I'm sorry Bob's World, but I can't agree with that lamentation.
Considering most, if not all, Western armies didn't have an Army "profession" (as defined by Huntington) in the 18th century and...
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I'm sorry Bob's World, but I can't agree with that lamentation.
Considering most, if not all, Western armies didn't have an Army "profession" (as defined by Huntington) in the 18th century and...
Agreed - just reading a bit into Britain's experience in the Raj will find you a host of "unconventional" soldiers who insert themselves into the culture they were fighting in. I remember a passage...
I'll agree with you in part. Portrayals of Lawrence (as well as his own writing) never seem to put his efforts into the larger picture; this leaves many with the idea that he wandered into the...
Who was Allenby?
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