Foreword by Gunther E. Rothenberg Preface Prologue: Of Ignorant Armies Long Forgotten Winters The Canadian Corps and the British Mold The Bellows of Peace Shaping an Expeditionary Force The Staff Caste Battle Drill Die The Montgomery Measurement Epilogue: Final Tempering Half-Forgotten Summer The Imprint of Doctrine Cast of Commanders Throes Beyond the Beach Cold Eye on Death The Amiens Alchemy Case Hardening Conclusion: Final Casting Appendix A: Some General Notes on What to Look for When Visiting a Regiment by Lt.-Col. B. L. Montgomery Appendix B: Tank and Gun Comparisons Select Bibliography Index
This book is a unique case study of the impact of a peacetime army--its history, organization and command structures, doctrines, and level of training--on the subsequent operation of large field forces in battle.
JOHN A. ENGLISH is Associate with the International Institute for Strategic Studies. He recently completed a three-year tour on the Directing Staff of the Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College. He is the author of the acclaimed book On Infantry (Praeger, 1981) and principal editor of The Mechanized Battlefield: A Tactical Analysis. He has also written a number of articles on military subjects that have appeared in Jane's Military Review, Infantry, Naval War College Review, Canadian Defense Quarterly, Marine Corps Gazette, and Military Affairs.
?[A]n outstanding analytical study that raises important questions
about the army and the society that created it...The Canadian Army
and the Normandy Campaign is an excellent book full of insight as
well as new information.?-The Canadian Historical Review
?English has produced a remarkably rich record of a multiple of
elements that are fascinating to read and fit together. It is well
written, thoroughly researched and documented, and usefully
illustrated. It is an honest reappraisal of the received version of
Canadian experience in the Normandy campaign. The frank
identification of the reality of responsibility resting with the
Canadian commanders whose abilities, or lack thereof, were products
of the decade of peace during which they had led is a valuable
addition to he written historical record and to the theoretical
approach to the Canadian military experience.?-The Historian
?This book is a welcome and necessary addition to the literature.
It will be warmly received by Normandy veterans, and will stimulate
much interest and debate amongst professional soldiers and military
historians alike.?-The International History Review
?This immensely stimulating book by John A. English enrishes the
already distinguished new generation of scholarship on the armies
of the Western Allies of 1939-45.?-American Historical Review
"�A�n outstanding analytical study that raises important questions
about the army and the society that created it...The Canadian Army
and the Normandy Campaign is an excellent book full of insight as
well as new information."-The Canadian Historical Review
"[A]n outstanding analytical study that raises important questions
about the army and the society that created it...The Canadian Army
and the Normandy Campaign is an excellent book full of insight as
well as new information."-The Canadian Historical Review
"This book is a welcome and necessary addition to the literature.
It will be warmly received by Normandy veterans, and will stimulate
much interest and debate amongst professional soldiers and military
historians alike."-The International History Review
"This immensely stimulating book by John A. English enrishes the
already distinguished new generation of scholarship on the armies
of the Western Allies of 1939-45."-American Historical Review
"English has produced a remarkably rich record of a multiple of
elements that are fascinating to read and fit together. It is well
written, thoroughly researched and documented, and usefully
illustrated. It is an honest reappraisal of the received version of
Canadian experience in the Normandy campaign. The frank
identification of the reality of responsibility resting with the
Canadian commanders whose abilities, or lack thereof, were products
of the decade of peace during which they had led is a valuable
addition to he written historical record and to the theoretical
approach to the Canadian military experience."-The Historian
|
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
