The Commonwealth Armies
Manpower and Organization in Two World Wars
F.W. Perry(Author)
Manchester University Press
Published on 26. April 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
250 pages
978-0-7190-2767-3 (ISBN)
Description
During both World Wars the armies of Britain and the Commonwealth countries were mobilized and enlarged by volunteers and conscripts. Each of the major countries had its own problems but there were similarities in development between one country and another. Subsequently most found it necessary to reduce the organizations they had created, ostensibly because of manpower shortage, in reality because the expansions being attempted were unrealistic. The major Commonwealth countries are taken in turn by the author and the development of each army is outlined together with the problems encountered. An attempt is made to assess, on demographic grounds, the size of the army which each country could have built and sustained. Although intended to be useful to students of the World Wars, the book should also appeal to those with interests in modern history or in war studies generally.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7190-2767-3 (9780719027673)
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