The British General Staff Reform and Innovation c. 1890-1939

• Main Authors: French, David, Reid, Brian Holden
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 2002
• Edition: 1
• Series: Cass series: military history and policy
• Subjects: college; Stanhope Memorandum; Mouquet Farm; Young Man; Brian Bond; Direct Military Operations; office; Australian Division; British General Staff; DSD; General Staff Officers; Imperial General Staff; Field Service Regulations; ANZAC Corps; Army Council; brian; Experimental Mechanised Force; DMO; Esher Committee; war; Late Victorian Army; bond; Hartington Commission; army; Sir John French; henry; Sir Neville Lyttelton; ordnance; council; 4th Australian Division; St Australian Division; Indian General Staff; master-general; Sir John Dill

The essays that comprise this collection examine the development and influence of the British General Staff from the late Victorian period until the eve of World War II. They trace the changes in the staff that influenced British military strategy and subsequent operations on the battlefield.