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Showing 1 to 20 of 51 for “"British military"”.
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British Military Thinking, 1902-1914
… War (1899-1902) and August 1914 were a period of military reform for Britain. As a result of Army errors and deficiencies, the military came under criticism and ultimately reform. The Army was transformed from an unwieldy conglomeration of units into an expandable striking force ready for overseas …
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The incredible disappearing soldier and other adventures in British military recruitment: How is masculine identity constructed by British military recruitment films in the decades 2000–2020?
… and discursive construction of masculinities in British military recruitment and promotional films produced during the first two decades of this century. Its title alludes to the 1957 US film The Incredible Shrinking Man, in which the subject becomes smaller and smaller and eventually disappears …
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Military media machine: how the British military communicated Afghanistan at home
Military Media Machine is an investigation into the media management structure, and the increasingly dynamic communication processes, developed and implemented by the UK military. It explores – rather than explains – the proliferation in military media facilitation within defence, at a time when …
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British Military Theatricals in New York City During the Revolutionary War
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-10T17:03:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6503177.pdf: 8514049 bytes, checksum: b2cc6b085eef05c1bf30e3393731151a (MD5) Previous issue date: 1964
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An early history of British military television with special reference to John Logie Baird
… of J.L.Baird and his company's involvement with British military technologies has been brought to public attention. There has previously been no comprehensive academic assesment using primary sources of the suggestions offered in these books. Here is recorded British military television …
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The British military occupation of the Cape 1795-1815 : the case of York Redoubt
Includes bibliographical references.
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Army officers, historians and journalists : the emergence, expansion and diversification of British military history, 1854-1914
… of the Crimean War in 1854, Britain had only one military academy which taught Military History, the subject was overlooked at universities, few historians wrote on the topic and the government had not yet sanctioned the writing of official history. Yet, by the outbreak of the First World War in …
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The development of British military professionalism through early-modern European warfare (c.1572-1637) viewed through soldiers' published literature
… traditions and the growing public interest in military affairs. There follows an extensive discussion in the second chapter on the categorisation of soldiers, which argues that soldiers' works are under-used evidence of the developing professionalism among military leaders at various levels and …
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Patch Life: Army Wives Behind the Wire
… female civilian women moved overseas with the British Army for a tour lasting three years. Known by the collective ‘Army Wives’ and ‘Dependents,’ these women faced multiple dislocations as they sought to make a life for themselves, bounded by British military jurisdiction in a South-Eastern …
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Cultural mandates, artistic missions, and "The Welfare of Palestine," 1876-1948
… of the Ottoman Empire, the First World War, British military and colonial occupation (in the form of the British Mandate from 1920-48), as well as the growth of Arab nationalism and Zionism. Previous scholarship on Palestinian art defines it as a national artistic movement, born out of a …
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Britain and Upper Silesia 1919 - 1922
… dedicated narrative on Britain's political and military involvement in Upper Silesia between 1919 and 1922.It establishes the background to the Paris Peace Conference's decision to conduct a plebiscite in this important industrial region on the new Polish-German frontier. It also demonstrates …
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“Caughnawaga Indians were taking part in one of the most dramatic episodes of history…”: Manufacturing Mohawk Nationalism on the Nile Expedition of 1884 – 1885
In 1884 to 1885, a British military endeavour was launched to relieve General Charles Gordon at Khartoum, Sudan, who was besieged by Islamic insurgents. The Nile Expedition, as it came to be known, included approximately four hundred Canadian civilians employed to transport troops and supplies down …
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Wider utility of mission command
… academic and business literature have cited military sources as examples of leadership excellence. Central to the British Military’s leadership Command philosophy is the concept of Mission Command. This thesis examines the utility of Mission Command1 beyond the confines of the British …
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An investigation of the relationship between National Armies and the concept of national identity with particular reference to Army recruitment campaigns in Germany and Britain
… there has been a strong relationship between the military as a national institution and the concept of national identity, although in very different ways. This is because of the two nations’ experiences of the Second World War which, though military in nature, were shared by the entire population. …
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