvement in Vietnam...advantage (e.g., the British steel industry and the...
United Kingdom, U.S. Military Involvement in the
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History ...Kingdom, U.S. Military Involvement in the...x2010;American military operations, such...The joint U.S.British invasion of Normandy...operation in the history of warfare. By...Day, 641,170 British, Canadians, and...number of U.S. military personnel grew to...
Textbooks, War and the Military in
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History ...Supporters of American history courses often claim...pages) to U.S. military history. Another 2.5...would be that the British recruited African...gender and the military. Textbooks provide...school American history textbooks? According...
Aviation Intelligence, History
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security ...espionage, the history of aviation intelligence...earliest studies of the British DeHaviland fighter...birth of flight. History The use of aircraft...again made aviation history when they conducted...figured in the U.S. military action against Pancho...foreign aircraft, a British ...
Intelligence, Military and Political
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History ...threats for much of its history. This fact, and the...little role in U.S. history until the mid‐...appendage had a long history of secret agents and...Potomac created a Bureau of Military Intelligence in 1863...Britain and Germany. A British intelligence success...

Dictionary entries related to "British military history"

Photography, Military
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...World War I witnessed military recognition of the utility...photography. In 1915 the British at Neuve-Chapelle...location; licensed military users, however, can...Newhall, Beaumont. The History of Photography from...Photographs ; Intelligence, Military and Strategic ; Maps...
Medicine, Military
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...effects of operating military machines such as submarines...airplanes. As part of a military hierarchy, the organization...followed the model of the British army. Military physicians wrote several...officer in American history in 1970. One consequence...
Commander in Chief of British Forces
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...supervised directly by the British ministry, commanders supervised the American military and its financial expenditures...also Colonial Policy, British ; Revolution, American: Diplomatic Aspects, Military History, Political History...
The History of George Catlett Marshall (14 June 1951, by Senator Joseph McCarthy)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History THE HISTORY OF GEORGE CATLETT...venture in the history of man. A conspiracy...political and military. It was Marshall...to compel the British to invade across...who fought the British desire, shared...his chief of military mission in Moscow...
Battle of Lexington, American and British Accounts (26 April 1775)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...April 1775 in Boston, British General Thomas Gage was...Unfortunately for the British, along the way they...them to shoot at, the British lost their courage and...Revolution, American: Military History . In provincial congress...
Migration in World History
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas Migration in World History Migration is a central...isles later called "British," and, further southward...the Celtic-settled (British) islands, the Celtic...Saxon men, as later British historians had believed...northern Europe. One of its military officers, a man from...
The Revolutionary War
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Concord where the British were forced to...show the recent military history in illustrative...are portrayed, military positions outlined...geography and recent military history of the area...colonials and British. The French joined...
West Point
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...always present in the British plans of campaign after 1777. Except for the British capture of Stony Point...the fort over to the British Army (1780), it was...produced the U.S. Military Academy existed in that...Honor, Country: A History of West Point. Baltimore...
Arms Race and Disarmament
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...attempts to gain military superiority for...of its early history, the United...small peacetime military establishment...protection from any British (Canadian...of the U.S. Military Academy at West...existence of British Canada. American...control in American history, this ...
army
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...contact between the army and British society since the Civil War. Ultimately the British army was the most successful...However, with no shared military tradition to draw upon...For the first time in British history peacetime conscription...

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The Evolution of the Division in British Military History
Magazine article from: RUSI Journal; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...organizational unit of the British Army. Surprisingly...sources relating to the history of the British Army. The division, as a major unit of military organization, is...of the division in British military history is that of the struggle...
The First World War and British Military History.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 1/1/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...understanding of events, the writers of World War I British history have skewed the field, and created images that...dedicated to reclaiming World War I in the area of British military history, the study is of far wider interest and value...
The pagasus bridge show kicks off in Bath to ; It was one of the most daring raids in British military history, seen by many at the time as a suicide mission that took off from the West.
Newspaper article from: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK); 11/13/2008; 700+ words ; ...daring raids in British military history, seen by many...such as the Royal British Legion, Army...Blesma (the British Limbless Ex...and he has used history to compare it...audience through military crossings from...
The Somme battlefield: Peter Furtado introduces one of the most traumatic places in British military history.
Magazine article from: History Today; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...used to seeing British visitors, and...was the largest military encounter in history to date, involving...manned by the British Expeditionary...July 1st, the British infantry proved...casualty list in history--19,420 dead...
Truth, justice and patriotism; Tony Barrett talks to Britain's most outspoken television writer, who was persuaded by grieving Irish families to address one of the most controversial episodes in British military history.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 1/21/2002; 700+ words ; ...consciousness since he watched British Paratroopers swarm onto the streets...condemning the actions of the British Army for turning a peaceful protest...the most controversial days in British military history. McGovern says: "I was first...
MALAYA, 1948. In one of the most controversial incidents in British military history, 24 UNARMED CIVILIANS were killed by a platoon of ScotsGuards. Now the release of SECRET DOCUMENTS means the real story may be told at last
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 7/11/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...Tham Yong. "I dream that the British want to kill me. I tell them...successes over the much larger British forces. Acting on military and local intelligence, the...remain hotly contested. The British Army has always maintained that...
A clever chap, and modest; British military history.(Archibald Wavell)(Biography)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 1/17/2009; 700+ words ; ...Cripps and his other political masters as he commanded the British Empire's forces, first against the Axis powers in north...helped create his marked sense of detachment. When he viewed a military problem he would ponder how Napoleon or Caesar would have dealt...
In harm's way; The sinking of the Lusitania.(British military history)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 4/20/2002; 700+ words ; ...eight months into war, a 30,000-tonne British liner, Lusitania, pulled out of New...years before America did come in. The British authorities tried, with behind-the...detonate), no Canadian troops and no British plot to sacrifice a ship to bring America...
Paterfamilias Monty; British military history.(The adventures of Montgomery's stepson)(Where the Hell Have You Been? Monty, Italy and One Man's Incredible Escape)(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 10/24/2009; 700+ words ; WHEN General Montgomery's stepson Richard Carver was captured by the Afrika Korps two days after the battle of El Alamein in November 1942, he had every reason to be worried. If the Germans had established the family connection, he would have been sent to Colditz, with other prominent allied
The History of British Military Bands
Magazine article from: RUSI Journal; 4/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...related marches. The music of the British military has its orgins in the infantry...Regiments progressively assumed military ranks or were retired in favour...the latter half of the century British military music entered its period of greatest...