Military Education and the British Empire, 1815-1949

Product Description Military education was the lifeblood of the armies, navies, and air forces of the British Empire and an essential ingredient for success in both war and peace. Military Education and the British Empire is the first major scholarly work to address the role of military education in maintaining the empire throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Bringing together the world’s top scholars on the subject, this book places distinct national narratives – Canadian, Australian, South African, British, and Indian – within a comparative context. Ultimately, this book allows readers to consider the connections between education and empire from a transnational perspective. Review "[T]his important, timely, and authoritative volume brings the history of military education to bear on matters of contemporary and continuing relevance." -- Aimée Fox ― History of EducationThis collection makes important contributions to on-going historiography by centring military education as a point of analysis rather than treating it as an aside and by placing it within transnational context. -- Mary Chaktiris ― Historical Studies in EducationThis marvellously written book reveals how a globe-spanning empire developed operational forces with distinctly local character – from the Indian Army to the Australian Imperial Force to the First Canadian Army -- that could function effectively together no matter how they were mixed and matched. -- J. Marc Milner, professor, Department of History, University of New BrunswickMilitary Education and the British Empire is path-breaking, masterful, and essential. -- Roger Sarty, professor, Department of History, Wilfrid Laurier University Book Description Bringing together the world’s leading scholars on the subject, Military Education and the British Empire explores distinct national narratives within a comparative context to expose the role of military education in maintaining empire. About the Author Douglas E. Delaney holds the Canada Research Chair in War Studies at the Royal Military College of Canada. Robert C. Engen is assistant professor of history at the Royal Military College of Canada. Meghan Fitzpatrick is a SSHRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Royal Military College of Canada. Contributors: John Connor, Claire CooksonHills, Howard G. Coombs, E. Jane Errington, Mark Frost, Alan Jeffreys, Andrew Lambert, Joseph Moretz, Andrew Stewart, Ian van der Waag, and Randall Wakelam