QUICK TRAINING FOR WAR

Author:   Robert Baden-Powell ,  Martin Robson
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:  

9781844861439


Pages:   128
Publication Date:   05 July 2011
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained


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In this fascinating little book, Baden-Powell uses his extensive military experience and memories of service in Africa to distill soldiering down to 'the four C-s': Courage, Common sense, Cunning and Cheerfulness. With observations gleaned from his campaigns against the Zulus, the Ashanti and the Boers during the period 1876–1910 (and even from conversations with the German Kaiser), B-P discusses all aspects of military service from digging trenches and earth-works to 'inculcating cheerfulness in your men'. This period document gives a unique insight into the mindset of the British officer in 1914; advocating a training system that encapsulated Edwardian values,conventional military thinking and centuries of army tradition. Quick Training For War is a perfect example of the type of war the British expected to fight and which they prepared for in 1914, and it became a standard survival guide for many British troops. Personable in tone, this is the well-intentioned, no-nonsense advice of a seasoned campaigner - albeit an officer more accustomed to scouting on the South African veldt than struggling through Somme mud.

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Author:   Robert Baden-Powell ,  Martin Robson
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Conway
Dimensions:   Width: 11.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 14.00cm
Weight:   0.156kg
ISBN:  

9781844861439


ISBN 10:   1844861430
Pages:   128
Publication Date:   05 July 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Unspecified
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained

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Robert Baden-Powell OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB was a lieutenant-general in the British Army, and, famously, the founder of the Scout Movement. He served in the British Army from 1876-1910 in India and Africa, and these experiences served as the basis for many of his writings on military tactics, training, doctrine and scouting techniques. His book Scouting for Boys is the fourth bestselling book of all time.

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